Evidence

Published research

Our methodology is grounded in peer-reviewed work published in Environmental Science and Policy (Elsevier) — a leading journal in environmental governance and policy research.

Environmental Science & Policy2026
Peer-reviewed · Elsevier

Social Network Performance Indicators (SNPI): A review of key concepts and indicators of social process and outcomes in environmental management

Daniel Teodoro, Bridget McGlynn, Julia Baird

This systematic review synthesises fifty-one peer-reviewed articles to introduce a framework for measuring the quality of stakeholder collaboration in environmental governance. The SNPI links five social indicators — relationship building, power sharing, social learning, trust building, and potential for collective action — to quantitative network metrics such as density, centrality, and reciprocity. It provides the social measurement backbone for all of Dialectik's integrated assessment work.

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Environmental Science & Policy2024
Peer-reviewed · Elsevier

Co-designing a research agenda for climate adaptation in El Salvador's coffee sector: A transdisciplinary perspective

Jose Daniel Teodoro, Suzanne Marselis, Antonella Maiello, Achim Hager

This paper documents a transdisciplinary field study in El Salvador's coffee sector, bringing together farmers, government officials, NGOs, and researchers to co-design a climate adaptation research agenda. It maps thirty-nine stakeholder organizations across five categories and demonstrates how local knowledge and scientific methods can be integrated through stakeholder encounters. The methodology tested here provides the blueprint for The Coffee Initiative's country-level case studies.

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Current research frontiers

Large-scale application of the SNPI framework across five LAC coffee-producing countries · integration with 10–30 year environmental projections · cross-country comparison of governance network performance.

For researchers

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We are building a network of Latin American and Caribbean researchers to conduct country-level case studies. If you work in environmental science, social network analysis, or climate adaptation research in any of our five focus countries, we would welcome a conversation.