Research in this areas examines international negotiation processes and governance mechanisms needed to address an ever expanding set of sustainable development challenges. Such challenges require new modes of stakeholder engagement and institutions that can operate at the intersection of human-environment systems.Projects:Rising Power AlliancesWe analyze the system of global governance itself through the lens of sustainable development, and investigate with this project how alliances/coalitions can mobilize to create sustainable global governance.Faculty:Mihaela PapaPatrick Verkooijen