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D-Index
76
Citations
28743
World Ranking
34
National Ranking
19

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1968 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Oran R. Young is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields with a focus on Environmental Science and Social Sciences. Within these fields, their work includes subfields such as Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, General Health Professions, and Ecology.

The main topics covered in Young's research include:

  • Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • International Maritime Law Issues
  • China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Young include:

  • "The Arctic Council: an agent of change?", 2020, published in Global Environmental Change
  • "Building a multisystemic understanding of societal resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic", 2021, published in BMJ Global Health
  • "The Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement as an element in the evolving Arctic Ocean governance complex", 2020, published in Marine Policy
  • "How Does the Arctic Council Support Conservation of Arctic Biodiversity?", 2020, published in Sustainability
  • "Why is it hard to solve environmental problems? The perils of institutional reductionism and institutional overload", 2020, published in International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics

Frequent co-authors working with Oran R. Young include:

  • Alexander N. Vylegzhanin
  • Paul Arthur Berkman
  • Dan Guttman
  • Didier Wernli
  • Karl Blanchet

Young has published extensively in venues such as Sustainability, Marine Policy, International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics, Polar Record, and Environmental Management.

The scientist's book publications span several academic publishers, including Cambridge University Press, Springer International Publishing, Edward Elgar Publishing, and Springer Nature. Notable books include:

  • Addressing the Grand Challenges of Planetary Governance (Cambridge University Press, 2023)
  • Governing Arctic Seas: Regional Lessons from the Bering Strait and Barents Sea (Springer International Publishing, 2020)
  • Grand Challenges of Planetary Governance (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2021)
  • Non-state Actors in China and Global Environmental Governance (Springer Nature, 2021)

Young has been recognized with notable distinctions including being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2018 and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1968.

Best Publications

  • Scale and Cross-Scale Dynamics: Governance and Information in a Multilevel World

    David W. Cash;W. Neil Adger;Fikret Berkes;Po Garden

  • The Institutional Dimensions of Environmental Change: Fit, Interplay, and Scale

    Oran R. Young

  • Ecosystem stewardship: sustainability strategies for a rapidly changing planet

    F. Stuart Chapin;Stephen R. Carpenter;Gary P. Kofinas;Carl Folke;Carl Folke

  • The globalization of socio-ecological systems: An agenda for scientific research

    Oran R. Young;Frans Berkhout;Gilberto C. Gallopin;Marco A. Janssen

  • Political leadership and regime formation: on the development of institutions in international society

    Oran R. Young

  • The Study of International Regimes

    Marc A. Levy;Oran R. Young;Michael Zürn

  • Connectivity and the Governance of Multilevel Social-Ecological Systems: The Role of Social Capital

    Eduardo S. Brondizio;Elinor Ostrom;Oran R. Young

  • International Governance: Protecting the Environment in a Stateless Society

    Oran R. Young

  • Navigating the Anthropocene: Improving Earth System Governance

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

  • International Cooperation: Building Regimes for Natural Resources and the Environment

    Oran R. Young

  • Resolving Mismatches in U.S. Ocean Governance

    L. B. Crowder;G. Osherenko;O. R. Young;S. Airamé

  • Global environmental change : understanding the human dimensions

    Paul C. Stern;Oran R. Young;Daniel Druckman

  • The effectiveness of international environmental regimes : causal connections and behavioral mechanisms

    Oran R. Young

  • The politics of international regime formation: managing natural resources and the environment

    Oran R. Young

  • Institutions and Environmental Change: Principal Findings, Applications, and Research Frontiers

    Oran R. Young;Leslie A. King;Heike Schroeder

  • Institutional Interaction in Global Environmental Governance. Synergy and Conflict among International and EU Policies

    Sebastian Oberthür;Thomas Gehring;Oran R. Young

  • Arctic human development report

    Niels Einarsson;Joan Nymand Larsen;Annika Nilsson;Oran R. Young

  • Institutional dynamics: Resilience, vulnerability and adaptation in environmental and resource regimes

    Oran R. Young

  • Regime dynamics: the rise and fall of international regimes

    Oran R. Young

  • Analyzing International Environmental Regimes: From Case Study to Database

    Helmut Breitmeier;Oran R. Young;Michael Zürn

  • Governance in World Affairs

    Oran R. Young

  • Global governance : drawing insights from the environmental experience

    Oran Reed Young

  • Effectiveness of international environmental regimes: Existing knowledge, cutting-edge themes, and research strategies

    Oran R. Young

  • Solving the Crisis in Ocean Governance Place-Based Management of Marine Ecosystems

    Oran R. Young;Gail Osherenko;Julia Ekstrom;Larry B. Crowder

  • Guest Editorial, part of a Special Feature on Scale and Cross-scale Dynamics Scale and Cross-Scale Dynamics: Governance and Information in a Multilevel World

    David W. Cash;W. Neil Adger;Fikret Berkes;Po Garden

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Biermann
Frank Biermann Utrecht University
Joyeeta Gupta
Joyeeta Gupta University of Amsterdam
Matthias Finger
Matthias Finger École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Louis Lebel
Louis Lebel Chiang Mai University
Peter M. Haas
Peter M. Haas University of Massachusetts Amherst
Heike Schroeder
Heike Schroeder University of East Anglia
Diana Liverman
Diana Liverman University of Arizona
Steven Bernstein
Steven Bernstein University of Toronto
Fikret Berkes
Fikret Berkes University of Manitoba
Elinor Ostrom
Elinor Ostrom Indiana University

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