Edited by Victor Galaz, Program Director, Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Associate Professor in Political Science, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden

• Contents:Introduction 1Victor GalazPART I REFLECTIONS AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES1 The architecture of robustness 16Simon A. Levin2 Governing for emergence in social–ecological systems 24Carl Folke3 Complexity, philosophy and ethics 38Rika Preiser and Minka Woermann4 Sustainability transformations in complex systems:a political economy perspective 63Hubert Schmitz and Ian Scoones5 Adaptive governance from an evolutionary perspective 78Michael Cox and Michael SchoonPART II APPLICATIONS6 Understanding institutional complexity through networks 95Rakhyun E. Kim7 Polycentric governance and climate change 124Dave Huitema, Andrew Jordan, Harro van Asselt and James Patterson8 Harnessing the complexity of legal systems forgoverning global challenges 147J.B. Ruhl and Daniel M. Katz9 Complexity, resilience and economics 166Anne-Sophie Crépin10 Simple solutions for complexity? 188B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre and Victor Galaz11 The system made me do it? Regulating systemic risk 211Caitlin Chambers, Luca Rade, Thayer Pattersonand Miguel A. Centeno12 Leadership and complexity: can individuals make differencesin complex systems? 239Sibout Nooteboom and Geert Teisman13 Cognitive capacities for global governance in the faceof complexity: the case of climate tipping points 274Manjana MilkoreitIndex 303

Edited by Victor Galaz, Program Director, Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Associate Professor in Political Science, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden

• Contents:Introduction 1Victor GalazPART I REFLECTIONS AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES1 The architecture of robustness 16Simon A. Levin2 Governing for emergence in social–ecological systems 24Carl Folke3 Complexity, philosophy and ethics 38Rika Preiser and Minka Woermann4 Sustainability transformations in complex systems:a political economy perspective 63Hubert Schmitz and Ian Scoones5 Adaptive governance from an evolutionary perspective 78Michael Cox and Michael SchoonPART II APPLICATIONS6 Understanding institutional complexity through networks 95Rakhyun E. Kim7 Polycentric governance and climate change 124Dave Huitema, Andrew Jordan, Harro van Asselt and James Patterson8 Harnessing the complexity of legal systems forgoverning global challenges 147J.B. Ruhl and Daniel M. Katz9 Complexity, resilience and economics 166Anne-Sophie Crépin10 Simple solutions for complexity? 188B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre and Victor Galaz11 The system made me do it? Regulating systemic risk 211Caitlin Chambers, Luca Rade, Thayer Pattersonand Miguel A. Centeno12 Leadership and complexity: can individuals make differencesin complex systems? 239Sibout Nooteboom and Geert Teisman13 Cognitive capacities for global governance in the faceof complexity: the case of climate tipping points 274Manjana MilkoreitIndex 303

Edited by Victor Galaz, Program Director, Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Associate Professor in Political Science, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden

• Contents:Introduction 1Victor GalazPART I REFLECTIONS AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES1 The architecture of robustness 16Simon A. Levin2 Governing for emergence in social–ecological systems 24Carl Folke3 Complexity, philosophy and ethics 38Rika Preiser and Minka Woermann4 Sustainability transformations in complex systems:a political economy perspective 63Hubert Schmitz and Ian Scoones5 Adaptive governance from an evolutionary perspective 78Michael Cox and Michael SchoonPART II APPLICATIONS6 Understanding institutional complexity through networks 95Rakhyun E. Kim7 Polycentric governance and climate change 124Dave Huitema, Andrew Jordan, Harro van Asselt and James Patterson8 Harnessing the complexity of legal systems forgoverning global challenges 147J.B. Ruhl and Daniel M. Katz9 Complexity, resilience and economics 166Anne-Sophie Crépin10 Simple solutions for complexity? 188B. Guy Peters, Jon Pierre and Victor Galaz11 The system made me do it? Regulating systemic risk 211Caitlin Chambers, Luca Rade, Thayer Pattersonand Miguel A. Centeno12 Leadership and complexity: can individuals make differencesin complex systems? 239Sibout Nooteboom and Geert Teisman13 Cognitive capacities for global governance in the faceof complexity: the case of climate tipping points 274Manjana MilkoreitIndex 303