From *for* to governance for sustainable development in Europe: what is at stake for further research?
by Katharine N. Farrell, Rene Kemp, Friedrich Hinterberger, Christian Rammel, Rafael Ziegler
International Journal of Sustainable Development (IJSD), Vol. 8, No. 1/2, 2005

Abstract: Following conferences in Pignans, Maastricht, Vienna and Cologne and many e-mail exchanges, the participants of the GoSD-research initiative have identified a path for future research that describes not only governance and sustainable development but also how governance can be *for* sustainable development. This concluding paper gives an account of the pre-analytic vision, hypotheses and questions that have so far emerged from this process. Given the difficulty and importance of the task, a first section focuses on methodological questions. Consecutive sections elucidate *for sustainable development*, as well as ''governance for''. The emerging pre-analytic vision then receives some in-depth treatment and we consider how to measure the *for* of governance for sustainable development through objectives and indicators, taking into account the paradox of change with conservation. This sets the stage for a final section on research hypothesis and questions that give a meaning to governance for sustainable development, and that will allow this research project to develop in a way that makes insight and useful policy recommendations possible.

Online publication date: Thu, 14-Jul-2005

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