Project Investigators
Dr. Ramiro Berardo
 CV | Contact | Website | Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Arizona; CONICET Researcher Dr. Berardo is a native of Argentina where he obtained his bachelor degree in political science in 1996. In 2001 he came to the U.S. funded by the Fulbright Program to enter the Ph.D. program in the Department of Political Science at Florida State University. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Government and Public Policy at the University of Arizona. Dr. Berardo focuses his research on the management and governance of water, with an emphasis on understanding how policy networks facilitate collaborative efforts among policy-makers. |
Dr. Mark Lubell
 CV | Contact | Website | Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California Davis Dr. Lubell is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Davis. (Ph. D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1999) His research focuses on human behavior and the role of governance institutions in solving collective action problems and facilitating cooperation. The collective action problems associated with environmental policy provide a laboratory for his research. Lubell's current projects include watershed management, environmental activism, agricultural best management practices, and institutional change in local governments. He also dabbles in experimental economics and simulation techniques to further explore collective action theory. |
Dr. John Scholz
 CV | Contact | Website | Frances Eppes Professor of Political Science, Florida State University Dr. Scholz is a Frances Eppes Professor of Political Science at Florida State University. (Ph. D., University of California/Berkeley, 1978) His earlier research has analyzed government regulatory policies from the federal to the local level involving issues of occupational safety and health, water pollution, and taxation, focusing in particular on enforcement and compliance issues. His current research analyzes the problems of developing and maintaining cooperative solutions to collective action problems, emphasizing the role of policy networks, private partnerships, and collaborative government programs in resolving collective problems involved in resource management. For example, his recently coedited Adaptive Governance and Water Conflict analyzes the problems of fragmented authority in water policy and the challenges facing agencies and stakeholders in developing innovative approaches to develop integrated solutions to water conflicts. |