Raoul Beunen

Open Universiteit

Raoul Beunen is Associate Professor of Environmental Governance at the Open Universiteit, The Netherlands. His research explores the potentials and limitations of environmental policy and planning in the perspective of adaptive governance and sustainability. It focuses on innovation and evolution in governance, paying attention to the dynamics of policy implementation and integration, multi‐level governance, participatory approaches, and institutional change. He has published widely on these issues, drawing on empirical studies concerning spatial panning, environmental governance and nature conservation in various countries.