Vermont EPSCoR Publications

Zia A, Koliba C. Adaptive Management of Critical Transitions in the Social Ecological Systems: Governing Alternate Stable States in Multi-Jurisdictional Lake Champlain Basin. In: The American Society for Public Administration, Section on Complexity and Network Studies (SCNS), and Erasmus University Rotterdam, research group Governance of Complex Systems (GOCS) Joint Conference on “Challenges of Making Public Administration and Com. The American Society for Public Administration, Section on Complexity and Network Studies (SCNS), and Erasmus University Rotterdam, research group Governance of Complex Systems (GOCS) Joint Conference on “Challenges of Making Public Administration and Com. La Verne, CA,; 2013. p. .

Zia A, Metcalf S, Koliba C, Widner M. Agent Based Models of Cross-Jurisdictional Governance Networks: Simulating the Emergence of Project Prioritization Patterns Under Alternate Policy Theoretical Frameworks and Network Structures. Emergence: Complexity & Organization. 2012.

Zia A, Koliba C. Agent-Based Modeling of Intergovernmental Networks: A Complex Systems Approach to Analyze Transportation Policy Implementation Processes. In: Earth System Governance Annual Meeting. Earth System Governance Annual Meeting. United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan; 2013. p. .

Zia A, Bomblies A, Betts AK, Koliba C, Beckage B. Assessing Numerical versus Verbal Frames of Communicating Uncertain Climate Risks: Findings from an Experimental Survey Pre- and Post-Tropical Storm Irene. This article is in preparation. 2013.

Zia A, Koliba C. Climate Change Governance and Accountability: Dilemmas of Performance Management in Complex Governance Networks. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis. 2011;13(5):479-497.

Koliba C, Zia A. Complex Systems Modeling in Public Administration and Policy Studies: Challenges and Opportunities for a Meta-Theoretical Research Program. In: COMPACT I: Public Administration in Complexity. COMPACT I: Public Administration in Complexity. Litchfield Park, AZ; 2013. p. .

Koliba C, Zia A. Complexity Friendly” Meso-Level Public Administration and Policy Studies Frameworks for Modeling Complex Governance Systems: Challenges and Opportunities for a Meta-Theoretical Research Program. In: COMPACT I: Public Administration in Complexity. COMPACT I: Public Administration in Complexity. Litchfield Park, AZ; 2013. p. 119-136.

Zia A, Koliba C. The Emergence of Attractors Under Alternate Institutional Designs: Agent Based Modeling of Intergovernmental Decision Making for Funding Transportation Projects. AI & Society: Knowledge, Culture and Communication. 2013.

Scheinert S, Reynolds A, Koliba C, Zia A. Emerging Environmental Governance Networks: The Development of the Network in the Lake Champlain Basin Program’s Opportunities for Action Plans. In: Sunbelt XXXIII. Mechanisms of Change in Organizational Networks. Sunbelt XXXIII. Mechanisms of Change in Organizational Networks. Hamburg, Germany; 2013. p. .

Koliba C, Zia A. Governance Informatics: Managing the Performance of Inter-Governmental Governance Networks. In: Association for Public Policy and Management National Conference. Association for Public Policy and Management National Conference. Washington, DC; 2011. p. .

Koliba C, Zia A. Governance Informatics: Using computer simulation models to deepen situational awareness and governance design considerations. In: Policy Informatics. Policy Informatics. Cambridge, MA.; 2012. p. .

Koliba C, Zia A. Governance Informatics: Using Computer Simulation Models to Deepen Situational Awareness and Governance Design Considerations. In: 8th Annual TransAtlantic Dialogue. 8th Annual TransAtlantic Dialogue. Nijmegen, The Netherlands; 2012. p. .

Koliba C, Zia A, Lee B. Governance Informatics: Utilizing Computer Simulation Models to Manage Complex Governance Networks. The Innovation Journal: Innovations for the Public Sector [Internet]. 2011;16(1):Article 3. Available from: http://www.innovation.cc/scholarly-style/koliba_governance_informaticsv16i1a3.pdf

Zia A, Koliba C, Tian Y. Governance Network Analysis: Experimental Simulations of Alternate Institutional Designs for Intergovernmental Project Prioritization Processes. In: COMPACT I: Public Administration in Complexity. COMPACT I: Public Administration in Complexity. Litchfi eld Park, AZ; 2013. p. 144-165.

Koliba C, Zia A. Harnessing Complexity to Govern. In: 8th Annual TransAtlantic Dialogue. 8th Annual TransAtlantic Dialogue. Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 2012. p. .

Zia A, Koliba C. How Multi-Level Institutional Mechanisms Generate Basins of Attraction in Infrastructure Investments. In: International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) Annual Conference. International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) Annual Conference. Prague, Czech Republic; 2013. p. .

Tsai Y, Zia A, Koliba C, Guilbert J, Bucini G, Beckage B. Impacts of Land Managers’ Decisions on Landuse Transition within Missisquoi Watershed Vermont: An Application of Agent-based Modeling System. IEEE International Systems Conference. 2013.

Reynolds A, Koliba C, Scheinert S, Zia A, Ricketson J. Isomorphic Properties of Network Governance: Comparing Two Watershed Governance Initiatives in the Lake Champlain Basin Using Institutional Network Analysis. 2013.

Zia A, Koliba C. Lags and Inertia in the Proactive Management of Environmental Risks: How Scale and Ideology Affect Climate Change Risk Perceptions?. In: 2012 Annual Meeting of Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management. 2012 Annual Meeting of Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management. ; 2012. p. .

Beckage B, Kauffman S, Zia A, Koliba C, Gross LJ. More complex complexity: exploring the nature of computational irreducibility across physical, biological, and human social systems. In: Irreducibility and Computational Equivalence: Wolfram Science 10 Years After the Publication of A New Kind of Science. Vol. 2. Irreducibility and Computational Equivalence: Wolfram Science 10 Years After the Publication of A New Kind of Science. ; 2013. p. 79-88. Available from: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-35482-3_7#page-2

Koliba C, Scheinert S, Reynolds A, Zia A. Planning Regimes as Institutional Constraints in the Design of Governance Networks: A Comparative Analysis of Hierarchical and Collaborative Design Regimes in the Lake Champlain Basin. In: American Association of Public Administration Anual Conference. American Association of Public Administration Anual Conference. New Orleans, LA.; 2013. p. .

Koliba C, Gerrtis L, Meek J, Rhodes ML. Public Administration within Complex Governance Systems: Proposal for the Next Generation for Theory, Research and Practice. In: American Society of Public Administration National Conference. American Society of Public Administration National Conference. Las Vegas, NV; 2012. p. .

Koliba C, Zia A. The Resiliency Challenge for Social Ecological Systems: Overcoming Institutional Silos Through Mediated Modeling. In: The American Society for Public Administration, Section on Complexity and Network Studies (SCNS), and Erasmus University Rotterdam, research group Governance of Complex Systems (GOCS) Joint Conference on “Challenges of Making Public Administration and Com. The American Society for Public Administration, Section on Complexity and Network Studies (SCNS), and Erasmus University Rotterdam, research group Governance of Complex Systems (GOCS) Joint Conference on “Challenges of Making Public Administration and Com. La Verne, CA; 2013. p. .

Koliba C, Zia A. The Role of Governance Informatics in Promoting Accountability and Performance: Examples from Watershed Management and Transportation Planning. In: International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) Annual Conference. International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM) Annual Conference. Prague, Czech Republic; 2013. p. .

Koliba C, Zia A. Theory Testing Using Complex Systems Modeling in Public Administration and Policy Studies: Challenges and Opportunities for a Meta-Theoretical Research Program. Emergence: Complexity & Organization. 2012.