Philanthropic foundations as agents of environmental governance: a research agenda

Health giving patterns of philanthropic foundations.

Philanthropic foundations and the governance of global health: The Rockefeller Foundation and Product Development Partnerships

This paper explores the influence of private philanthropic foundations in the governance of global health. Such foundations, including Rockefeller and Ford, have historically played an important role in infectious disease control, providing seed finance to develop vaccines (e.g. yellow fever) and subsidies for the eradication of certain parasites (e.g. hookworm). More recently these actors have...

Programming Organization-Aware Agents A Research Agenda

Organizational notions such as roles, norms (e.g., obligations and permissions), and services are increasingly viewed as natural concepts to manage the complexity of software development. In particular in the context of multi-agent systems, agents are expected to be organization-aware, i.e., to understand and reason about the structure, work processes, and norms of the agent organization in whi...

Software Ecosystems Governance - A Systematic Literature Review and Research Agenda

The field of Software ecosystems is a growing discipline that has been investigated from managerial, social, and technological perspectives. The governance of software ecosystems requires a careful balance of control and autonomy given to players. Orchestrators that are able to balance their own interests by bringing joint benefits for other players are likely to create healthy ecosystems. Sele...

Legal and institutional foundations of adaptive environmental governance

Legal and institutional structures fundamentally shape opportunities for adaptive governance of environmental resources at multiple ecological and societal scales. Properties of adaptive governance are widely studied. However, these studies have not resulted in consolidated frameworks for legal and institutional design, limiting our ability to promote adaptation and social-ecological resilience...