Governance
The green transition requires not only technical solutions but also effective governance and planning. But how do we ensure effective governance of and in the green transition? This is the theme of our research network "The Governance of Green Transition."
When an entire society needs to transition to become greener and more sustainable, it requires not only solutions in the shape of technical innovation but also effective and legitimate management and governance of the transition.
The research network looks at, among other things, what the interaction between people and technology means for governance. It also investigates which new institutions might be required to ensure effective and legitimate planning and citizen involvement in decisions about the green transition.
Contemporary society encompasses a wide range of sectors, institutions, companies, and organizations. How do we carry out the enormous societal change that the green transition entails while ensuring that all parts of society are steered in and take responsibility for a more sustainable direction? This is what we investigate in the research network "The Governance of Green Transition."
Governance as a Green Solution
Governance of the green transition includes the means to exercise control over, manage, or lead society and its organizations, institutions, and practices in the process towards increased sustainability. Across social sciences, humanities, law, and natural-technical sciences, the research network seeks to develop new comprehensive and interdisciplinary approaches to the governance challenges of the green transition.
The research network looks at, among other things, what the interaction between people and technology means for governance. It also investigates which new institutions might be required to ensure the best planning and citizen involvement in decisions about the green transition.
A third question is how to ensure that civil society is heard and actively participates in the transition. Finally, the research network investigates how, despite different cultures and understandings of the world, a good interaction can be ensured between the experts planning the transition and the citizens who will live in it.
The research network spans all faculties at the University of Copenhagen to address the governance challenges of the green transition in a comprehensive and interdisciplinary way.
Researchers in the network
| Anders Blok | Department of Sociology | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Stine Krøjier | Department of Anthropology | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Lars Tønder | Department of Political Science | Faculty of Social Sciences |
| Frida Hastrup | The Saxo Institute | Faculty of Humanities |
| Christian Bugge Henriksen | Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences | Faculty of Science |
| Carsten Daugberg | Department of Food and Resource Economics | Faculty of Science |
| Amnon Lev | Centre for International Law and Governance | Faculty of Law |