Environmental Policy Integration and Multi-level Governance

Ahead of each EPIGOV conference, partners will produce a literature review and a state-of-the-art report for each of the two main themes of the conference. While the literature reviews will provide a broad overview of the main research strands in the respective area, the state-of-the-art-reports will focus more narrowly on research that is particularly relevant for the two sets of main research questions mentioned above. A common reference framework will ensure the necessary consistency of the various state-of-the-art reports. The research papers presented at the conference will also address issues raised in the common reference framework.

Besides research papers, literature reviews, and state-of-the-art reports, the EPIGOV partners will produce a final synthesis report, including an analysis of future research needs, and a policy paper focussing on the most relevant conclusions for policy-makers and stakeholders. The consortium expects to publish selected contributions to the EPIGOV project as an edited volume.