Dr. P.C.N. (Peter) Tangney
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group: Transnational Configurations, Conflict and Governance
Area of expertise: Evidence-based Policy, Experts, Environmental Governance
Visiting address
- Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
Postal address
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Postbus 15578
1001 NB Amsterdam
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Profile
Peter's research focuses on the roles for evidence and expertise in public policymaking and governance.
He is coordinator of the Public Policy & Governance teaching track in the Department of Political Science at UvA.
Expertise and research fields
- Evidence-based Policy
- Experts
- Environmental Governance
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Publications
2025
Holloway, P., Thelen, S., McCullagh, D., Tangney, P., 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, 49(3), 376-397. https://doi.org/10.1080/03098265.2024.2443908 [details]
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]
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]
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
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
2017
- 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
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
Prize / grant
- 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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Holloway, P., Thelen, S., McCullagh, D., Tangney, P., 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, 49(3), 376-397.