New PECS Webinar on Trade-offs in Collaborative Governance with Jean Lee

Hi All!

I wanted to share the recording of our latest webinar with Jean Lee available at the following link.

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Title of Paper: Promises and Limits of Community-based Organizations in Bridging Mismatches of Scale: A Case Study on Collaborative Governance in the Oil and Gas Development on Federal Lands in Colorado

Abstract of Paper:

Federal land managers in the United States are tasked with managing a vast array of resources for current and future generations. However, coordinating action among multiple stakeholders across diverse landscapes is challenging given that the organizations and institutions set up to govern federal lands are often unable to overcome scale-related challenges. Unconventional oil and gas development is often a contentious issue on federal lands. Identifying how to bridge scale mismatches in this sector is critical for achieving management objectives. To gain a deeper understanding of the institutional landscape governing oil and gas, we took an in-depth case study approach and examined a case in the western United States where communities worked with federal land managers to cancel 25 existing oil and gas leases. We identified the most relevant scale mismatches pertaining to unconventional oil and gas development and assessed the role of community-based organizations in bridging scale mismatches to increase institutional fit. Our results demonstrate the importance of community-based organizations that can function as bridging organizations to engage a broad set of actors across scales. Our results also highlight the importance of creating shared visions across diverse stakeholder groups to foster collaboration. We conclude that overcoming scale mismatches requires a focus on shared values and the creation and maintenance of flexible governance networks.

Bio:

Jean Lee is an associate professor at Colorado College, where she teaches Community Forestry, Ecological Economics, and Environment and Society. Her research focuses on carbon markets and to what extent communities can participate in them. Since starting at Colorado College, she has focused her research on natural resource-based communities and how they engage with each other, as well as with the government, to achieve their objectives.

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This is the latest in a series of webinars. Past recordings can be found here.

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