Research Articles

2025

Forest Restoration for Environment and Well-Being is Associated with Empowered Local Governance Over Long Time Horizons

Fischer, Harry W., Bill Schultz, Eric A. Coleman, Anthony M. Filippi, Vijay Guleria, Burak Güneralp, Varnitha Kurli, Brendan Lawrence, Andong Ma, Vijay Ramprasad, Pushpendra Rana, Rajesh Rana, Claudia Rodriguez Solorzano, Forrest Fleischmann
Environmental Research Letters 20 (9), 094022.

2024

Using Machine Learning to Uncover Synergies Between Forest Restoration and Livelihood Support in the Himalayas

Rana, Pushpendra, Harry W. Fischer, Eric A. Coleman, and Forrest D. Fleischman
Ecology and Society 29 (1), 32.

2023

How Communities Benefit from Collaborative Governance: Experimental Evidence in Ugandan Oil and Gas

Coleman, Eric A., Bill Schultz, A. Rani Parker, Jacob Manyindo, and Emmanuel M. Mukuru
Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 33 (4), 616-632.

Policy Attributes Shape Climate Policy Support

Coleman, Eric A., Niklas Harring, and Sverker C. Jagers
Policy Studies Journal 51 (2), 419-437.

Public Opinion Toward the Environment and Climate Change in the US

Coleman, Eric A. and James Stewart, III
Oxford Bibliographies in Political Science

2022

Restoration Prioritization Must be Informed by Marginalized People

Fleischman, Forrest, Eric A. Coleman, Harry W. Fischer, Prakash Kashwan, Marion Pfeifer, Vijay Ramprasad, Claudia Solorzano Rodriguez, and Joseph W. Veldman
Nature 607: E5-E6.

Recognizing the Equity Implications of Restoration Priority Maps

Shultz, Bill, Dan Brockington, Eric A. Coleman, Ida Djenontin, Harry Fischer, Forrest Fleischman, Prakash Kashwan, Marion Pfeiffer, and Rose Pritchard
Environmental Research Letters 17 (11), 114019.

2021

Limited Effects of Tree Planting on Forest Canopy Cover and Rural Livelihoods in Northern India

Coleman, Eric A., Bill Schultz, Vijay Ramprasad, Harry W. Fischer, Pushpendra Rana, Anthony M. Filippi, Burak Güneralp, Andong Ma, Claudia Rodriguez Solorzano, Vijay Guleria, Rajesh Rana, and Forrest Fleischman
Nature Sustainability 4 (11): 997-1004.

Lessons Learned from Synthetic Research Projects Based on the Ostrom Workshop Frameworks

Cox, Michael, Georgina G. Gurney, John M. Anderies, Eric A. Coleman, Emily Darling, Graham Epstein, Ulrich J. Frey, Mateja Nenadovic, Edella Schlager, and Sergio Villamayor-Tomas
Ecology and Society 26 (1): 17.

2020

Pitfalls of Tree Planting Show Why We Need People-Centered Natural Climate Solutions

Fleischman, Forrest, Shishir Basant, Ashwini Chhatre, Eric A. Coleman, Harry W. Fischer, Divya Gupta, Burak Güneralp, Prakash Kashwan, Dil Khatri, Robert Muscarella, Jennifer S. Powers, Vijay Ramprasad, Pushpendra Rana, Claudia Rodriguez Solorzano, and Joseph W. Veldman
BioScience 70 (11): 947-50.

Bridging the Academic-Practitioner Gap in RCTs

Parker, A.Rani, Eric A. Coleman, Jacob Manyindo, Emmanuel Mukuru, and Bill Schultz
World Development 127: 104818-19

2019

Stakeholder Engagement Increases Transparency, Satisfaction, and Civic Action

Coleman, Eric A., Jacob Manyindo, A. Rani Parker, and Bill Schultz
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (49): 24486-24491.

Participation and Political Influence in Complex Governance Systems

Mewhirter, Jack, Eric A. Coleman, and Ramiro Berardo
Policy Studies Journal 47 (4): 1002-25.

Practitioners Handbook on Good Practice in Implementing Forest Tenure Reform

Coleman, Eric A.
Center for International Forestry Research

2018

Community-Driven Reconstruction in Colombia: An Experimental Study of Collective Action beyond Program Beneficiaries

D’Exelle, Ben, Eric A. Coleman, and Maria Claudia Lopez
World Development 101: 188-201.

2016

Common Property in the Trust Game: Experimental Evidence from Bulgaria

Coleman, Eric A.
Journal of Theoretical Politics 28 (1): 27-43

Introduction to Special Issue on Elinor Ostrom and Social Dilemmas

Coleman, Eric A. and Rick K. Wilson
Journal of Theoretical Politics 28 (1): 3-4

2015

Conflict, Cooperation, and Institutional Change on the Commons

Coleman, Eric A. and Esther Mwangi
American Journal of Political Science 59 (4): 855-65

Moral Frames and Climate Change Policy Attitudes

Severson, Alex W. and Eric A. Coleman
Social Science Quarterly 96 (5): 1-14.

2014

Behavioral Determinants of Citizen Involvement: Evidence from Natural Resource Decentralization Policy

Coleman, Eric A.
Public Administration Review 74 (5): 642-54

Property Rights and Forest Commons

Coleman, Eric A. and Scott Liebertz
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 33 (3): 649-68.

2013

Women’s Participation in Forest Management: A Cross-Country Analysis

Coleman, Eric A. and Esther Mwangi
Global Environmental Change 23 (1): 193-205.

2012

Voting for Environmental Donations: Experimental Evidence from Majorca, Spain

Blanco, Esther, Maria-Claudia Lopez, and Eric A. Coleman
Ecological Economics 75: 52-60

Using Stocking Guides to Take Stock of Forest Institutions

Coleman, Eric A., Burnell Fischer, and John A. Kershaw
Society and Natural Resources 25 (2): 209-15.

Comparing Forest Decentralization and Local Institutional Change in Bolivia, Kenya, Mexico, and Uganda

Coleman, Eric A. and Forrest D. Fleischman
World Development 40 (4): 836-49

2011

Common Property Rights, Adaptive Capacity, and Response to Forest Disturbance

Coleman, Eric A.
Global Environmental Change 21 (3): 855-865.

2010

Institutional and Ecological Interplay for Successful Self-Governance of Community-Based Fisheries

Basurto, Xavier and Eric A. Coleman
Ecological Economics 69 (5): 1094-1103.

2009

Institutional Factors Affecting Biophysical Outcomes in Forest Management

Coleman, Eric A.
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 28 (1): 122-46.

Monitoring and Sanctioning in the Commons: An Application to Forestry

Coleman, Eric A. and Brian C. Steed
Ecological Economics 68 (7): 2106-2113

Trust in Private and Common Property Experiments

Cox, James C., Elinor Ostrom, James M. Walker, Antonio Jamie Castillo, Eric A. Coleman, Robert Holahan, Michael Schoon, and Brian C. Steed
Southern Economic Journal 75 (4): 957-75

A Comparison of Demand-Side Water Management Strategies Using Disaggregate Data

Coleman, Eric A.
Public Works Management and Policy 13 (3): 215-223.