John Colvin

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

10h-index1.1kcitations25works3.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Sustainability and Climate Change Governance(12), Complex Systems and Decision Making(5), Water resources management and optimization(4), Evaluation and Performance Assessment(4), Community Health and Development(3)

Publications25 total

Twelve principles for transformation-focused evaluation
PLOS Sustainability and Transformation·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Programme Design for Transformations to Sustainability Research: A comparative analysis of the design of two research programmes on transformations to sustainability
2024· 1 cited
Twelve principles for transformation-focused evaluation
SSRN Electronic Journal·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Governance in Malawi: Impact Evaluation of the ‘Kutukula Umwini pa Chitukuko Cha m’maboma Ang’ono Project: Enhancing Communities’ Capacity in Tracking Development Resources at Local Council Level’
2021· 1 cited
Good Governance in Malawi: Impact evaluation of the ‘Strengthening Land Governance System for Smallholder Farmers in Malawi’ project
2021· 3 citedOpen Access
Transforming knowledge systems for life on Earth: Visions of future systems and how to get there
Energy Research & Social Science·2020· 254 citedOpen Access
Building capacity for co-operative governance as a basis for integrated water resource managing in the Inkomati and Mvoti catchments, South Africa
Water SA·2019· 33 citedOpen Access
Governance in Ethiopia: Impact evaluation of the African Climate Change and Resilience Alliance (ACCRA) project
2018· 3 citedOpen Access
Ten essentials for action-oriented and second order energy transitions, transformations and climate change research
Energy Research & Social Science·2017· 438 citedOpen Access
Africa Climate Change Resilience Alliance: Phase 2 Synthesis Evaluation, final report
2017· 2 citedOpen Access
A Prototype Monitoring, Learning and Evaluation Platform: Benchmarking Climate Resilience in the Private Sector for PROADAPT
2016Open Access
In search of systemic innovation for sustainable development: A design praxis emerging from a decade of social learning inquiry
Research Policy·2014· 91 cited
Learning about transformational design in Pakistan’s Climate Compatible Development Space
2013
Towards Urban Sustainability : Learning from the Design of a Programme for Multi-stakeholder Collaboration
KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)·2013· 10 citedOpen Access
Social learning systems for collective action: a critical review of cases from UK, South Africa, China and Australia using social learning systems
Open Research Online (The Open University)·2012
Reframing water governance: a multi-perspective study of an over-engineered catchment in China
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management·2011· 16 cited
Sustainable Catchment Managing in a Climate Changing World: New Integrative Modalities for Connecting Policy Makers, Scientists and Other Stakeholders
Water Resources Management·2011· 82 citedOpen Access
New integrative modalities for connecting policy makers,farmers and scientists for adaptive farming management ina climate changing world
2010
Building ‘learning catchments’ for integrated catchment managing: designing learning systems based on experiences in the UK and South Africa
Water Science & Technology·2009· 26 cited
Integrated Catchment Value Systems
Journal of Water Resource and Protection·2009· 16 citedOpen Access
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Kevin Collins(5), Ray Ison(5), Ioan Fazey(4), Glenn G. Page(4), Sam Chimbuya(4), Mutizwa Mukute(4), Graham Leicester(3), Pier Paolo Roggero(3), Giovanna Seddaiu(3), Mark Everard(3), Niko Schäpke(2), Guido Caniglia(2), James Patterson(2), Paulina Aldunce(2), Hilary Bradbury(2), Esther Carmen(2), Bruce Evan Goldstein(2), Gavin Harper(2), Anthony Hodgson(2), Matthias Klaes(2)