Research governance across connected systems
The Social Ecological Systems Library organizes case studies, models, experiments, citations and coded research data about how communities govern shared resources. Search for a known topic, browse a collection or explore case studies by location. Learn how the library is organized.
Explore case studies by location
Use the interactive map to open case studies associated with a location. The browse page provides the same records without requiring a map.
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Explore the research collections
Explore research on how communities govern shared resources through case studies, models, experiments, and a curated bibliography.
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266 case studies
Case studies
Compare governance arrangements, resource systems and outcomes.
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48 models and 0 experiments
Models and experiments
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384 citations
Bibliography
Trace the scholarship connected to SES Library cases, methods and models.
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Two public research databases
Coding databases
Query published institutional analysis data from the CPR and NIIS databases.
Development of this app has been supported by the US National Science Foundation grants BCS-0527744, SES-0645789 and SES-1137404 as well as in-kind institutional support from Arizona State University's Center for Behavior, Institutions, and the Environment.