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Political Science

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80
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National Ranking
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Environmental Sciences

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75
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1271
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in United Kingdom Leader Award
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Andrew Jordan is affiliated with the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily falls within the Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Political Science and International Relations, Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Education.

Their work concentrates on several key topics such as Climate Change Policy and Economics, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Policy Transfer and Learning, Social Policy and Reform Studies, Crime Patterns and Interventions, European Union Policy and Governance, and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis.

Recent academic contributions by Andrew Jordan include the following publications:

  • "Contested framings of greenhouse gas removal and its feasibility: Social and political dimensions" (2020) published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • "EU climate and energy governance in times of crisis: towards a new agenda" (2021) published in Journal of European Public Policy
  • "Three decades of EU climate policy: Racing toward climate neutrality?" (2023) published in Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • "The political challenges of deep decarbonisation: towards a more integrated agenda" (2022) published in Climate Action
  • "Knowledge architecture for the wise governance of sustainability transitions" (2021) published in Environmental Science & Policy

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Brendan Moore
  • Irene Lorenzoni
  • Derek Neal
  • Ezra Karger
  • Viviane Gravey

Andrew Jordan has published extensively in several academic journals, with notable frequent publication venues including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change
  • Journal of European Public Policy
  • Anaesthesia
  • Climate Policy

In terms of book publications, they have contributed to works published by Queen's University Belfast and Cambridge University Press. Titles include "Environmental Policy in the EU" and "Chapter 19 New policy dynamics in more uncertain times," both published in 2021 by Queen's University Belfast, as well as "Durable by Design?" published in 2020 by Cambridge University Press.

Andrew Jordan has been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • The Rise of ‘New’ Policy Instruments in Comparative Perspective: Has Governance Eclipsed Government?

    Andrew Jordan;Rüdiger K. W. Wurzel;Anthony Zito

  • Environmental policy integration: a state of the art review

    Andrew Jordan;Andrea Lenschow

  • Does public policy support or undermine climate change adaptation? Exploring policy interplay across different scales of governance

    Kate Urwin;Andrew Jordan

  • Governance for Sustainability: Towards a ‘Thick’ Analysis of Environmental Decisionmaking

    W Neil Adger;Katrina Brown;Jenny Fairbrass;Andrew Jordan

  • The Governance of Sustainable Development: Taking Stock and Looking Forwards.

    Andrew Jordan

  • Navigating the Anthropocene: Improving Earth System Governance

    F. Biermann;F. Biermann;K. Abbott;S. Andresen;Karin Bäckstrand

  • What have we Learned from Policy Transfer Research? Dolowitz and Marsh Revisited

    David Benson;Andrew Jordan

  • Emergence of polycentric climate governance and its future prospects

    Andrew J. Jordan;Dave Huitema;Dave Huitema;Mikael Hilden;Harro Van Asselt

  • Socio-economic futures in climate change impact assessment: using scenarios as ‘learning machines’

    Frans Berkhout;Julia Hertin;Andrew Jordan

  • Drivers of declining CO2 emissions in 18 developed economies

    Corinne Le Quéré;Jan Ivar Korsbakken;Charlie Wilson;Charlie Wilson;Jale Tosun

  • The Coordination of the European Union: Exploring the Capacities of Networked Governance

    Andrew Jordan;Adriaan Schout

  • The European Union: an evolving system of multi-level governance ... or government?

    Andrew Jordan

  • Governing climate change : Polycentricity in Action?

    A. Jordan;D. Huitema;H.D. van Asselt

  • Institutions, climate change and cultural theory: towards a common analytical framework

    Timothy O’Riordan;Andrew Jordan

  • The politics of accelerating low-carbon transitions: Towards a new research agenda

    Cameron Roberts;Frank W. Geels;Matthew Lockwood;Peter Newell

  • 'New' Instruments of Environmental Governance: Patterns and Pathways of Change

    Andrew Jordan;Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel;Anthony R. Zito

  • Does stakeholder involvement really benefit biodiversity conservation

    Juliette C. Young;Andrew Jordan;Kate R. Searle;Adam Butler

  • Innovation in Environmental Policy?: Integrating the Environment for Sustainability

    Andrew J. Jordan;Andrea Lenschow

  • Integrated analysis of risks of coastal flooding and cliff erosion under scenarios of long term change

    R. J. Dawson;M. E. Dickson;R. J. Nicholls;J. W. Hall

  • Environmental Policy in the EU: Actors, Institutions and Processes

    Andrew Jordan;Viviane Gravey

  • Innovations in climate policy: the politics of invention, diffusion, and evaluation

    Andrew Jordan;Dave Huitema

  • The use and non-use of policy appraisal tools in public policy making: an analysis of three European countries and the European Union

    Måns Nilsson;Andrew Jordan;John Turnpenny;Julia Hertin

  • The role of trust in the resolution of conservation conflicts

    Juliette C. Young;Kate Searle;Adam Butler;Peter Simmons

  • Designing policies that intentionally stick: policy feedback in a changing climate

    Andrew Jordan;Elah Matt

  • Managing Sustainable Development

    Andrew Jordan;M. Carley;I. Christie

Frequent Co-Authors

Dave Huitema
Dave Huitema Wageningen University & Research
Anthony R. Zito
Anthony R. Zito Newcastle University
Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel
Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel University of Hull
David Benson
David Benson University of Exeter
Harro van Asselt
Harro van Asselt University of Eastern Finland
Timothy O'Riordan
Timothy O'Riordan University of East Anglia
Frans Berkhout
Frans Berkhout King's College London
Duncan Liefferink
Duncan Liefferink Radboud University
Irene Lorenzoni
Irene Lorenzoni University of East Anglia
Harriet Bulkeley
Harriet Bulkeley Durham University

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