Publications
2022
Scholarly publications
Patterson, J. (2022). Culture and identity in climate policy. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 13(3), [e765].
van der Loos, A., Hekkert, M., & Patterson, J. (2022). The polycentric governance of innovation systems. Abstract from EU-SPRI Conference 2022, Utrecht, Netherlands.
Westman, L., Patterson, J., Macrorie, R., Orr, C., Ashcraft, C., Castan Broto, V., Dolan, D., Gupta, M., van der Heijden, J., Hickmann, T., Hobbins, R., Papin, M., Robin, E., Rosan, C., Colen Ladeia Torrens, J., & Webb, R. (2022). Compound urban crises. Ambio, 51(6), 1402-1415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-021-01697-6
2021
Scholarly publications
Patterson, J. (2021). Climate backlash: Contentious politics of ambitious policy action. Paper presented at European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR) Annual Conference.
Patterson, J. J. (2021). Remaking political institutions in sustainability transitions: Celebrating a decade of EIST: What’s next for transition studies? Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 41, 64-66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2021.10.011
Pahl-Wostl, C., & Patterson, J. (2021). Commentary: Transformative Change in Governance Systems: A conceptual framework for analysing adaptive capacity and multi-level learning processes in resource governance regimes. Global Environmental Change, 71, 1-2. [102405]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102405
Patterson, J., Wyborn, C., Brisbois, M. C., Westman, L., Jayaram, D., & Milkoreit, M. (2021). Helping or hindering? The political effects of emergency frames in sustainability. Abstract from 2021 Bratislava Conference Earth System Governance.
Patterson, J. (2021). Climate Backlash: Contentious Politics of Ambitious Policy Action. Abstract from 2021 Bratislava Conference Earth System Governance.
Patterson, J. (2021). Remaking Political Institutions: Climate Change and Beyond. Abstract from 2021 Bratislava Conference Earth System Governance.
Patterson, J., Wyborn, C., Westman, L., Brisbois, M. C., Milkoreit, M., & Jayaram, D. (2021). The political effects of emergency frames in sustainability. Nature Sustainability, 4, 841-850. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00749-9
Patterson, J., Soininen, N., Collier, M., & Raymond, C. M. (2021). Finding feasible action towards urban transformations. npj Urban Sustainability, 1(1), 1-8. [28]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-021-00029-7
Olazabal, M., Chu, E., Castán Broto, V., & Patterson, J. (2021). Subaltern forms of knowledge are required to boost local adaptation. One Earth, 4(6), 828-838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.05.006
Patterson, J. J. (2021). More than planning: Diversity and drivers of institutional adaptation under climate change in 96 major cities. Global Environmental Change, 68, 1-15. [102279]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102279
Patterson, J. J. (2021). Remaking Political Institutions: Climate Change and Beyond. (Cambridge Elements: Elements in Earth System Governance). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108769341
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Professional publications
Patterson, J., & Brisbois, M-C. (2021). How to make climate action popular. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/how-to-make-climate-action-popular-169593
2020
Scholarly publications
Fazey, I., Schäpke, N., Caniglia, G., Hodgson, A., Kendrick, I., Lyon, C., Page, G., Patterson, J., Riedy, C., Strasser, T., Verveen, S., Adams, D., Goldstein, B., Klaes, M., Leicester, G., Linyard, A., McCurdy, A., Ryan, P., Sharpe, B., ... Connon, I. L. C. (2020). Transforming knowledge systems for life on Earth: Visions of future systems and how to get there. Energy Research and Social Science, 70, [101724]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2020.101724
Janssen, M., Colen Ladeia Torrens, J., Wesseling, J. H., Wanzenböck, I., & Patterson, J. J. (2020). Position paper ‘Mission-oriented innovation policy observatory’. Utrecht University. https://www.uu.nl/en/research/copernicus-institute-of-sustainable-development/mission-oriented-innovation-policy-observatory
Janssen, M. J., Patterson, J. J., & Wesseling, J. H. (2020). Policy makers as institutional entrepreneurs: The opportunities and challenges of using missions for driving sustainability transitions. Paper presented at The 11th International Sustainability Transition conference (IST).
Gerlak, A. K., Betsill, M. M., Patterson, J. J., Chan, S., Benney, T. M., Brisbois, M-C., Eimer, T. R., & Scobie, M. (2020). Conclusion: Policy Implications of ESG–Agency Research and Reflections on the Road Ahead: Agency in Earth System Governance. In A. K. Gerlak, M. M. Betsill, & T. M. Benney (Eds.), Agency in Earth System Governance (pp. 183-197). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108688277.015
Patterson, J. J. (2020). Agency and Adaptiveness: Navigating Change and Transformation: Agency in Earth System Governance. In A. K. Gerlak, M. M. Betsill, & T. M. Benney (Eds.), Agency in Earth System Governance (pp. 143-154). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108688277.012
Patterson, J. J. (2020). Agency and Architecture: Producing Stability and Change: Agency in Earth System Governance. In A. K. Gerlak, M. M. Betsill, & T. M. Benney (Eds.), Agency in Earth System Governance (pp. 97-107). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108688277.008
Betsill, M. M., Benney, T. M., Gerlak, A. K., Brown, C., Chan, S., Enechi, O., Mitchell, R. B., Möller, I., Patterson, J. J., Scobie, M., van der Hel, S., & Widerberg, O. E. (2020). Introduction: Agency in Earth System Governance: Agency in Earth System Governance. In A. K. Gerlak, M. M. Betsill, & T. M. Benney (Eds.), Agency in Earth System Governance (pp. 3-24). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108688277.001
2019
Scholarly publications
Betsill, M. M., Benney, T., Gerlak, A., Brown, C., Chan, M., Mitchell, R., Möller, I., Patterson, J. J., Scobie, M., van der Hel, S. C., & Widerberg, O. (2019). Introduction: Agency in Earth System Governance. Paper presented at 2019 Mexico Conference on Earth System Governance, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Gerlak, A., Betsill, M. M., Patterson, J. J., Chan, M., Benney, T., Brisbois, M. C. G., Eimer, T., & Scobie, M. (2019). Policy implications of Earth System Governance-Agency research and reflections on the road ahead. Paper presented at 2019 Mexico Conference on Earth System Governance, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Patterson, J. J. (2019). Institutional development and reconfiguration in governance systems under pressure: Urban climate adaptation in Santiago, Chile. Paper presented at 2019 Mexico Conference on Earth System Governance, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Patterson, J. J. (2019). (Re)conceptualizing institutional dynamics for urgent transformations in Earth System Governance. Paper presented at 2019 Mexico Conference on Earth System Governance, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Huitema, D., Jordan, A., van Asselt, H., & Patterson, J. J. (2019). Polycentric governance and climate change. In V. Galaz (Ed.), Global Challenges, Governance, and Complexity: Applications and Frontiers (pp. 124-146). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788115421.00017
Van Der Heijden, J., Patterson, J., Juhola, S., & Wolfram, M. (2019). Special section: advancing the role of cities in climate governance – promise, limits, politics. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 62(3), 365-373. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2018.1513832
Wolfram, M., Van Der Heijden, J., Juhola, S., & Patterson, J. (2019). Learning in urban climate governance: concepts, key issues and challenges. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 21(1), 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2018.1558848
De Voogt, D. L., & Patterson, J. J. (2019). Exogenous factors in collective policy learning: the case of municipal flood risk governance in the Netherlands. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 21(3), 302-319. https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2019.1623662
Patterson, J., Voogt, D. L., & Sapiains, R. (2019). Beyond inputs and outputs: Process‐oriented explanation of institutional change in climate adaptation governance. Environmental Policy and Governance, 29(5), 360-375. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.1865
Patterson, J. J., & van der Grijp, N. (2019). Empowerment and disempowerment of urban climate governance initiatives: An exploratory typology of mechanisms. In J. van der Heijden, H. Bulkeley, & C. Certoma (Eds.), Urban Climate Politics: Agency and Empowerment (pp. 39-58). (Earth system governance). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108632157.003
Sarah, B., Aarti, G., Cristina Y.A, I., Agni, K., Åsa, P., Andrea K, G., Atsushi, I., James, P., Jonathan, P., Michelle, S., Jeroen, V. D. H., Joost, V., Carolina, A., Michael, B., Riyante, D., John, D., Victor, G., Christopher, G., Renée, H., ... Ruben, Z. (2019). New directions in earth system governance research. Earth System Governance, 1, [100006]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2019.100006
Patterson, J. J., & Beunen, R. (2019). Institutional work in environmental governance. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 62(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2018.1538328
Patterson, J. J., & Huitema, D. (2019). Institutional innovation for adapting to climate change in urban governance. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 62(3), 374-398. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2018.1510767
2018
Scholarly publications
Burch, S., Gupta, A., Inoue, C. Y. A., Kalfagianni, A., Persson, Å., Gerlak, A., Ishii, A. K., Patterson, J. J., Pickering, J., Scobie, M., van der Heijden, J., Vervoort, J. M., Adler, C., Bloomfield, M. J., Djalante, R., Dryzek, J. S., Galaz, V., Gordon, C., Harmon, R., ... Zondervan, R. (2018). Earth System Governance: Science and Implementation Plan of the Earth System Governance Project 2018. Earth System Governance Project. https://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Earth-System-Governance-Science-Plan-2018.pdf
Chu, E., Schenk, T., & Patterson, J. (2018). The dilemmas of citizen inclusion in urban planning and governance to enable a 1.5 °C climate change scenario. Urban Planning, 3(2), 128-140. https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v3i2.1292
Fazey, I., Schäpke, N., Caniglia, G., Patterson, J., Hultman, J., van Mierlo, B., Säwe, F., Wiek, A., Wittmayer, J., Aldunce, P., Al Waer, H., Battacharya, N., Bradbury, H., Carmen, E., Colvin, J., Cvitanovic, C., D'Souza, M., Gopel, M., Goldstein, B., ... Wyborn, C. (2018). Ten essentials for action-oriented and second order energy transitions, transformations and climate change research. Energy Research and Social Science, 40, 54-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2017.11.026
Patterson, J. J., Thaler, T., Hoffmann, M., Hughes, S., Oels, A., Chu, E., Mert, A., Huitema, D., Burch, S., & Jordan, A. (2018). Political feasibility of 1.5°C societal transformations: the role of social justice. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 31, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.11.002
de Loë, R. C., & Patterson, J. J. (2018). Boundary Judgments in Water Governance: Diagnosing Internal and External Factors that Matter in a Complex World. Water Resources Management, 32(2), 565-581. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11269-017-1827-y
Professional publications
Patterson, J. J. (2018). ¿Ciudades adaptativas? Innovaciones institucionales bajo cambio climático: Una encuesta mundial de 96 ciudades . IVM Institute for Environmental Studies.
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Patterson, J. J. (2018). Adaptive cities? Institutional innovation under climate change: A global survey of 96 cities: A global survey of 96 cities. April 2018. IVM Institute for Environmental Studies.
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2017
Scholarly publications
de Loë, R. C., & Patterson, J. J. (2017). Rethinking water governance: moving beyond water-centric perspectives in a connected and changing world. Natural Resources Journal, 57(1), 75-100. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26202188
Bowen, K. J., Cradock-Henry, N. A., Koch, F., Patterson, J., Häyha, T., Vogt, J., & Barbi, F. (2017). Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: towards addressing three key governance challenges: collective action, trade-offs, and accountability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 26-27, 90-96. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.05.002
Beunen, R., Patterson, J., & Van Assche, K. (2017). Governing for resilience: the role of institutional work. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 28, 10-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2017.04.010
Patterson, J. (2017). Purposeful collective action in ambiguous and contested situations: exploring ‘enabling capacities’ and cross-level interplay. International Journal of the Commons, 11(1), 248-274. https://doi.org/10.18352/ijc.696
Patterson, J., Schulz, K., Vervoort, J. M., van der Hel, S. C., Widerberg, O. E., Adler, C., Hurlbert, M., Anderton, K., Sethi, M., & Barau, A. (2017). Exploring the governance and politics of transformations towards sustainability. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 24, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eist.2016.09.001
2016
Scholarly publications
Patterson, J. J. (2016). Exploring local responses to a wicked problem: context, collective action, and outcomes in catchments in subtropical Australia. Society & Natural Resources, 29(10), 1198-1213. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2015.1132353
Beunen, R., & Patterson, J. (Accepted/In press). Analysing institutional change in environmental governance: exploring the concept of ‘institutional work’. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, (DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2016.1257423), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2016.1257423
2015
Scholarly publications
de Loë, R. C., & Patterson, J. (2015). Water resilience for human prosperity. Canadian Water Resources Journal / Revue canadienne des ressources hydriques, 40(4), 224-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/07011784.2015.1064787
Patterson, J. J., Smith, C., & Bellamy, J. (2015). Enabling and Enacting ‘Practical Action’ in Catchments: Responding to the ‘Wicked Problem’ of Nonpoint Source Pollution in Coastal Subtropical Australia. Environmental Management, 55(2), 479-495. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-014-0409-5
Patterson, J., Schulz, K., Vervoort, J., Adler, C., Hurlbert, M., van der Hel, S., Schmidt, A., Barau, A., Obani, P., Sethi, M., Hissen, N., Tebboth, M., Anderton, K., Borner, S., & Widerberg, O. (2015). ‘Transformations towards sustainability’ Emerging approaches, critical reflections and a research agenda. (Earth System Governance Working Paper; No. 33). Earth System Governance Project. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.2744.7526
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2014
Scholarly publications
Patterson, J., Bellamy, J., & Smith, C. (2014). Tackling the ‘how’ question: Enabling and enacting practical action for managing the wicked problem of nonpoint source pollution in catchments. In A. Bhaduri, J. Bogardi, J. Leentvaar , & S. Marx (Eds.), The Global Water System in the Anthropocene: Challenges for Science and Governance (Vol. Springer Edited Volume, pp. 289-302). Springer. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-07548-8_19.pdf
2013
Scholarly publications
Patterson, J. J., Smith, C., & Bellamy, J. (2013). Understanding enabling capacities for managing the ‘wicked problem’ of nonpoint source water pollution in catchments: a conceptual framework. Journal of Environmental Management, 128, 441-452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2013.05.033
Patterson, J. J., Lukasiewicz, A., Wallis, P. J., Rubenstein, N., Coffey, B., Gachenga, E., & Lynch, A. J. J. (2013). Tapping fresh currents: fostering early-career researchers in transdisciplinary water governance research. Water Alternatives, 6(2), 293-312. http://www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/volume6/v6issue2/217-a6-2-14/file