Edella Schlager

Interests

Research

comparative institutional analysis of diverse governing arrangements for surface and groundwater; institutional adaptation to climate change impacts, especially droughts

Teaching

environmental policy, climate change policy, public policy, federalism

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Books

• Schlager, E. -., Engel, K., & Rider, S. (2011). Navigating Climate Change Policy: The Opportunities of Federalism.. University of Arizona Press.
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  ;Your Role: I am the lead editor of the volume. As lead editor I wrote the introduction, the section introductions, and the conclusion. I also convened an authors meeting, and I worked closely with the development editors and authors to ensure common language and quality across chapters. ;Collaborative with faculty member at UA: Yes;

Chapters

• Schlager, E., & Heikkila, T. (2018). Investigating Compliance at the Macro Level: The Case of US Interstate River Compacts. In Contextualizing Compliance in the Public Sector: Individual Motivations, Social Processes, and Institutional Design.
• Schlager, E., & Sugg, Z. (2018). Participation of stakeholders and citizens in groundwater management: the role of collective action. In Advances in Groundwater Governance.
• Schlager, E., & Cox, M. (2017). The IAD Framework and the SES Framework: An Introduction and Assessment of the Ostrom Workshop Frameworks. In Theories of the Policy Process. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press.
• Sugg, Z., Ziaja, S., & Schlager, E. (2019). Conjunctive Water Management. In Essentials of Texas Water Resources, 6th edition.
• Tarko, V., & Schlager, E. (2016). The Faustian Bargain: Powersharing, Constitutions, and the Practice of Polycentricity. In Governing Complexity: Analysing and Applying Polycentricity.
• Schlager, E. (2016). Climate Variability and Adaptive Capacities of Intergovernmental Arrangements: Encouraging Problem Solving and Managing Conflict. In Western Water Policy and Planning in a Variable and Changing Climate. Taylor and Francis.
• Schlager, E. -. (2015). Governing Boundaries: Exclusion, Essential Resources, and Sustainability. In Governing Access to Essential Resources. Columbia University Press.
• Schlager, E., & Weible, C. (2015). Narrative Policy Framework: Contributions, Limitations, and Recommendations. In The Science of Stories: Applications of the Narrative Policy Framework in Public Policy Analysis.
• Schlager, E. -., & Heikkila, T. (2014). Water Scarcity, Conflict Resolution, and Adaptive Governance in Federal Transboundary River Basins. In Federal Rivers: Managing Water in Multi-Layered Political Systems. Edgar Elgar Press.
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  ;Your Role: Primary author;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Denver;
• Schlager, E., Ostrom, E., & Cox, M. (2014). The Institutional Analysis and Development Framework and an Introduction to the Social-Ecological System Framework. In Theories of the Policy Process. Westview Press.
• Schlager, E. -. (2011). Acting in Concert: Regional Efforts Among States to Address Climate Change. In Navigating Climate Change Policy: The Opportunities of Federalism. Navigating Climate Change Policies: The Opportunities of Federalism, edited by Edella Schlager, Kirsten Engel, and Sally Rider. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press.
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  The chapter is based on original research that I conducted. ;Your Role: I am sole author of the chapter;
• Schlager, E. -., & Bauer, C. (2011). Governing Water: Institutions, Property Rights, and Sustainability. In Treatise on Water Science. Elsvier.
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  ;Your Role: Lead author;Collaborative with faculty member at UA: Yes;

Journals/Publications

• Schlager, E., & Olivier, T. (2021). Rules and the ruled: understanding joint patterns of institutional design and behavior in complex polycentric systems. Policy Studies Journal.
• Schlager, E., Herzog, L., & Ingold, K. (2021). Prescribed by Law and Therefore Realized? Analyzing Rules and Their Implied Actor Interactions as Networks. Policy Studies Journal.
• Beland, D., & Schlager, E. (2019). Policy Feedback in Public Policy Research: Looking Backward, Moving Forward. Policy Studies Journal.
• Zipper, S., Whitney, K., Deines, J., Befus, K., Bhatia, U., Albers, S., Beecher, J., Brelsford, C., Garcia, M., Gleeson, T., O'Donell, F., Resnick, D., & Schlager, E. (2019). Balancing Open Science and Data Privacy in the Water Sciences. Water Resources Research.
• Schlager, E. (2017). Moving Beyond the Boundaries? Exploring Nexus Among Public Policy, Public Management, and Nonprofit and Voluntary Studies Fields. Policy Studies Journal, 45(1), 4-21.
• Schlager, E., Cosens, B., Craig, R., Hirsch, S., Arnold, T., Benson, M., DeCaro, D., Garmestani, A., Gosnell, H., & Ruhl, J. (2017). The Role of Law in Adaptive Governance. Ecology and Society.
• Schlager, E., Craig, R., Garmestani, A., Allen, C., Arnold, T., Birge, H., DeCaro, D., Fremier, A., & Gosnell, H. (2017). Balancing stability and flexibility in adaptive governance: The new challenges and a review of tools available. Ecology and Society.
• Schlager, E., DeCaro, D., Chaffin, B., Garmestani, A., & Ruhl, J. (2017). Legal and Institutional Foundations of Adaptive Environmental Governance. Ecology and Society.
• Schlager, E., Garrick, D., DeStefano, L., & Villamayor Tomas, S. (2017). Managing the Cascading Risks of Droughts: Institutional Adaptation in Transboundary Rivers. Earth's Future.
• Schlager, E., Gunderson, L., Cosens, B., Chaffin, B., Arnold, T., Fremier, A., Garmestani, A., Craig, R., Gosnell, H., Birge, H., Allen, C., Benson, M., Stone, M., Hamm, J., Nemec, K., & Llewelyn, D. (2017). Regime Shifts and Panarchies in Regional Scale Social-Ecological Systems. Ecology and Society, 22(1).
• Schlager, E., Hanlon, J., & Olivier, T. (2018). Suspicious Collaborators: How governments in polycentric systems monitor behavior and enforce public good provision rules against one another. International Journal of the Commons.
• Schlager, E., Lien, A., & Lona, A. (2017). Using institutional grammar to improve understanding of the form and function of payment for ecosystem services programs. Ecosystem Services.
• Anderies, J., Janssen, M., & Schlager, E. (2016). Institutions and the Performance of Coupled Infrastructure Systems. International Journal of the Commons, 10(2), 495-516.
• Schlager, E. (2016). Introducing “The Importance of Context, Scale, and Interdependencies in Understanding and Applying Ostrom’s Design Principles for Successful Governance of the Commons. International Journal of the Commons, 10(2), 405-416.
• Schlager, E., Garrick, D., & Villamayor, S. (2016). Governing an International Transboundary River: Opportunism, Safeguards, and Drought Adaptation in the Rio Grande. Publius: The Journal of Federalism.
• Schlager, E., Sugg, Z., & Ziaja, S. (2016). Conjunctive groundwater management as a response to social-ecological disturbances: A comparison of four Western U.S. states. Texas Water Journal.
• Schlager, E. -., Garrick, D., Stefano, L. d., Fung, F., Pittock, J., New, M., & Connell, D. (2013). Managing Hydroclimatic Risk in Federal Rivers: A Diagnostic Assessment. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A.
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• Schlager, E. -., & Heikkila, T. (2012). Addressing the Issues: The Choice of Environmental Conflict Resolution Venues in the United States. American Journal of Political Science.
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  ;Your Role: Equal contributor to paper.;Full Citation: Heikkila, Tanya and Edella Schlager. 2012. “"Addressing the Issues: The Choice of Environmental Conflict Resolution Venues in the United States" American Journal of Political Science 56(4):774-786;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Associate Professor in School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Denver;
• Schlager, E. -., Heikkila, T., & Case, C. (2012). The Costs of Compliance with Interstate Agreements: Lessons From Water Compacts in the Western United States. Publius: The Journal of Federalism.
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  ;Your Role: Equal contributor;Full Citation: Schlager, Edella, Tanya Heikkila, and Carl Case. 2012. “The Costs of Compliance with Interstate Agreements: Lessons From Water Compacts in the Western United States” Publius: The Journal of Federalism doi: 10.1093/publius/pjs017;Collaborative with graduate student: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Associate Professor in School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Denver;
• Schlager, E. -., & Heikkila, T. (2011). Left High and Dry? Climate Change, Common Pool Resource Theory, and the Adaptability of Western Water Compacts. Public Administration Review.
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  ;Your Role: I am lead author of the paper.;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Tanya Heikkila is an associate professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado, Denver.;
• Schlager, E. -., Heikkila, T., & Davis, M. (2011). The Role of Cross-scale Institutional Linkages in Common Pool Resource Management: Assessing Interstate River Compacts. Policy Studies Journal.
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  ;Your Role: I wrote 50% of the paper. ;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Tanya Heikkila is an associate professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado, Denver. Mark Davis is a PhD candidate in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado, Denver;

Presentations

• Hanlon, J., Olivier, T., & Schlager, E. (2019, Summer). Suspicious Collaborators: How governments in polycentric systems monitor behavior and enforce public good provision rules against one another. International Association for the Study of the Commons Bi-annual Meeting. Lima Peru: International Association for the Study of the Commons.
• Schlager, E. (2019, Summer). State-Reinforced Self-Governance and Institutional Change: The Evolution of the New York City Watersheds Governing Arrangement. Workshop on the Workshop 6. Bloomington, Indiana: Ostrom Workshop on Political Theory and Policy Analysis.
• Schlager, E., Ingold, K., & Herzog, L. (2019, Summer). Can beliefs act as institutional filters? Analyzing Beliefs, Rules and Coordination in different Watershed Management Situations. European Consortium on Political Research Annual Meeting. Wroclaw Poland: European Consortium on Political Research.
• Schlager, E. (2017, Fall). Crowding in Cooperative Behavior: Intergovernmental Agreements and the Provision of Regional Public Goods. APPAM Annual Fall Meeting. Chicago, Illinois: APPAM.
• Schlager, E. (2017, Summer). Encouraging Cooperation and Managing Conflict in the Rio Grande/Bravo: The Effects of Venues for Finding Policy Solutions. European Consortium on Political Research Annual Meeting. Oslo, Norway: European Consortium on Political Research.
• Schlager, E. (2017, Summer). Understanding conflict and cooperation in federal rivers: bridging methods and scales in transboundary CPRs. International Association for the Study of the Commons Biennial Meeting. Utrecht, the Netherlands: International Association for the Study of the Commons.
• Schlager, E., Bakkensen, L., Olivier, T., & Hanlon, J. (2017, April). Institutional design for a complex commons: variations in the design of credible commitments and the provision of public goods. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago Illinois: Midwest Political Science Association.
• Schlager, E., Bakkensen, L., Olivier, T., & Hanlon, J. (2017, Spring). Institutional design for a complex commons: variations in the design of credible commitments and the provision of public goods. Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting. Chicago Illinois: Midwest Political Science Association.
• Schlager, E. (2015, Spring). Examining the Designs of Monitoring and Enforcement Mechanisms in a Regional CPR Self-Governing Arrangement. Institutions of Resource Management Panel, Midwest Political Science Association.
• Schlager, E. (2015, Spring). Explaining the Design of Complex Intergovernmental Agreement for Governing a Regional Common Pool Resource: An Application of the “Grammar of Institutions. Department of Political Science, Texas A&M University.
• Schlager, E. (2015, Spring). Institutional Design of Robust Intergovernmental Arrangements. Sustaining the Commons: Interplay between Theory and Practice, Center for Behavior, Institutions, and Environment, Arizona State University.
• Schlager, E. (2015, Spring). Water Scarcity, Governance, and Adaptation Among Western Interstate River Compacts. Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, Texas A&M University.
• Schlager, E. (2015, Summer). Analyzing the Grammars of the Rio Grande River Basin Treaties. International Association for the Study of the Commons. Edmonton Canada.
• Schlager, E., Garrick, D., & Tomas, S. (2014, June). A Robust Federal River? Polycentric Governance and Transboundary Drought Management in the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo. Workshop on the Workshop 5. Bloomington, IN: Ostrom Workshop on Political Theory and Policy Analysis.
• Schlager, E., Hanlon, J., & Olivier, T. (2014, June). Examining rule complexity: Variation of deontics, rule types, and conditions in provisioning simple and complex public goods. Workshop on the Workshop 5. Bloomington, IN: Ostrom Workshop on Political Theory and Policy Analysis.
• Schlager, E. (2013, June). Governing Boundaries: Exclusion, Essential Resources, and Sustainability. Workshop on Governing Access to Essential Resources. New York City: Columbia School of Law.
• Schlager, E. (2014, February). Water Scarcity, Governance, and Adaptation: An Application of the SES Framework. Invited Presentation. Denver, CO: School of Public Affairs, UC -- Denver.
• Schlager, E. -., & Heikkila, T. (2013, 2012-04-01). Water Scarcity, Conflict Resolution, and Adaptive Governance in Federal Transboundary River Basins. Workshop on Water Security and Federal Rivers. Oxford England.
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  ;Your Role: Primary author;Invited: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Denver;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
• Schlager, E. -. (2012, 2012-10-01). Water Scarcity, Governance, and Adaptation: An Application of the SES Framework. Invited Presentation. Beaufort, NC.
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  ;Invited: Yes;Type of Presentation: University;
• Schlager, E. -., & Heikkila, T. (2012, 2012-04-01). Water Scarcity, Conflict Resolution, and Adaptive Governance in Federal Transboundary River Basins. Workshop on Water Security and Federal Rivers. Oxford England.
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  ;Your Role: Primary author;Invited: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Denver;Type of Presentation: Academic Conference;
• Schlager, E. -., & Heikkila, T. (2012, 2012-09-01). Resolving Environmental Conflicts Among Diverse Venues. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA.
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  The conference was cancelled because of hurricane.;Your Role: equal contribution;Submitted: Yes;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Associate Professor, School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Denver;Type of Presentation: Professional Organization;

Reviews

• Schlager, E. -. (2012. An Uncommonly Open Approach. Science.
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  ;Your Role: sole author;Full Citation: Schlager, Edella (July 13) 2012. "An Uncommonly Open Approach. Review of Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources by Brett Frischmann. University of Oxford Press" Science 337:156;

Others

• Schlager, E., Bakkensen, L., Olivier, T., & Hanlon, J. (2016, September). Institutional design for a complex commons: variations in the design of credible commitments and the provision of public goods.
• Schlager, E. -., & Weible, C. (2013, November). New Theories of Policy Processess. Policy Studies Journal.
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  ;Your Role: equal authorship of introduction, editor of special issue of Policy Studies Journal;Other collaborative: Yes;Specify other collaborative: Associate Professor School of Public Affairs, University of Colorado, Denver;