Dr. P.C.N. (Peter) Tangney

Faculteit der Maatschappij- en Gedragswetenschappen

Programmagroep: Transnational Configurations, Conflict and Governance

Bezoekadres

Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Kamernummer: 9.07

Postadres

Postbus 15578
1001 NB Amsterdam

Contactgegevens

p.c.n.tangney@uva.nl

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Peter Tangney is Coordinator of the Public Policy & Governance teaching track 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.

Expertise and research fields

Evidence-based Policy

Experts

Environmental Governance

Climate Change
Publicaties
2025

Holloway, P., Thelen, S., McCullagh, D., Tangney, P. C. N., Veenenbos, K. R., van der Horst, S. V. J., O'Leary, A., Bermingham, S., O'Brien, C., & O'Leary, N. (2025). Smartphone GIS: exploring technological competency in active learning across geography. Journal of Geography in Higher Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2024.2443908

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]
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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]
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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), 661-672. 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., 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. [details]

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 South Australia: 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). Evidence-based coordination of national climate resilience: Briefing Report. Climate and Sustainability Policy Research Group. https://www.thecaspr.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/EvidenceBasedClimateResilience_FINAL-report-with-citation-1.pdf

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
2020

Tangney, P. C. N., Star, C., Nettle, C., Newman, J., & Clarke, B. (2020). Defence-funded study outlines risk to national security. Web publication or website, Australian Defence Magazine. https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/general/defence-funded-study-outlines-climate-risk-to-national-security
Prijs / subsidie

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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