Dr. P.C.N. (Peter) Tangney
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group: Transnational Configurations, Conflict and Governance
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Postal address
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Postbus 15578
1001 NB Amsterdam
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Profile
Peter Tangney is Assistant Professor of Public Policy & Governance in the Department of Political Science at UvA. His research focuses on the roles for evidence and expertise in public policymaking, with a particular interest in environmental governance, climate change policy and disaster risk management.
Before joining UvA, Peter worked for ten years in Australia, most recently as Senior Lecturer of Environmental Politics and Policy at Flinders University, Adelaide. Before his academic career, he worked for six years in environmental policy development and analysis for the UK Government and its arms-length agencies.
Peter’s research sits at the interface of policy studies, STS and human geography. He primarily uses qualitative methods to understand the development of evidence, and its influence on public decision-making.
Expertise and research fields
- Evidence-based Policy
- Experts
- Environmental Governance
- Climate Change
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Publications
2024
Tangney, P. (2024). Path contingency: advancing a spatial-institutionalist perspective on decision pathways for disaster risk governance. Australian Journal of Political Science, 59(1), 37-54. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2023.2294976 [details]
2023
- Tangney, P., Star, C., Sutton, Z., & Clarke, B. (2023). Navigating collaborative governance: Network ignorance and the performative planning of South Australia's emergency management. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 96, Article 103983. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103983 [details]
2022
- Tangney, P. (2022). Examining Climate Policy-Making Through a Critical Model of Evidence Use. Frontiers in Climate, 4, Article 929313. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2022.929313
2021
- Tangney, P. (2021). Are “Climate Deniers” Rational Actors? Applying Weberian Rationalities to Advance Climate Policymaking. Environmental Communication, 15(8), 1077-1091. https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2021.1942117
- Tangney, P., Nettle, C., Clarke, B., Newman, J., & Star, C. (2021). Climate security in the Indo-Pacific: a systematic review of governance challenges for enhancing regional climate resilience. Climatic Change, 167(3-4), Article 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-021-03197-8
2020
- Tangney, P. (2020). Dammed if you do, dammed if you don't: The impact of economic rationalist imperatives on the adaptive capacity of public infrastructure in Brisbane, Australia and Cork, Ireland. Environmental Policy and Governance, 30(6), 359-372. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.1893
- Tangney, P. (2020). Does risk-based decision-making present an 'epistemic trap' for climate change policymaking? Evidence and Policy, 16(4), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1332/174426419X15577476002116
- Tangney, P. (2020). Understanding climate change as risk: a review of IPCC guidance for decision-making. Journal of Risk Research, 23(11), 1424-1439. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2019.1673801
2019
- Akerlof, K., Tyler, C., Foxen, S. E., Heath, E., Gual Soler, M., Allegra, A., Cloyd, E. T., Hird, J. A., Nelson, S. M., Nguyen, C. T., Gonnella, C. J., Berigan, L. A., Abeledo, C. R., Al-Yakoub, T. A., Andoh, H. F., dos Santos Boeira, L., van Boheemen, P., Cairney, P., Cook-Deegan, R., ... Tangney, P. (2019). A collaboratively derived international research agenda on legislative science advice. Palgrave Communications, 5(1), Article 108. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-019-0318-6
- Tangney, P. (2019). Between conflation and denial–the politics of climate expertise in Australia. Australian Journal of Political Science, 54(1), 131-149. https://doi.org/10.1080/10361146.2018.1551482
2018
- Tangney, P. C. N. (2018). Climate Crisis and the Democratic Prospect: Participatory Governance in Sustainable Communities, by Frank Fischer, Oxford University Press, 2017. Environmental Politics, 27(3), 572-573.
2017
- Tangney, P. (2017). Climate adaptation policy and evidence: Understanding the tensions between politics and expertise in public policy. Taylor and Francis Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315269252
- Tangney, P. (2017). The UK's 2012 Climate Change Risk Assessment: How the rational assessment of science develops policy-based evidence. Science and Public Policy, 44(2), 225-234. https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scw055
- Tangney, P. (2017). What use is CRELE? A response to Dunn and Laing. Environmental Science and Policy, 77, 147-150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2017.08.012
2016
- Tangney, P., & Howes, M. (2016). The politics of evidence-based policy: A comparative analysis of climate adaptation in Australia and the UK. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 34(6), 1115-1134. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263774X15602023
2015
- Howes, M., Tangney, P., Reis, K., Grant-Smith, D., Heazle, M., Bosomworth, K., & Burton, P. (2015). Towards networked governance: improving interagency communication and collaboration for disaster risk management and climate change adaptation in Australia. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 58(5), 757-776. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2014.891974
- Tangney, P. (2015). Brisbane City Council's Q100 assessment: How climate risk management becomes scientised. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 14, 496-503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.10.001
2013
- Heazle, M., Tangney, P., Burton, P., Howes, M., Grant-Smith, D., Reis, K., & Bosomworth, K. (2013). Mainstreaming climate change adaptation: An incremental approach to disaster risk management in Australia. Environmental Science and Policy, 33, 162-170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2013.05.009
- Howes, M., Grant-Smith, D., Reis, K., Bosomworth, K., Tangney, P. C. N., Heazle, M., McEvoy, D., & Burton, P. (2013). Public policy, disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. In Australia and New Zealand Public Policy Network Conference 2013 https://research-repository.griffith.edu.au/handle/10072/56632
2010
- Rowsell, V. F., Tangney, P., Hunt, C., & Voulvoulis, N. (2010). Estimating levels of micropollutants in municipal wastewater. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 206(1-4), 357-368. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-009-0112-y
2013
- Howes, M., Grant-Smith, D., Reis, K., Bosomworth, K., Tangney, P. C. N., Heazle, M., McEvoy, D., & Burton, P. (2013). Rethinking disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. (13 ed.) National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. https://nccarf.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Howes_2013_Rethinking_disaster_risk_management.pdf
2023
- Clarke, B., Wongthong, P., Tangney, P. C. N., Sutton, Z., Nettle, C., & Star, C. (2023). An assessment of the integration of coastal hazard risk into local government strategic and adaptation planning in South Australia: Volume 2: Key stakeholder perspectives. Climate and Sustainability Policy Research Group.
2021
- Clarke, B., Wongthong, P., Tangney, P. C. N., Nettle, C., & Star, C. (2021). An assessment of the integration of coastal hazard risk into local government strategic and adaptation planning in SA. - Volume 1: State Overview and Synthesis. Climate and Sustainability Policy Research Group. https://www.thecaspr.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Coastal-Compendium-executive-summary-and-contents.pdf
2020
- Star, C., Tangney, P. C. N., Clarke, B., Newman, J., & Nettle, C. (2020). Briefing Report – Evidence-based coordination of national climate resilience. Climate and Sustainability Policy Research Group. https://www.thecaspr.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/EvidenceBasedClimateResilience_FINAL-report-with-citation-1.pdf
- Tangney, P. C. N., Star, C., Nettle, C., Newman, J., & Clarke, B. (2020). Defence-funded study outlines risk to national security. Australian Defence Magazine. https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/general/defence-funded-study-outlines-climate-risk-to-national-security
2016
- Tangney, P. C. N. (2016). CSIRO cuts: climate science really does need to shift its focus towards adaptation. The Conversation . https://theconversation.com/csiro-cuts-climate-science-really-does-need-to-shift-its-focus-towards-adaptation-54547
Prize / grant
- Tangney, P. (2018). Australian Political Studies Association - Crisp Prize.
- Tangney, P. (2017). Flinders University Vice Chancellor's Award for Early Career Researcher.
- Tangney, P. (2017). Geoff Anderson Prize for Best Paper - ANZ Public Policy Network.
- Tangney, P. (2006). Arcadis Water Management Prize - Imperial College London.
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Tangney, P. (2024). Path contingency: advancing a spatial-institutionalist perspective on decision pathways for disaster risk governance. Australian Journal of Political Science, 59(1), 37-54.