About Us

The Environmental Governance Lab at the University of Toronto seeks to develop new ideas and policy tools to respond to the challenge of environmental governance at multiple scales. Research at the Lab focuses on the political transformations needed for effective and just responses to environmental crises. Lab projects focus on experimentation, legitimacy, accountability, and coherence in global sustainability governance. The Research Centre Toronto is led by Environmental Governance Lab co-directors Professors Steven Bernstein, Matthew Hoffmann, and Teresa Kramarz.

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