Krister Andersson

PhD Candidate Adriana Molina Garzon and Dr. Krister P. Andersson have had their article "Decentralization Can Increase Cooperation among Public Officials" published in early view for the American Journal of Political Science . ABSTRACT Collective action among public officials is necessary for the effective delivery of many social services, but...

By: Krister Andersson, Kimberlee Chang, Adriana Molina-Garzon Publication Date: October 2020 Abstract: Strong local institutions are important for the successful governance of common-pool resources (CPRs), but why do such institutions emerge in the first place and why do they sometimes not emerge at all? We argue that voluntary local leaders...

Krister Andersson, University of Colorado Boulder; Alan Zarychta, University of Chicago; Tara Grillos, Purdue Univerity. Published: December 30, 2019 Abstract: This article draws on health sector reform in Honduras to examine the mechanisms through which governance reforms shape the behavior of street‐level bureaucrats. It combines insights from behavioral public administration...

Krister Andersson, University of Colorado Boulder; Kimberlee Chang, University of Colorado Boulder Published: October 4, 2019 Abstract: Social, biophysical, and institutional contexts affect forest users’ incentives to work together to restore forests. With renewed government commitments to support such activities, we argue that effective interventions need to consider several context-specific...

Krister Andersson became a professor in the CU Political Science Department in 2005 after a career with the United Nations. Andersson worked for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, focusing on issues of forest conservation. “During my time at the UN, we were asked by member governments to...

Kimberlee Chang works with Dr. Krister Andersson to examine how governance institutions facilitate sustainable resource use by local communities. In her project funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), she asks the research question "How do diverse communities work together to overcome common collective action...

Lisa Dilling, Elise Pizzi, John Berggren, Ashwin Ravikumar, Krister Andersson Abstract: Cities are key sites of action for adaptation to climate change. However, there are a wide variety of responses to hazards at the municipal level. Why do communities take adaptive action in the face of weather- and climate-related risk?...

Valdivieso, P. and Andersson, K. Abstract: Why do some local governments successfully address issues related to environmental disaster risk management (EDRM), while others do not? This research contributes to a growing literature about the relationships between institutions, multilevel governance, and EDRM at the local level in developing countries. Supported by...

Cook, Nathan J., Wright, Glenn D., Andersson, Krister P. Abstract: Concerned with the challenges of sustainable development, policy makers and scholars often urge nongovernmental organizations to increase their efforts to support governance of natural resources in developing countries. How does funding from external NGOs influence the responsiveness of local government...

Valdivieso, P.E., Andersson, K.P., Villena-Roldan, B. 2017. Abstract: We study how the local institutional context shapes local government decisions about responses to perceived threats of natural disasters and climatic change. We draw on institutional theories and field observations to develop hypotheses about the effects of municipal institutional arrangements, social capital,...