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
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.
Experimental Contributions to Collective Action Theory
Coleman, Eric A. and Elinor Ostrom
Cambridge Handbook of Experimental Political Science, edited by James N. Druckman, Arthur Lupia, Donald Green, and James Kuklinski, 339-52. Cambridge University Press.
An Experimental Study for Environmental Fundraising in Majorca, Spain
Lopez, Maria Claudia, Esther Blanco, and Eric A. Coleman
Experiments on Energy, the Environment, and Sustainability, edited by R. Mark Isaac and Douglas A. Norton. (Research in Experimental Economics, Vol. 14). Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Bingley, 181-211.
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.