The POLIS Project
Description:
The POLIS Project on Ecological Governance is an ongoing interdisciplinary project at the University of Victoria’s Centre for Global Studies and a hub for collaborative and action-oriented research, policy practice, and education. Our mission is to support ecological thinking and action as a core value and practice in all aspects of society. We create engaging spaces for academic researchers, community practitioners, and policy decision-makers to come together and demonstrate the powerful potential in collaborative governance arrangements based in ecological principles. Current POLIS initiatives include the POLIS Water Sustainability Project, the POLIS Wildfire Resilience Project, and the POLIS Biocultural Ethics Initiative.
Partners and Collaborators:
We work with a wide network of decision-makers, influencers, academics, experts, funders, and on-the-ground organizations working across scales. Our work with each of our partners is tailored and we work with them in a variety of capacities — from formalized research partnerships, to serving in advisory capacities, to providing mutual support of each others’ good work. We are also thankful for the generous support of our various sponsors. Our connections, collaborations, and partnerships with this strong network are integral to our work bridging applied research with real-time, on-the-ground action towards an equitable, just, and sustainable world with a regenerative (rather than degenerative) future.
For more information about the POLIS Project on Ecological Governance and its current research, contact:
Laura Brandes, Communications Director at communications@polisproject.org
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Funding:
POLIS gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, MakeWay, Real Estate Foundation of British Columbia, Sitka Foundation, and Eco-Research Chair of Environmental Law and Policy. We also extend a special thank you to the University of Victoria and Centre for Global Studies.