ESR 09: Consultancy firms and the circulation of policy paradigms: roles, responsibilities and impacts
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Employer: Arcadis |
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Job location: Netherlands Netherlands |
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Apply before: 15 Mar 2019 |
Summary
This ESR position will:
Conceptualize the role of consultancy firms in the development, diffusion and evaluation of water policy paradigms
Describe and analyse empirically how consultancy firms develop ideas for novel paradigms, for instance by making academic ideas actionable
Describe and analyse the role of consultancy firms in the uploading and downloading of policy ideas between various jurisdictional levels, for instance by certifying the credibility (proof of principle) of certain ideas
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Host institution: ARCADIS, The Netherlands
Principal supervisor: Prof. dr. Dave Huitema
Co-supervisor: Dr. Nicolas Jager
Non-academic co-supervisor: Ms Iris Bijlsma
Application deadline: 15 March 2020
Starting date: Between 1 May and 1 September 2020
Duration: 3 years
Topic
Increasingly attention is paid to the global circulation of ideas on water governance. The role of environmental consultancy firms in that process deserves more attention, something that this ESR project will accomplish. Building on existing frameworks on policy ivention, diffusion and adoption, boundary work, policy entrepreneurship, policy evaluation, etc. the project will seek to develop a conceptual model of the role of consultancy firms, containing several potential hypothesis on how and when consultancy firms influence water governance debates. The subsequent empriical reserach will focus on the real life impact of consultancy firms on a number of critical processes in the circulation of ideas on water governance, notably the translation of academic ideas into actionable proposals for new governance technologies, the role of consultancy firms in uploading them to international institutions, and downloading them to local and regional jurisdictions, and their role in the evaluation of novel approaches and communicating about their performance. The project is explicitly aimed to create reflexive insights for consultancy firms, and to co-develop normative guidance on how the industry could further improve their role in the global circulation of ideas.
This ESR position will:
Conceptualize the role of consultancy firms in the development, diffusion and evaluation of water policy paradigms
Describe and analyse empirically how consultancy firms develop ideas for novel paradigms, for instance by making academic ideas actionable
Describe and analyse the role of consultancy firms in the uploading and downloading of policy ideas between various jurisdictional levels, for instance by certifying the credibility (proof of principle) of certain ideas
Study how consultancy firms pick up the task of evaluating the performance of policy ideas in practice, for instance by looking at the evaluation methods they use, and the way communication about findings takes place
Stimulate a reflexive discussion on the principles that should underpin future paradigm circulation, including but not limited to context sensitivity
Produce actionable, evidence based and normatively sound suggestions for approaches that consultancy could follow in fulfilling their role in the global circulation of policy ideas
Expected results:
A conceptual framework highlighting the role of consultancy in the circulation of policy ideas globally
Empirical evidence on the way consultancy firms pick up their role, understand their normative responsibilities, and affect water governance practices globally
A discussion on the normative principles that could guide consultancy firms in their future approach
Actionable recommendations on how to improve current practices (best practice recommendations).
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