Dr Paul Wagner joined Edinburgh Napier Business School as a Lecturer in Public Policy and Sustainability in September 2022. Previously he was a lecturer at Northumbria University in Newcastle and a postdoctoral researcher at the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science in the University of Helsinki in Finland. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics & sociology and a PhD in Simulation Science from University College Dublin. He is a fellow of the HEA, having earned a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice from Northumbria University in 2022.
His research uses network methods to study collaboration and coordination problems in the context of environmental governance problems, with a particular focus on climate change policymaking processes. His research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as The Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Governance, Public Administration, Policy Studies Journal, Policy Sciences, Policy & Politics, Environmental Politics, and Social Networks.
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