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Lane, Andy and Collins, Kevin (2023). Using systems diagrams to support multi actor collaboration in Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems. Systemist, 44(2) pp. 78–90.

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Shelton, M. R.; Bos, J. J.; Collins, K. B; Ison, R. L. and Iaquinto, B. L. (2022). Characterising water sensitive cities through inquiry-based learning systems. Australasian Journal of Water Resources, 26(2) pp. 162–174.

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Potters, Jorieke; Collins, Kevin; Schoorlemmer, Herman; Stræte, Egil Petter; Kilis, Emils; Lane, Andrew and Leloup, Heloise (2022). Living Labs as an Approach to Strengthen Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems. EuroChoices, 21(1) pp. 23–29.

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Ison, R. L.; Collins, K. B. and Iaquinto, B. L. (2021). Designing an inquiry-based learning system: innovating in research praxis to transform science-policy-practice relations for sustainable development. Systems Research and Behavioral Science, 38(5) pp. 610–624.

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Bell, Simon; Collins, Kevin and Cutting, Charles (2019). M-World, S-World: Achieving wisdom in online groups. Milton Keynes: Open University.

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Hannaford, Jamie; Collins, Kevin; Haines, Sophie and Barker, Lucy (2019). Enhancing drought monitoring and early warning for the UK through stakeholder co-enquiries. Weather, Climate, and Society, 11(1) pp. 49–63.

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Foster, Natalie; Ison, Ray; Blackmore, Chris and Collins, Kevin (2019). Revisiting deliberative policy analysis through systemic co-inquiry: some experiences from the implementation of the Water Framework Directive in England. Policy Studies, 40 pp. 510–533.

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Melo Zurita, Maria de Lourdes; Thomsen, Dana C.; Holbrook, Neil J.; Smith, Timothy F.; Lyth, Anna; Munro, Paul G.; de Bruin, Annemarieke; Seddaiu, Giovanna; Roggero, Pier Paolo; Baird, Julia; Plummer, Ryan; Bullock, Ryan; Collins, Kevin and Powell, Neil (2018). Global Water Governance and Climate Change: Identifying Innovative Arrangements for Adaptive Transformation. Water, 10(1), article no. 29.

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Wehn, Uta; Collins, Kevin; Anema, Kim; Basco-Carrera, Laura and Lerebours, Alix (2018). Stakeholder engagement in water governance as social learning: lessons from practice. Water International, 43(1) pp. 34–59.

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Foster, Natalie; Ison, Ray; Blackmore, Chris and Collins, Kevin (2018). Partnerships for action in river catchment governance. A case study in the Irwell, UK.

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Bell, Simon; Lane, Andy; Collins, Kevin; Berardi, Andrea and Slater, Rachel (2017). Teaching Environmental Management Competencies Online: Towards “Authentic” Collaboration? European Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning, 20(1) pp. 22–44.

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Blackmore, Chris; Foster, Natalie; Collins, Kevin and Ison, Ray (2017). Understanding and developing communities of practice through diagramming. In: Oreszczyn, Sue and Lane, Andy eds. Mapping environmental sustainability: reflecting on systemic practices for participatory research. London: Policy Press, pp. 155–182.

Blackmore, Chris; van Bommel, Severine; de Bruin, Annemarieke; de Vries, Jasper; Westberg, Lotten; Powell, Niel; Foster, Natalie; Collins, Kevin; Roggero, Pier Paolo and Seddaiu, Giovanna (2016). Learning for Transformation of Water Governance: Reflections on Design from the Climate Change Adaptation and Water Governance (CADWAGO) Project. Water, 8(11), article no. 510.

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Collins, Kevin; Hannaford, Jamie; Svoboda, Mark; Knutson, Cody; Wall, Nicole; Bernadt, Tonya; Crossman, Neville; Overton, Ian; Acreman, Mike; Bachmair, Sophie and Stahl, Kerstin (2016). Stakeholder Co-inquiries on Drought Impacts, Monitoring and Early Warning Systems. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97(11) ES217-ES220.

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Bachmair, Sophie; Stahl, Kerstin; Collins, Kevin; Hannaford, Jamie; Acreman, Mike; Svoboda, Mark; Knutson, Cody; Helm Smith, Kelly; Wall, Nicole; Fuchs, Brian; Crossman, Neville and Overton, Ian C. (2016). Drought indicators revisited: the need for a wider consideration of environment and society. WIREs Water, 3(4) pp. 516–536.

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Collins, K.; Hannaford, J.; Haines, S.; Bachmair, S.; Crossman, N.; Stephens, L. and Svoboda, M. (2016). Drought: Understanding and reducing vulnerability through monitoring and early warning systems. Report of the DrIVER workshop, 17 March 2015.

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Foster, Natalie; Collins, Kevin; Ison, Ray and Blackmore, Chris (2016). Water Governance in England: Improving Understandings and Practices through Systemic Co-Inquiry. Water, 5, article no. 540.

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Ison, Raymond L.; Collins, Kevin B. and Wallis, Philip J (2015). Institutionalising social learning: towards systemic and adaptive governance. Environmental Science & Policy, 53(Part B) pp. 105–117.

Foster, Natalie; Collins, Kevin; Ison, Raymond and Blackmore, Chris (2015). Water governance in the UK and EU: So far, so what and what next? Symposium Report. 16th September 2015, Royal Society, London.

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Ison, Raymond; Allan, Catherine and Collins, Kevin (2015). Reframing water governance praxis: does reflection on metaphors have a role? Environment & Planning C: Government & Policy, 33 pp. 1697–1713.

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Ison, Ray; Blackmore, Chris; Collins, Kevin; Holwell, Sue and Iaquinto, Ben (2014). Insights into operationalizing communities of practice from SSM-based inquiry processes. Systemic Practice and Action Research, 27 pp. 91–113.

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Colvin, John; Blackmore, Chris; Chimbuya, Sam; Collins, Kevin; Dent, Mark; Goss, John; Ison, Ray; Roggero, Pier Paolo and Seddaiu, Giovanna (2014). In search of systemic innovation for sustainable development: a design praxis emerging from a decade of social learning inquiry. Research Policy, 43 pp. 760–771.

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Floyd, Joshua; Iaquinto, Benjamin L.; Ison, Ray and Collins, Kevin (2014). Managing complexity in Australian urban water governance: transitioning Sydney to a water sensitive city. Futures, 61 pp. 1–12.

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Collins, Kevin (2014). Designing social learning systems for integrating social sciences into policy processes: Some experiences of water managing. In: Manfredo, M. J.; Vaske, J. J.; Rechkemmer, A. and Duke, E. A. eds. Understanding Society and Natural Resources: Forging New Strands of Integration across the Social Sciences. Amsterdam: Springer, pp. 229–251.

Ison, Ray; Collins, Kevin; Blackmore, Chris and Lonsdale, Kate (2014). Towards systemic governance of social-biophysical systems: social learning as collaborative performance. In: Resilience & Development: Mobilising for Transformation, 4-8 May 2014, Montpelier, France.

Blackmore, Chris; Ison, Ray and Collins, Kevin (2013). Supporting Water Governance and Climate Change Adaptation Through Systemic Praxis. In: Communication for the Commons: Revisiting Participation and Environment. Proceedings of the 2013 Conference on Communication and Environment (Meisner, Mark S.; Sriskandarajah, Nadarajah and Depoe, Stephen P. eds.), The International Environmental Communication Association, pp. 107–117.

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Wei, Yongping; Ison, Ray; Colvin, John and Collins, Kevin (2012). Reframing water governance: a multi-perspective study of an over-engineered catchment in China. Journal of Environmental Planning & Management, 55(3) pp. 297–318.

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Ison, Raymond; Wallis, Phil and Collins, Kevin (2012). Institutionalising social learning: towards systemic and adaptive governance. In: Sustainable Hyderabad – Albrecht-Daniel-Thaer Kolloquium 2012 on “Crafting or Designing? Intended Institutional Change for Social-Ecological Systems”,, 8-9 Jun 2012, Berlin.

Blackmore, C.; Collins, K.; Ison, R.; Colvin, J. and Wallis, P. (2012). Social learning systems for collective action: a critical review of cases from UK, South Africa, China and Australia using social learning systems. In: Planet Under Pressure 2012, 25-29 Mar 2012, London, UK.

Ison, Ray; Collins, Kevin; Colvin, John; Jiggins, Janice; Roggero, Pier Paolo; Seddaiu, Giovanna; Steyaert, Patrick; Toderi, Marco and Zanolla, Chiara (2011). Sustainable catchment managing in a climate changing world: new integrative modalities for connecting policy makers, scientists and other stakeholders. Water Resources Management, 25(15) pp. 3977–3992.

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Collins, Kevin B. and Ison, Ray L. (2010). Trusting emergence: some experiences of learning about integrated catchment science with the Environment Agency of England and Wales. Water Resources Management, 24(4) pp. 669–688.

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Collins, Kevin and Ison, Ray (2009). Jumping off Arnstein's Ladder: Social learning as a new policy paradigm for climate change adaptation. Environmental Policy and Governance, 19(6) pp. 358–373.

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Collins, Kevin and Ison, Ray (2009). Editorial: Living with environmental change: adaptation as social learning. Environmental Policy and Governance, 19(6) pp. 351–357.

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Collins, Kevin; Colvin, John and Ison, Ray (2009). Building learning catchments for integrated catchment managing: Designing learning systems based on experiences in the UK and South Africa. Water Science & Technology, 59(4) pp. 687–693.

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Ison, Ray; Collins, Kevin; Bos, Annette and Iaquinto, Ben (2009). Transitioning to Water Sensitive Cities: A summary of the key findings, issues and actions arising from five national capacity building and leadership workshops.

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Ison, Ray and Collins, Kevin (2008). Public policy that does the right thing rather than the wrong thing righter. In: Analysing Collaborative and Deliberative Forms of Governance, 14 Nov 2008, The Australia National University, Canberra, Australia.

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Collins, Kevin; Blackmore, Chris; Morris, Richard and Watson, Drennan (2007). A systemic approach to managing multiple perspectives and stakeholding in water catchments: some findings from three UK case studies. Environmental Science and Policy, 10(6) pp. 564–574.

Ison, Ray; Blackmore, Chris; Collins, Kevin and Furniss, Pam (2007). Systemic environmental decision making: designing learning systems. Kybernetes, 36(9-10) pp. 1340–1361.

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Collins, Kevin and Ison, Raymond (2006). Dare we jump off Arnstein's ladder? Social learning as a new policy paradigm. In: Proceedings of PATH (Participatory Approaches in Science & Technology) Conference, 4-7 Jun 2006, Edinburgh.

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Ison, Ray; Blackmore, Chris and Collins, Kevin (2006). Learning to start systemically in environmental decision making. In: 7th European IFSA Symposium, 7-11 May 2006, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

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Collins, Kevin; Ison, Ray and Blackmore, Chris (2005). River basin planning project: social learning (Science Report SC050037/SR1).

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Harrison, C. M.; Munton, R. J. C and Collins, K. (2004). Experimental discursive spaces: policy processes, public participation and the greater London authority. Urban Studies, 41(4) pp. 903–917.

Bloomfield, D.; Collins, K.; Fry, C. and Munton, R. (2001). Deliberation and inclusion: vehicles for increasing trust in UK public governance? Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 19(4) pp. 501–513.