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Hens Runhaar is affiliated with Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with significant contributions to global and planetary change, general agricultural and biological sciences, management, monitoring, policy and law, economics and econometrics, and sociology and political science.

The main topics covered in Runhaar's work include:

  • Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Forest Management and Policy
  • Environmental Conservation and Management
  • Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development

Runhaar's research has been published frequently in the following venues:

  • Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
  • Earth System Governance
  • International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Landscape and Urban Planning

Recent publications include:

  • "What's behind the barriers? Uncovering structural conditions working against urban nature-based solutions," 2021, Landscape and Urban Planning
  • "Five mechanisms blocking the transition towards 'nature-inclusive' agriculture: A systemic analysis of Dutch dairy farming," 2021, Agricultural Systems
  • "A diagnostic tool for supporting policymaking on urban resilience," 2020, Cities
  • "The politics of deliberate destabilisation for sustainability transitions," 2021, Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
  • "Local narratives of change as an entry point for building urban climate resilience," 2020, Climate Risk Management

Runhaar has collaborated often with the following researchers:

  • Peter Driessen
  • Helen Toxopeus
  • Giuseppe Feola
  • Lyda Dik
  • Alexander van der Jagt

Their body of work integrates multiple disciplines with a focus on sustainability transitions, particularly within agricultural systems, urban resilience, and environmental governance. This interdisciplinary approach underscores contributions to policymaking tools and the analysis of structural conditions impacting environmental and societal transitions.

Best Publications

  • Public participation in environmental impact assessment: why, who and how?

    Anne N. Glucker;Peter P.J. Driessen;Arend Kolhoff;Hens A.C. Runhaar

  • Towards a Conceptual Framework for The Study of Shifts in Modes of Environmental Governance – Experiences From The Netherlands

    Peter P. J. Driessen;Carel Dieperink;Frank van Laerhoven;Hens A. C. Runhaar

  • Urban greening through nature-based solutions – Key characteristics of an emerging concept

    Hade Dorst;Alexander van der Jagt;Rob Raven;Rob Raven;Hens Runhaar;Hens Runhaar

  • Mainstreaming climate adaptation : taking stock about “what works” from empirical research worldwide

    Hens Runhaar;Hens Runhaar;Bettina Wilk;Åsa Persson;Caroline Uittenbroek

  • Mainstreaming climate adaptation into urban planning: overcoming barriers, seizing opportunities and evaluating the results in two Dutch case studies

    Caroline J. Uittenbroek;Leonie B. Janssen-Jansen;Hens A. C. Runhaar

  • Governing Corporate Social Responsibility: An Assessment of the Contribution of the UN Global Compact to CSR Strategies in the Telecommunications Industry

    Hens Runhaar;Helene Lafferty

  • What makes strategic environmental assessment successful environmental assessment? : The role of context in the contribution of SEA to decision-making

    Hens Runhaar;Peter P J Driessen

  • Adaptation to climate change related risks in Dutch urban areas: stimuli and barriers

    Hens Runhaar;Heleen Mees;Arjan Wardekker;Jeroen van der Sluijs

  • Mosaic governance for urban green infrastructure: Upscaling active citizenship from a local government perspective

    Arjen Buijs;Rieke Hansen;Sander Van der Jagt;Bianca Ambrose-Oji

  • Towards a systematic framework for the analysis of environmental policy Integration

    Hens Runhaar;Peter Driessen;Caroline Uittenbroek

  • The effectiveness of EIA as an instrument for environmental governance – a comparison of 25 years of EIA practice in the Netherlands and the UK

    Jos Arts;H. Runhaar;U. Jha-Thakur;F. van Laerhoven

  • Exploring the Scope of Public and Private Responsibilities for Climate Adaptation

    Heleen L.P. Mees;Peter P.J. Driessen;Hens A.C. Runhaar

  • A method for the deliberate and deliberative selection of policy instrument mixes for climate change adaptation

    Heleen L. P. Mees;Justin Dijk;Daan van Soest;Peter P. J. Driessen

  • Sustainable Urban Development and the Challenge of Policy Integration: An Assessment of Planning Tools for Integrating Spatial and Environmental Planning in the Netherlands:

    Hens Runhaar;Peter P J Driessen;Laila Soer

  • Evaluating the substantive effectiveness of SEA: Towards a better understanding

    D. van Doren;P.P.J. Driessen;B. Schijf;H.A.C. Runhaar

  • Legitimate adaptive flood risk governance beyond the dikes: The cases of Hamburg, Helsinki and Rotterdam

    Heleen L. P. Mees;Peter P. J. Driessen;Hens A. C. Runhaar

  • Five mechanisms blocking the transition towards ‘nature-inclusive’ agriculture: A systemic analysis of Dutch dairy farming

    D.A. Vermunt;N. Wojtynia;M.P. Hekkert;J. Van Dijk

  • Putting SEA in context: A discourse perspective on how SEA contributes to decision-making

    Hens Runhaar

  • Who governs climate adaptation? Getting green roofs for stormwater retention off the ground

    Heleen L.P. Mees;Peter P.J. Driessen;Hens A.C. Runhaar;Jennifer Stamatelos

  • A diagnostic tool for supporting policymaking on urban resilience

    Arjan Wardekker;Arjan Wardekker;Bettina Wilk;Bettina Wilk;Valerie Brown;Caroline Uittenbroek

  • Nature-based innovation systems

    Alexander P.N. van der Jagt;Rob Raven;Rob Raven;Hade Dorst;Hens Runhaar;Hens Runhaar

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter P.J. Driessen
Peter P.J. Driessen Utrecht University
Rob Raven
Rob Raven Monash University
Bas Arts
Bas Arts Wageningen University & Research
Jeroen P. van der Sluijs
Jeroen P. van der Sluijs University of Bergen
Stephan Pauleit
Stephan Pauleit Technical University of Munich
Jan Willem Erisman
Jan Willem Erisman Leiden University
Art Dewulf
Art Dewulf Wageningen University & Research
Catrien J.A.M. Termeer
Catrien J.A.M. Termeer Wageningen University & Research

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