Profile
Dr David Benson
Associate Professor in Politics
D.I.Benson@exeter.ac.uk
01326 259415
Environment and Sustainability Institute 0.17
Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE, UK
Overview
I am a social scientist whose research encompasses a range of issues areas at the interface between political and environmental sciences, most notably EU environmental and energy policy, comparative environmental politics and governance, and public participation in environmental decision-making. I have published research on a diversity of subjects such as European integration, collaborative water management and the green economy.
Qualifications
2002 M.Env.Sci in Environmental Sciences (University of Southampton)
2003 MRes Environmental Research (University of East Anglia)
2007 PhD in Environmental Science (University of East Anglia)
2014 MA in Higher Education Practice (University of East Anglia)
Career
2015 Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Exeter
2013 Lecturer in Politics, University of Exeter
2010-13 Lecturer in Environmental Politics, Policy and Governance, University of East Anglia
2010 Researcher with the Rural Economy and Land Use programme, University of East Anglia
2008-2010 Lecturer in Environmental Assessment and Management, University of East Anglia
2008 Researcher with CSERGE programme, University of East Anglia
2007-2008 Post Doctoral Fellow, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia
Research
Research interests
- Environmental policy
- Environmental politics
- Energy and climate governance
- Green economy and green budgeting
- Adaptive and collaborative water governance
Research projects
- comparative climate governance and lesson drawing
- assessing the regulatory framework for algal biomass production in the EU
- constructing the green economy: integrating sustainability for governance?
- adaptive capacity in integrated water resources management (IWRM)
- collaborative catchment management
- EU energy policy
- policy tools development
Publications
Books
Lorenzoni I, Benson D, Cook H (2016). Regional re-scaling in UK adaptation governance: from agency to collaborative control in flood management? , In: Knieling, J. (ed.) Climate Adaptation Governance in Cities and Regions: Theoretical fundamentals and practical evidence. Hoboken, USA, Wiley-Blackwell.
Sundaram S, Benson D, Mallick TK (2016). Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production: Potential Environmental Impacts and Implications for Governance. Abstract.
Smith LS, Porter K, Hiscock K, Benson D (eds)(2015). Catchment and River Basin Management: Integrating Science and Governance. London, Earthscan.
Connelly J, Smith, G, Benson, D, Saunders C (2012). Politics and the Environment: from Theory to Practice, 3rd Edition.
Journal articles
Roy A, Ghosh A, Benson D, Mallick T, Sundaram S (In Press). Emplacement of screen-printed graphene oxide coating for building thermal comfort discernment. Scientific Reports
Gain AK, Giupponi C, Benson D (In Press). doi.10.1080/02508060.2015.1087616 the water, energy and food (WEF) security nexus: the policy perspective of Bangladesh. Water International(2015).
Wang W, Xi J, Sun L, Liu B, Hu Y, Han Z, Benson D (2023). Assessing the Sustainability Impacts of the Xiaolangdi Dam: Land Use and Socioeconomic Change in the Middle and Lower Reaches of the Yellow River Basin. Sustainability (Switzerland), 15(19). Abstract.
Chandran M, Palanisamy K, Benson D, Sundaram S (2022). A Review on Electric and Fuel Cell Vehicle Anatomy, Technology Evolution and Policy Drivers towards EVs and FCEVs Market Propagation. Chem Rec, 22(2). Abstract. Author URL.
Hossen MA, Netherton C, Benson D, Rahman MR, Salehin M (2022). A governance perspective for climate change adaptation: Conceptualizing the policy-community interface in Bangladesh. Environmental Science and Policy, 137, 174-184. Abstract.
Ak MY, Benson D (2022). Assessing the water security effectiveness of integrated river basin management: Comparative case study analysis for lesson-drawing. Frontiers in Water, 4 Abstract.
Xie L, Zhu J, Benson D (2022). Partnership building? Government-led NGO participation in China's grassroots waste governance. Geoforum, 137, 32-41. Abstract.
Hossen MA, Benson D, Hossain SZ, Sultana Z, Rahman MM (2021). Gendered Perspectives on Climate Change Adaptation: a Quest for Social Sustainability in Badlagaree Village, Bangladesh. WATER, 13(14). Author URL.
Bailey I, Fitch-Roy O, Inderberg THJ, Benson D (2021). Idealism, pragmatism, and the power of compromise in the negotiation of New Zealand's Zero Carbon Act. Climate Policy Abstract.
Gain AK, Hossain S, Benson D, Di Baldassarre G, Giupponi C, Huq N (2021). Social-ecological system approaches for water resources management. International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, 28(2), 109-124. Abstract.
Fitch-Roy O, Benson D, Monciardini D (2020). All around the world: assessing optimality in comparative circular economy policy packages. Journal of Cleaner Production, 286C Abstract.
Mishra V, Sharma U, Rawat D, Benson D, Singh M, Sharma RS (2020). Fast-changing life-styles and ecotoxicity of hair dyes drive the emergence of hidden toxicants threatening environmental sustainability in Asia. Environ Res, 184 Abstract. Author URL.
Demirbilek B, Fitch-Roy O, Benson D, Fairbrass J (2020). Going ‘off script’: the influence of instrument constituencies on the Europeanisation of Turkish water policy. Water Alternatives: an interdisciplinary journal on water, politics and development, 13 Abstract.
Benson D, Gain AK, Giupponi C (2020). Moving beyond water centricity? Conceptualizing integrated water resources management for implementing sustainable development goals. Sustainability Science, 15(2), 671-681. Abstract.
Fritsch O, Benson D (2020). Mutual learning and policy transfer in integrated water resources management: a research agenda. Water (Switzerland), 12(1). Abstract.
Fritsch O, Benson D, Adelle C, Massot A (2020). Three faces of the european union water initiative: Promoting the water framework directive or sustainable development?. Water Alternatives, 13(3), 709-730. Abstract.
Demirbilek B, Benson D (2019). Between emulation and assemblage: Analysing WFD policy transfer outcomes in Turkey. Water (Switzerland), 11(2). Abstract.
Gain AK, Ashik-Ur-Rahman M, Benson D (2019). Exploring institutional structures for Tidal River Management in the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta in Bangladesh. Erde, 150(3), 184-195. Abstract.
Fitch-Roy O, Benson D, Monciardini D (2019). Going around in circles? Conceptual recycling, patching and policy layering in the EU Circular Economy Package. Environmental Politics, 29(6), 983-1003. Abstract.
Fitch-Roy OWF, Fairbrass J, Benson D (2019). Ideas, coalitions and compromise: reinterpreting EU-ETS lobbying through discursive institutionalism. Journal of European Public Policy, 27(1), 82-101. Abstract.
Demirbilek B, Benson D (2019). Legal europeanisation in three dimensions: Water legislation in Turkey. Journal of Water Law, 26(3), 115-128. Abstract.
Fitch-Roy OWF, Benson D, Woodman B (2019). Policy instrument supply and demand: how the renewable electricity auction took over the world. Politics and Governance, 7(1), 81-91. Abstract.
Donfrancesco V, Ciucci P, Salvatori V, Benson D, Andersen LW, Bassi E, Carlos Blanco J, Boitani L, Caniglia R, Canu A, et al (2019). Unravelling the Scientific Debate on How to Address Wolf-Dog Hybridization in Europe. FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 7 Author URL.
Donfrancesco V, Ciucci P, Salvatori V, Benson D, Andersen LW, Bassi E, Blanco JC, Boitani L, Caniglia R, Canu A, et al (2019). Unravelling the scientific debate on how to address wolf-dog hybridization in Europe. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 7(May). Abstract.
Fitch-Roy OWF, Benson D, Mitchell C (2019). Wipeout? Entrepreneurship, policy interaction and the EU’s 2030 renewable energy target. Journal of European Integration / Revue d'Intégration Européenne, 41(1), 87-103.
Adelle C, Elema N, Chakauya E, Benson D (2018). Evaluating 'homegrown' research networks in Africa. SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, 114(3-4). Author URL.
Benson D, Fritsch O, Langstaff L (2018). Local flood risk management strategies in England: patterns of application. Journal of Flood Risk Management, 11, S827-S837. Abstract.
Benson D, Lorenzoni I (2017). Climate change adaptation, flood risks and policy coherence in integrated water resources management in England. Regional Environmental Change, 17(7), 1921-1932. Abstract.
Fritsch O, Adelle C, Benson D (2017). The EU Water Initiative at 15: origins, processes and assessment. WATER INTERNATIONAL, 42(4), 425-442. Author URL.
Gain AK, Benson D, Rahman R, Datta DK, Rouillard JJ (2017). Tidal river management in the south west Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh: Moving towards a transdisciplinary approach?. Environmental Science and Policy, 75, 111-120. Abstract.
Cook H, Benson D, Couldrick L (2016). Partnering for bioregionalism in England: a case study of the Westcountry Rivers Trust. Ecology and Society, 21(2). Abstract.
Jager NW, Challies E, Kochskämper E, Newig J, Benson D, Blackstock K, Collins K, Ernst A, Evers M, Feichtinger J, et al (2016). Transforming European water governance? Participation and river basin management under the EU water framework directive in 13 member states. Water (Switzerland), 8(4). Abstract.
Benson D (2015). Addressing tipping points for a precarious future. ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING C-GOVERNMENT AND POLICY, 33(1), 218-219. Author URL.
Demirbilek B, Benson D (2015). Legal europeanisation in three dimensions: Water legislation in Turkey. Journal of Water Law, 25(6), 294-307. Abstract.
Benson D, Russel D (2015). Patterns of EU Energy Policy Outputs: Incrementalism or Punctuated Equilibrium?. West European Politics, 38(1), 185-205. Abstract.
Benson D (2015). Policies Within the EU Multi-level System. Regional & Federal Studies, 25(3), 323-325.
Adelle C, Benson D, Jordan A (2015). The Role of Policy Networks in the Coordination of the European Union’s Economic and Environmental Interests: the Case of EU Mercury Policy. Journal of European Integration
Gain AK, Giupponi C, Benson D (2015). The water–energy–food (WEF) security nexus: the policy perspective of Bangladesh. Water International Abstract.
Gain AK, Giupponi C, Benson D (2015). The water–energy–food (WEF) security nexus: the policy perspective of Bangladesh. Water International, 40(5-6), 895-910. Abstract.
Benson D, Gain AK, Rouillard JJ (2015). Water governance in a comparative perspective: from IWRM to a 'nexus' approach?. Water Alternatives, 8(1), 756-773. Abstract.
Benson D, Kerry K, Malin G (2014). Algal biofuels: Impact significance and implications for EU multi-level governance. Journal of Cleaner Production, 72, 4-13. Abstract.
Benson D, Kerry K, Malin G (2014). Algal biofuels: impact significance and implications for EU multi-level governance. Journal of Cleaner Production
Vink M, Boezeman D, Cook H, Dewulf A, Termeer C (2014). Comparing deliberative governance of climate change adaptation in Dutch corporatism and British pluralism. Journal of Water and Climate Change
Rouillard JJ, Benson D, Gain AK (2014). Evaluating IWRM implementation success: are water policies in Bangladesh enhancing adaptive capacity to climate change impacts?. International Journal of Water Resources Development, 30(3), 515-527. Abstract.
Rouillard JJ, Benson D, Gain AK (2014). Evaluating IWRM implementation success: are water policies in Bangladesh enhancing adaptive capacity to climate change impacts?. International Journal of Water Resources Development
Benson D, Fritsch O, Cook H, Schmid M (2014). Evaluating participation in WFD river basin management in england and wales: Processes, communities, outputs and outcomes. Land Use Policy, 38, 213-222. Abstract.
Benson D, Lorenzoni I, Cook H (2014). Evaluating social learning in England flood risk management: an 'individual-community interaction' perspective. Environmental Science and Policy Abstract.
Benson D, Lorenzoni I (2014). Examining the scope for national lesson-drawing on climate governance. Political Quarterly, 85(2), 202-211. Abstract.
Benson D, Jordan A (2014). Explaining Task Allocation in the EU: 'Retooling' Federalism for Comparative Analysis. Journal of Common Market Studies
Benson D, Jordan A (2014). Explaining task allocation in the EU: 'Retooling' federalism for comparative analysis. Journal of Common Market Studies, 52(4), 794-809. Abstract.
Russel DJ, Benson D (2014). Green budgeting in an age of austerity: a transatlantic comparative perspective. Environmental Politics, 23(2), 243-262.
Benson DI, Xie L (2014). Lessons for sustainable development from the UNs global desertification regime. E-International relations
Lorenzoni I, Benson D (2014). Radical institutional change in environmental governance: Explaining the origins of the UK Climate Change Act 2008 through discursive and streams perspectives. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE-HUMAN AND POLICY DIMENSIONS, 29, 10-21. Author URL.
Maclean IM, Inger R, Booth CG, Embling CB, Grecian WJ, Heymans JJ, Plummer K, Shackshaft M, Sparling C, Wilson B, et al (2014). Resolving issues with environmental impact assessment of marine renewable energy installations. Frontiers in Marine Science, 1(75).
Lugo C, Jordan A, Benson D (2014). The role of problem and process factors in creating effective transboundary water regimes: the case of the Lake Victoria basin, East Africa. International Journal of Water, 8(2), 219-240. Abstract.
Gain A, Rouillard J, Benson D (2013). Can Integrated Water Resources Management increase adaptive capacity to climate change adaptation? a critical review. Journal of Water Resource and Protection(4A), 11-20.
Benson D, Jordan A, Cook H, Smith L (2013). Collaborative environmental governance: Are watershed partnerships swimming or are they sinking?. Land Use Policy, 30(1), 748-757. Abstract.
Jordan A, Benson D, Wurzel R, Zito A (2013). Environmental Policy: Governing by Multiple Policy Instruments?. Abstract.
Fritsch O, Benson D (2013). Integrating the Principles of Integrated Water Resources Management? River Basin Planning in England and Wales. International Journal of Water Governance, 1(3), 265-284.
Benson D, Jordan A, Smith L (2013). Is environmental management really more collaborative? a comparative analysis of putative 'paradigm shifts' in Europe, Australia, and the United States. Environment and Planning A, 45(7), 1695-1712. Abstract.
Cook H, Benson D, Inman A, Jordan A, Smith L (2012). Catchment management groups in England and Wales: Extent, roles and influences. Water and Environment Journal, 26(1), 47-55. Abstract.
Benson D, Adelle C (2012). EU environmental policy after the Lisbon treaty. , 32-48.
Jordan A, Benson D, Wurzel RKW, Zito A (2012). Governing with multiple policy instruments?. , 309-325.
Benson D, Jordan A (2012). Policy Transfer Research: Still Evolving, Not Yet Through?. Political Studies Review, 10(3), 333-338.
Benson D, Jordan A (2011). Exploring the tool-kit of European integration theory: What role for cooperative federalism?. Journal of European Integration, 33(1), 1-17. Abstract.
Benson D, Jordan A, Huitema D (2011). Involving the Public in Catchment Management: an Analysis of the Scope for Learning Lessons from Abroad. Environmental Policy and Governance, 22(1), 42-54.
Benson D, Jordan A (2011). What have we learned from policy transfer research? Dolowitz and Marsh revisited. Political Studies Review, 9(3), 366-378. Abstract.
Benson D, Jordan A (2010). European Union environmental policy after the Lisbon Treaty: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose?. Environmental Politics, 19(3), 468-474.
Benson D, Jordan A (2010). The scaling of water governance tasks: a comparative federal analysis of the European Union and Australia. Environmental Management, 46(1), 7-16. Abstract.
Benson D (2009). Review article: Constraints on policy transfer. Working Paper - Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment(1), 1-18. Abstract.
Benson D, Jordan A (2008). A grand bargain or an "incomplete contract"? European Union environmental policy after the Lisbon Treaty. European Energy and Environmental Law Review, 17(5), 280-290. Abstract.
Wilkinson D, Benson D, Jordan A (2008). Green budgeting. , 70-92.
Benson D, Jordan A (2008). Understanding task allocation in the European Union: Exploring the value of federal theory. Journal of European Public Policy, 15(1), 78-97. Abstract.
Benson D, Jordan A (2004). Sustainability appraisal in local land-use planning: Patterns of current performance. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 47(2), 269-286. Abstract.
Chapters
Benson DI (In Press). Government. In Rowe D, Gentile D, Link T (Eds.) Achieving Sustainability: Visions, Principles, and Practices, Macmillan.
Gravey V, Jordan A, Benson D (2022). 24. Environmental Policy. In (Ed) European Union Politics, Oxford University Press (OUP), 355-369.
Benson D, Cook H, Ak MY, Demirbilek B (2022). England and Wales: Countering 'unsustainable abstraction' with the catchment based approach. In (Ed) Water Resources Allocation and Agriculture: Transitioning from Open to Regulated Access, 79-92. Abstract.
Ak MY, Demirbilek B, Benson D (2022). Turkey's water allocation regime under institutional change. In (Ed) Water Resources Allocation and Agriculture: Transitioning from Open to Regulated Access, 117-127. Abstract.
Moore B, Benson D, Jordan A, Wurzel RKW, Zito A (2021). Governing with multiple policy instruments?. In (Ed) Environmental Policy in the EU: Actors, Institutions and Processes, 299-316. Abstract.
Benson D, Fairbrass JM, Lorenzoni I, O’Riordan T, Russel D (2021). The Green Economy. In (Ed) Emerging Governance of a Green Economy, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 14-33.
Benson D, Fairbrass J, Lorenzoni I, O'Riordan T, Russel D (2021). The green economy: changing meanings in a changing world. In Fairbrass J, Vasilakos N (Eds.) Emerging Governance of a Green Economy: Cases of European Implementation, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Benson D, Gravey V, Jordan A (2019). 25. Environmental Policy. In (Ed) European Union Politics, Oxford University Press (OUP), 373-386.
Benson D, Jordan A (2018). Environmental Politics in Multi-level Governance Systems. In (Ed) The Politics of the Environment: a Survey, 87-100. Abstract.
Benson D, Jordan A (2017). Environmental Governance. In (Ed) International Encyclopedia of Geography, Wiley, 1-9.
Benson D, Gain AK, Rouillard J, Giupponi C (2017). Governing for the Nexus. In (Ed) Water‐Energy‐Food Nexus, Wiley, 77-88.
Benson D, Gain AK, Rouillard J, Giupponi C (2017). Governing for the Nexus: Empirical, Theoretical, and Normative Dimensions. In (Ed) Water-Energy-Food Nexus: Principles and Practices, 77-88. Abstract.
Benson D, Gain AK, Rouillard J, Giupponi C (2017). Governing for the Nexus: Empirical, Theoretical, and Normative Dimensions. In (Ed) Geophysical Monograph Series, 77-88. Abstract.
Adelle C, Benson D, Agnew K (2017). Water: Promoting EU Policy Through Dialogue and Capacity Building. In (Ed) European Union External Environmental Policy, Springer Nature, 125-145.
Sundaram S, Benson D, Mallick TK (2016). Chapter 1 Introduction. In (Ed) Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production, Elsevier, 1-6.
Sundaram S, Benson D, Mallick TK (2016). Chapter 2 Overview of the PV Industry and Different Technologies. In (Ed) Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production, Elsevier, 7-22.
Sundaram S, Benson D, Mallick TK (2016). Chapter 3 Potential Environmental Impacts from Solar Energy Technologies. In (Ed) Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production, Elsevier, 23-45.
Sundaram S, Benson D, Mallick TK (2016). Chapter 4 the Sustainability of Solar PV Governance a Comparative International Perspective. In (Ed) Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production, Elsevier, 47-74.
Sundaram S, Benson D, Mallick TK (2016). Chapter 5 a Normative Perspective on Governing Solar PV Sustainability. In (Ed) Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production, Elsevier, 75-97.
Sundaram S, Benson D, Mallick TK (2016). Chapter 6 Future Issues and Recommendations. In (Ed) Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production, Elsevier, 99-101.
Sundaram S, Benson D, Mallick TK (2016). Preface. In (Ed) Solar Photovoltaic Technology Production, Elsevier.
Lorenzoni I, Benson D, Cook H (2016). Regional rescaling in adaptation governance: from agency to collaborative control in flood management in England?. In (Ed) Climate Adaptation Governance in Cities and Regions: Theoretical Fundamentals and Practical Evidence, 209-221. Abstract.
Turnpenny JR, Jordan AJ, Benson D, Rayner T (2015). Chapter 1: the tools of policy formulation: an introduction. In (Ed) The Tools of Policy Formulation, Edward Elgar Publishing, 3-30.
Smith LS, Porter K, Benson D (2015). Conclusions and future challenges. In (Ed) Catchment and River Basin Management:. Integrating Science and Governance, London: Earthscan.
Benson DI, Jordan A (2015). Environmental Policy. In (Ed) International Encyclopaedia of Social and Behaviour Sciences, Oxford: Elsevier.
Benson D, Jordan A (2015). Environmental Policy: Protection and Regulation. In (Ed) International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition, 778-783. Abstract.
Smith LS, Porter K, Benson D (2015). Getting Things Done and Getting Results. In (Ed) Catchment and River Basin Management:. Integrating Science and Governance, London: Earthscan.
Smith LS, Hiscock K, Porter K, Krueger T, Benson DI (2015). Getting informed: tools and approaches for assessment, planning and management. In (Ed) Catchment and River Basin Management: Integrating Science and Governance, London: Earthscan.
Smith LS, Porter K, Benson D (2015). Getting started: partnerships, collaboration, participation and the role of law. In (Ed) Catchment and River Basin Management: Integrating Science and Governance, London: Earthscan.
Smith LS, Benson DI, Hiscock K (2015). Groundwater protection programmes in Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. In (Ed) Catchment and River Basin Management: Integrating Science and Governance, London: Earthscan.
Smith L, Benson D, Tarte D (2015). Healthy waterways, south east Queensland, Australia. In (Ed) Catchment and River Basin Management: Integrating Science and Governance, 100-126.
Smith LS, Benson D, Porter K (2015). Key questions about catchment management. In (Ed) Catchment and River Basin Management: Integrating Science and Governance, London: Earthscan.
Smith LS, Benson D, Tarte D (2015). The South East Queensland Healthy Waterways Partnership, Australia. In (Ed) Catchment and River Basin Management: Integrating Science and Governance, London: Earthscan.
Smith LS, Porter K, Benson D (2015). The challenge of protecting water resources: an introduction and the purposes of this book. In (Ed) Catchment and River Basin Management: Integrating Science and Governance, London: Earthscan.
Jordan AJ, Turnpenny JR, Benson D, Rayner T (2015). The tools of policy formulation: an introduction. In (Ed) The Tools of Policy Formulation: Actors, Capacities, Venues and Effects, 3-29.
Jordan A, Turnpenny J, Benson D, Rayner T (2015). The tools of policy formulation: an introduction. In Jordan A, Turnpenny J (Eds.) The Tools of Policy Formulation: Actors, Capacities, Venues and Effects, Edward Elgar Publisihing.
Adelle C, Benson D, Jordan A (2015). ‘European Union’, in P. Pattberg and F. Zelli (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. In Pattberg P, Zelli F (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Politics and Governance, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Cook H, Benson D, Inman A (2014). Chapter 5: Partnering for success in England: the Westcountry Rivers Trust. In (Ed) The Politics of River Basin Organisations, Edward Elgar Publishing, 119-139.
Cook H, Benson D, Inman A (2014). Partnering for success in the UK: the West Country Rivers Trust. In Huitema D, Meijerink S (Eds.) The politics of river basin organisations: coalitions, industrial design choices and consequences, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Benson DI, Jordan A (2014). Subsidiarity as a 'scaling device' in environmental governance: the case of the European Union. In Meadowcroft J, Weibust I (Eds.) Multilevel Environmental Governance: Managing Water and Climate Change in Europe and North Americas, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Benson D, Adelle C (2012). EU environmental policy after the Lisbon Treaty. In (Ed) Environmental Policy in the EU: Actors, institutions and processes, 32-48. Abstract.
Jordan A, Benson D, Wurzel RKW, Zito A (2012). Governing with multiple policy instruments?. In (Ed) Environmental Policy in the EU: Actors, institutions and processes, 309-325. Abstract.
Jordan A, Benson D, Wurzel R, Zito A (2012). Policy Instruments in Practice. In (Ed) The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society. Abstract.
Conferences
Burton K, Hopkinson P, Lenton T, Benson D, Galloway T, Godley B, Nelms S, Short R, Xiaoyu Y, Boehm S, et al (2020). Towards a new Regional Circular Economy for Plastics - Progress in South West England. Dr Kerry Burton. 8th - 12th Jun 2020. Abstract.
Demirbilek B, Fitch-Roy OWF, Benson D (2019). Going against the flow: how discursive Europeanisation continues to shape Turkish water policy. ECPR Joint Sessions. 8th - 11th Apr 2019. Abstract.
Fairbrass J, Fitch-Roy O, Benson D (2019). The Winding Road to 2030: New Higher Targets for EU Renewables and Energy Efficiency. Where did they come from?. UACES. 1st - 4th Sep 2019. Abstract.
Fitch-Roy OWF, Fairbrass J, Benson D (2018). Strange bedfellows: the role of European interest groups in EU governance. UACES Annual Conference. 2nd - 5th Sep 2018.
Reports
Turner R, Poznansky F, Smirthwaite N, Blundell A, Benson D, Gaston K, Hamshar J, Maclean I, Wills J, Yan X, et al (2020). Towards a sustainable Cornwall: State of the Doughnut. Penryn, Cornwall, Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter. 71 pages. Abstract.
Benson D, Lorenzoni I, Langstaff L (2015). An analysis of actor collaboration in the Regional Flood and Coastal Committees.
Benson DI, Lorenzoni I, Langstaff L (2015). An analysis of actor collaboration in the Regional Flood and Coastal Committees - Policy Note.
Benson D, Xie L (2014). Lessons for Sustainable Development from the UN’s Global Desertification Regime. www.e-ir.info.