Journal articles

Van den Brande K., Happaerts S. & Bruyninckx H. (2011), 'Multi-Level Interactions in a Sustainable Development Context. Different routes for Flanders to Decision-Making in the UN Commission on Sustainable Development', Environmental Policy and Governance, 21 (1) p. 70-82.

Happaerts S., Van den Brande K. & Bruyninckx H. (forthcoming), 'Subnational governments in transnational networks for sustainable development', International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, available from http://www.springerlink.com/content/e574251523626743/.

Happaerts S., Van den Brande K. & Bruyninckx H. (2010), ‘Governance for Sustainable Development at the Inter-subnational Level: The Case of the Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development (nrg4SD)’, Regional & Federal Studies, 20 (1) p. 127-149.

Happaerts S., Van den Brande K. & Bruyninckx H. (2009), ‘Subnationale overheden in governance voor duurzame ontwikkeling. Inter-subnationale netwerken als route voor Vlaanderen naar multilaterale besluitvorming?’, Res Publica, 51 (4) p. 467-488.

Happaerts S. (forthcoming), ‘Does autonomy matter? Subnational governments and the challenge of vertical policy integration for sustainable development: a comparative analysis of Quebec, Flanders, North Rhine-Westphalia and North Holland’, Canadian Journal of Political Science.

Happaerts S. & Van den Brande K. (2011), ‘Sustainable Development and Transnational Communication: Assessing the International Influence on Subnational Policies’, Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 13 (5).

Van den Brande K. (2011), ‘De EU, België, Vlaanderen en de VN: Vlaanderen in de VN, een blik op de betrokkenheid bij de besluitvorming in de Commissie Duurzame Ontwikkeling’, Wereldbeeld, 35 (157) p. 38-43.


Books and book chapters

Bachus K. (2009), ‘Duurzame ontwikkeling: concept en beleid’, in LONDO (ed), Duurzame ontwikkeling. Een multidisciplinaire visie, Acco, Leuven & Den Haag, p. 15-36.

Goeminne G. & Paredis E. (2009, in press), ‘The concept of ecological debt: challenging established science-policy frameworks in the transition to sustainable development’, in Techera E. (ed.), Frontiers of Environment and Citizenship, Inter-Disciplinary Press, Oxford.

Paredis E., Vander Putten E., Maes F., Larosse J., Van Humbeeck P., Lavrysen J., Van Passel S. & De Jonge W. (2009, in druk), ‘Vlaanderen in transitie?’, in Van Steertegem M. (red.), Toekomstverkenning MIRA-S 2009, Vlaamse Milieu Maatschappij, Mechelen.

Bruyninckx H., Happaerts S. & Van den Brande K. (eds) (2012, forthcoming). Sustainable Development and Subnational Governments: Domestic Policies and Multi-level Interactions, Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.

Van den Brande, K. (2011). The European Union in the Commission on Sustainable Development. In The European Union and Multilateral Governance: Assessing EU Participation in United Nations Human Rights and Environmental Fora, Wouters J., Bruyninckx H., Basu S. and Schunz S. (eds). Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke.

 

Conference proceedings and presentations

2011

Van den Brande, K. (2011), ‘Intergovernmental Cooperation for International Decision-making in Federal Belgium. The Case of Sustainable Development’, Paper read at the ISA Annual Convention 2011, 16-19 March, Montreal.

Happaerts S. (2011), ‘Are you talking to us? - How subnational governments respond to global sustainable development governance’, Paper read at the ISA Annual Convention 2011, 16-19 March, Montreal.

2010

Happaerts S. (2010), 'The case of Wallonia: the uselessness of a sustainable development strategy?', paper read at the Workshop Comparative Subnational Sustainable Development Politics, 23 June, Leuven.

Van den Brande K. (2010), 'Subnational routes to global decision-making on sustainable development. The Flemish involvement in the UN and the OECD', paper read at the Workshop Comparative Subnational Sustainable Development Politics, 23 June, Leuven.

Delreux T. & Van den Brande K. (2010), 'Taking the lead: informal division of labour in the EU’s external environmental policy-making', paper read at The European Union in International Affairs Conference, 22-24 April, Brussels.

Happaerts S. & Van den Brande K. (2010), ‘Governance for Sustainable Development Between International and Domestic Forces: A Comparison of Subnational Policy Experiences’, Paper read at the 51st Annual Convention of the International Studies Association, 17-20 February, New Orleans.

2009

Happaerts S. (2009), ‘Comparing subnational governance systems for sustainable development: degrees of autonomy and challenges to vertical policy integration’, Paper read at the 2009 Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimension of Global Environmental Change, 2-4 December, Volendam.

Van den Brande K. (2009), ‘Subnational Agents in Global Governance for Sustainable Development? Exploring Routes for Flanders to the UN Commission on Sustainable Development’, Paper read at the 2009 Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimension of Global Environmental Change, 2-4 December, Volendam.

Paredis E. (2009), ‘Transition processes as partners and challengers of the Flemish innovation system’, Paper presented at the Conference Instrumenten voor een Vlaamse duurzame ontwikkelingsbeleid, 17 September 2009, Brussel.

Hugé J. (2009), Stakeholder Consultation in the Design of a Sustainability Assessment Framework for Flanders, Belgium, Proceedings of the 15th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference – Taking Up the Global Challenge, 6 July 2009, Utrecht, http://www.isdrs.org/utrecht/track5C.html.

Spillemaeckers S. & Bachus K. (2009), ‘Do compromises work? The choice of a governance sustainable development strategy in Flanders’, Paper read at the 15th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, 5-8 July, Utrecht.

Van den Brande K., Happaerts S. & Bruyninckx H. (2009), ‘The Flemish Subnational Government in the Decision-Making Process for the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, Case Study: CSD-16’, Paper read at the 15th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference, 5-8 July, Utrecht.

Hugé J. (2009), Institutional barriers and opportunities facing sustainability assessment in Flanders, Belgium, Paper presented at the ‘International Conference: ‘Sustainable Development in Policy Assessment – Methods, Challenges and Policy Impacts’ organised by EcoLogic & IOeW., 16 June 2009, Brussels, http://www.ecologic.eu/soef/epos/program.html.

Paredis E., Larosse J. & Tempst W. (2009), ‘Transition management and the need for mature connections with national and EU innovation policies’, Paper presented for the 1st European Conference on Sustainability Transitions, 4-6 June 2009, Amsterdam.

Hugé J. & Hens L. (2009), Idealism versus pragmatism in designing a customised sustainability assessment framework in Flanders, Belgium, Proceedings of the 29th Conference of the International Association of Impact Assessment, Accra, 16 - 22 May 2009, http://www.iaia.org/iaia09ghana/documents/cs/CS6-3_Huge&Hens_Idealism_Versus_Prgamatism.pdf.

Spillemaeckers S. & Bachus K. (2009), ‘Institutional aspects of governance for sustainable development in Flanders’, in Sustainable Development and Planning IV, Edited By C.A. Brebbia, M. Neophytou, E. Beriatos, I. Ioannou, A.G. Kungolos, WIT Press p. 163-174, http://www.witpress.com/978-1-84564-181-8.html. Publication based on the presentation on the Fourth International Conference on Sustainable Development and Planning, Limassol, 14-15 May 2009.

Hugé J. & Pichel J. (2009), Sustainability Assessment in Belgium and its regions: policy and research perspectives’, Workshop ‘Assessing Impacts of National Strategies for Sustainable Development – from Methodology Development to Policy Process and Outcomes’, Finnish Environment Institute, 11 February 2009, Helsinki, http://www.ymparisto.fi/default.asp?contentid=313422&lan=en&clan=en.

Paredis E. (2009), ‘Reflections on an enriched technology paradigm for sustainable development’, presentation at the seminar Opening up the in-between: interdisciplinary reflections on science, technology and social change, 19 January 2009, Gent.

2008

Van den Brande K. (2008), ‘Governance for sustainable development, The Flemish subnational government in the multi-level decision-making process for the UN CSD’, Paper read at the Fourth Annual Graduate Conference in Political Science, International Relations and Public Policy in memory of Yitzhak Rabin, 17-19 December, Jerusalem.

Hugé J. & Hens L. (2008), L’évaluation des incidences sur le développement durable en Région flamande de Belgique: quel rôle dans le processus de decision? Actes du Colloque international ‘La problématique du développement durable vingt ans après: nouvelles lectures théoriques, innovations méthodologiques, et domains d’extension’, 20 Novembre 2008, Lille, France.

Paredis E. (2008), ‘Duurzame ontwikkeling en de mogelijkheden van transitiedenken’, Paper presented at the Conference 6 Views on Sustainable Development, 9 October 2008, Congressenpaleis, Brussel.

Van den Brande K. & Bruyninckx H. (2008), ‘Subnational Governments and Multilateral Decision-Making for Sustainable Development - Case Study: Flanders’, Paper read at the 2nd International Sustainability Conference ‘Creating Values for Sustainable Development’, 21-22 August, Basel.

Hugé J. & Hens L. (2008), Introducing Sustainability Assessment in Flanders, Belgium, Proceedings of the 2nd International Sustainability Conference, 21 - 22 August 2008, Basel, Switzerland.

Happaerts S., Van den Brande K. & Bruyninckx H. (2008), ‘Governance for sustainable development at the interregional level - The case of the Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development (nrg4SD)’, Paper read at the 2nd International Sustainability Conference ‘Creating Values for Sustainable Development’, 21-22 August, Basel.

Bachus K. & Spillemaeckers S. (2008), ‘Is choosing losing? The choice of a governance strategy for sustainable development in Flanders’, Paper presented at the 2nd International Sustainability Conference ‘Creating Values for Sustainable Development’, August 2008, Basel.

Happaerts S. (2008), ‘Governance for sustainable development: Inter-subnational networks and the experiences of Flanders and the Walloon Region’, Paper read at the ECPR Summer School on Environmental Politics and Policy, 7-18 July, at Keele University.

Happaerts S., Van den Brande K. & Bruyninckx H. (2008), ‘Governance for sustainable development at the inter-subnational level, The case of the Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable Development’, Paper read at the Politicologenetmaal, 29-30 May, Berg en Dal.

Hugé J. (2008), ‘Introducing Sustainability Assessment in Flanders, Belgium’, Paper presented at the 28th Annual Conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment: The Art and Science of Impact Assessment, 4-8 May 2008, Perth, Australia.

Paredis E. (2008), ‘Systeeminnovatie en transitiemanagement: beloftevol voor Vlaanderen?’, Paper presented at the conference ‘Duurzame ontwikkeling verankeren: uitdagingen voor Vlaanderen’, 17 April 2008, Brussel.

2007

Paredis E. (2007), ‘Translating System Innovation and New Forms of Governance to a ‘Pristine’ Policy Context, Flemish Experiences and a Research Agenda’, Paper for the workshop Politics and Governance in Sustainable Socio-Technical Transitions, 19-21 September 2007, Schloss Blankensee, Berlin.

Paredis E. (2007), ‘Introduction to transition management’, Paper presented at the 14th Annual Conference on Multi-Organizational Partnerships, Alliances and Networks, 28 June 2007, Leuven.

 

Other

Reports

De Jonge W. & Paredis E. (2009), Toekomstverkenning MIRA-S 2009. Wetenschappelijk rapport. Vlaanderen en de transitie naar een koolstofarme economie, Vlaamse Milieumaatschappij/Universiteit Gent, Mechelen/Gent.

Happaerts S. (2010), 'La politique wallonne de développement durable', Bulletin Oeconomia Humana, 8 (9).

Happaerts S. (2011), ‘Sustainable development in Quebec and Flanders. A comparative policy analysis’ (Les cahiers de la CRSDD - collection recherche, 3-2011), Chaire de responsabilité sociale et de développement durable, Montreal.

 

Seminars and workshops

Workshop ‘Building sustainable, low-carbon economies: connecting transition ideas with innovation systems’, met Dr. Tim Foxon (University of Leeds), tijdens de conferentie Instrumenten voor een Vlaamse duurzame ontwikkelingsbeleid, 17 september 2009, Brussel.

Seminarie ‘Systeeminnovatie en transities: van analyse naar doorbraken op regimeniveau’ met Dr. René Kemp (MERIT, UN Universiteit; ICIS, Universiteit Maastricht; DRIFT, Universiteit Rotterdam), 8 december 2008, Gent.

Seminarie ‘Systeeminnovatie en transities: lessen uit theorie en praktijk’ met prof. John Grin (Universiteit van Amsterdam), vrijdag 6 juni 2008, Gent.

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