Social (-ecological) network analysis in environmental governance - central publications, important concepts and areas of application data collected in January 2019

Social and Social-Ecological Network Analysis (S(E)NA) have recently emerged as new methods in the environmental governance (EG) literature. By investigating networks of connections between actors, S(E)NA advances the understanding of who is involved in EG and how. We provide an overview of the EG literature applying S(E)NA and respective metrics of 1) a citation network analysis, 2) topic detection methods and 3) a similarity network analysis. 20 publications occupy central positions as sources, storers or bridges of knowledge in the citation network. While we see S(E)NA applied in diverse resource contexts, these are mainly discussed on the local spatial level, with a focus on “policy” or “collaboration”. We discover that “power structures” and “the production of knowledge” are themes influencing the whole field.社会与社会生态网络分析（Social and Social-Ecological Network Analysis，简称S(E)NA）近年来已成为环境治理（environmental governance，简称EG）研究领域中的新兴研究方法。通过探析行动者之间的关联网络，S(E)NA能够深化我们对环境治理中参与主体及其参与路径的认知。本研究对应用S(E)NA的环境治理相关文献进行了综述，并梳理了三类分析各自的量化指标：1）引文网络分析；2）主题检测方法；3）相似性网络分析。在引文网络中，有20篇文献作为知识源、知识存储者或知识桥梁占据核心位置。尽管现有研究将S(E)NA应用于多样化的资源场景，但相关讨论多聚焦于地方空间尺度，且核心议题集中于“政策”与“协作”。本研究发现，“权力结构”与“知识生产”是贯穿该领域的核心研究主题。