Mitchell Centre Seminar Series : Multilevel networks and socio-ecological systems
| Dates: | 16 October 2013 |
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| Times: | 16:00 - 18:00 |
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| What is it: | Talk |
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| Organiser: | Faculty of Humanities |
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| Who is it for: | Adults, Current University students, General public, University staff |
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| Speaker: | Garry Robins |
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In studying network governance for environmental resources, network structure is often represented as a single-level unipartite system. Within this conceptualization, several structural theories for effective network governance have been proposed. Yet, if the representation itself is inadequate, we risk misspecification and incorrect inference. Sometimes the system may be best conceived as a multilevel network involving both human and environmental nodes: a social ecological system. Although Ostrom discussed such complex nested systems as a basis for environmental governance, Bodin and Tengo were the first to give a precise network formulation to a social ecological system. This new conceptualization has dovertailed with recent developments in multi level networks, including new statistical models for multilevel network structure. This talk describes these new statistical methods and shows how they may be applied in the empirical example of Bodin and Tengo on the management of forests by clans in Madagascar. The results invite interpretations about what may count as the structural preconditions for sustainability in a social ecological system.
Speaker
Garry Robins
Organisation: University of Melbourne
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