New article out now! Make it or break it: critical barriers to effective multistakeholder partnerships for sustainable transformation

Curious about the role of partnerships in governing sustainable development? And want to better understand what barriers they face to govern effectively?

💡 In this article, published in a forthcoming Special Issue on multi-stakeholder partnerships for the SDGs, the journal International Environmental Agreements (INEA), Maximilian S.T. Wanner-Freyland and Matilda Miljand broaden the theoretical discussion on the drivers and enablers of successful partnerships, emphasizing that these are not two sides of the same coin. Their argument is supported by rich, original survey and interview data on transnational multi-stakeholder partnerships, which pinpoint the challenges and critical barriers that undermine the effectiveness of cross-sectoral collaborations.

➡️📄 Want to know what the major challenges are and how they manifest in practice? Read about the relational, institutional, and external barriers that were discovered here (open access).

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