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Barbara Cosens

University of Idaho · US
Area of research
Sociology and Political Science · Law
Research interest
Research focused on Corporate governance and Environmental resource management, with related work in Adaptive management, Resilience (materials science), Ecological systems theory. Notable publications include 'A decade of adaptive governance scholarship: synthesis and future directions', 'Transformative Environmental Governance', and 'Understanding rivers and their social relations: A critical step to advance environmental water management'.
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citations
2,348
works
29
NIH funding
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Recent publications

Multi-scale and multi-level dynamics shape the resilience and sustainability of the Columbia River Basin, USA
Elsevier eBooks 2024cited by 0position: middledoi
Governing Complexity: A Comparative Assessment of Four Governance Models with Applications to Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation
SSRN Electronic Journal 2024cited by 0position: middledoi
Adapting to Socio-Environmental Change: Institutional Analysis of the Adaptive Capacity of Interacting Formal and Informal Cooperative Water Governance
Sustainability 2022cited by 5position: middledoi
Governing complexity: Integrating science, governance, and law to manage accelerating change in the globalized commons
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2021cited by 86position: firstdoi
Mapping legal authority for terrestrial conservation corridors along streams
Conservation Biology 2020cited by 17position: lastdoi
Scale mismatch in social–ecological systems: a Costa Rican case study of spring water management
Sustainable Water Resources Management 2020cited by 7position: middledoi
Understanding rivers and their social relations: A critical step to advance environmental water management
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water 2019cited by 287position: middledoi
Enabling Adaptive Governance: Defining the Role of Government in New Governance
SSRN Electronic Journal 2019cited by 2position: firstdoi
Incorporating Social System Dynamics in the Columbia River Basin: Food-Energy-Water Resilience and Sustainability Modeling in the Yakima River Basin
Frontiers in Environmental Science 2018cited by 45position: middledoi
An Introduction to Practical Panarchy: Linking Law, Resilience, and Adaptive Water Governance of Regional Scale Social-Ecological Systems
2018cited by 21position: firstdoi
Trajectories of Change in Regional-Scale Social-Ecological Water Systems
2018cited by 5position: middledoi
Adaptive Water Governance: Summary and Synthesis
2018cited by 5position: firstdoi
Case Studies in Adaptation and Transformation of Ecosystems, Legal Systems, and Governance Systems
2018cited by 4position: lastdoi
Incorporating Social System Dynamics in the Columbia River Basin: Food-Energy-Water Resilience and Sustainability Modeling in the Yakima River Basin
Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University) 2018cited by 0position: middle
Regime shifts and panarchies in regional scale social-ecological water systems
Ecology and Society 2017cited by 121position: middledoi
Transformative Environmental Governance
Annual Review of Environment and Resources 2016cited by 393position: middledoi
Adaptive governance of riverine and wetland ecosystem goods and services
Journal of Environmental Management 2016cited by 63position: middledoi
Avoiding Decline: Fostering Resilience and Sustainability in Midsize Cities
Sustainability 2016cited by 25position: middledoi
Soil Moisture Differences between Terracette Benches and Risers on Semiarid Rangeland Hillslopes
Vadose Zone Journal 2016cited by 5position: middledoi
A New Approach in Water Management or Business as Usual? The Milk River, Montana
eYLS (Yale Law School) 2016cited by 1position: first
Negotiation of the Montana - National Park Service Compact
2016cited by 1position: first
A riparian conservation network for ecological resilience
Biological Conservation 2015cited by 115position: middledoi
Barriers and bridges to the integration of social–ecological resilience and law
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2015cited by 74position: middledoi
Using Science to Bridge Management and Policy: Terracette Hydrologic Function and Water Quality Best Management Practices in Idaho
Rangelands 2015cited by 8position: middledoi
A decade of adaptive governance scholarship: synthesis and future directions
Ecology and Society 2014cited by 778position: lastdoi
Identifying Legal, Ecological and Governance Obstacles, and Opportunities for Adapting to Climate Change
2014cited by 1position: first
Legitimacy, Adaptation, and Resilience in Ecosystem Management
Ecology and Society 2013cited by 124position: firstdoi
Resilience and Water Governance: Adaptive Governance in the Columbia River Basin
Ecology and Society 2012cited by 130position: firstdoi
Resilience and Water Governance: Adaptive Governance in the Columbia River Basin
SSRN Electronic Journal 2012cited by 25position: firstdoi

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Frequent collaborators

Brian C. Chaffin · Australian National University7 papers (2014–2024)Alexander K. Fremier · University of Idaho5 papers (2015–2024) · 5 papers (2015–2024)Melinda Harm Benson · University of New Mexico3 papers (2014–2017)Jan Boll · University of Idaho3 papers (2018–2020) · 3 papers (2019–2024)Rebecca Witinok-Huber · University of Idaho2 papers (2018–2018)Jan U.H. Eitel · University of Idaho2 papers (2015–2016)Christian D. Guzmán · Amherst College2 papers (2018–2018)Timothy E. Link · University of Nevada, Reno2 papers (2015–2016) · 2 papers (2015–2016)Hannah Gosnell · Oregon State University2 papers (2014–2017)Keyvan Malek · Cornell University2 papers (2018–2018) · 2 papers (2018–2018)J. C. Adam · University of Idaho2 papers (2018–2018)Mark V. Corrao · University of Idaho2 papers (2015–2016)J. Padowski · University of Florida2 papers (2018–2018)Hannah E. Birgé · Colorado State University2 papers (2016–2017)Robert Heinse · University of Idaho2 papers (2015–2016)Leona K. Svancara · University of Idaho1 papers (2015–2015)