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Policy & Politics Highlights collection on Collaborative Governance: free to access from 31 July – 31 October 2025

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by Sarah Brown and Allegra Fullerton

Two women, the authors of this blog.

This quarter’s Policy & Politics highlights collection brings together three of our most popular articles recently published, that extend and deepen our theoretical and empirical understanding of collaborative governance. Each article advances our knowledge by engaging critically with key debates in the field, whether through conceptual synthesis, empirical exploration, or theoretical refinement. Together, they contribute to our understanding of the complexities and contingencies of collaboration in contemporary governance settings.

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Using bricolage and robustness theory to explain the dynamism of collaborative governance

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by Martin B. Carstensen and Eva Sørensen

In a recent article published in Policy & Politics, Martin B. Carstensen and Eva Sørensen explore how collaborative governance can be understood as a series of fluid, adaptive interactions—rather than as a stable, coherent and linear process. Drawing on bricolage theory and theories of robust governance, they propose a new way of thinking about how partnerships form, evolve, and sustain themselves in dynamic, unpredictable settings.

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