Kirill

Orach

PhD

Researcher

kirill.orach@su.se

+46 700 60 65 50

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  • Public policy
  • Fisheries policy and governance
  • Complex adaptive systems
  • Agent-based modelling
  • Process tracing
  • Middle-range theory

Kirill Orach research focuses on complex dynamics of the policy process that influence failures and successes of environmental governance

Particularly, he aims to contribute to the middle-range theory of SES governance by analyzing and comparing cases of fisheries policy change and establishing causal mechanisms that give rise to policy adaptation across cases. He uses a combination of comparative approaches and agent-based modelling to identify, test and refine key factors and mechanisms influencing adaptive policy change in fisheries governance.

In his work Orach builds upon his PhD thesis, which was dedicated to the role of interest groups and interest coalitions in fisheries policy change, with the focus on the case of 2013 EU Common Fisheries Policy reform. Orach’s work highlights complex adaptive nature of the environmental policy process and the diffuse mechanisms through which information about environmental crises can find its way on the political agenda. During his PhD Orach applied qualitative case study methods (process tracing, content analysis) as well as agent-based modelling.

Orach holds a MSc in International Administration and Global Governance from the University of Gothenburg. His Master research focused on decentralization in biodiversity governance and the role democratic institutions play in the process of power sharing in natural resource management. Orach also has a MSc in International Economic Relations from V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine.

Orach is a member of:

  • SES-LINK – research group at Stockholm Resilience Centre, studying co-evolutionary dynamics of social-ecological systems through combining empirical research and computational modelling methods
  • ECPR Standing Group on Interest Groups

Publications by Orach, Kirill

Sustainable natural resource governance under interest group competition in policy-making

Journal / article | 2020

Orach, K., Duit, A. and Schlüter, M., 2020. Sustainable natural resource governance under interest group competition in policy-making. Nature Human Behaviour, pp.1-12.

Non-state actors play an increasingly important role in environmental policy. Lobbying by interest groups has been associated with policy stagnation and environmental degradation as well as with sustainable governance. However, little is known about how competition between economic and environmental interests influences the ability of governance systems to avoid undesirable outcomes. We investigate how competing interest grou...

Sustainable natural resource governance under interest group competition in policy-making

Journal / article | 2020

Orach, K., A. Duit, and M. Schlüter. 2020. Sustainable natural resource governance under interest group competition in policy-making. Nature Human Behaviour 4:898–909.

Non-state actors play an increasingly important role in environmental policy. Lobbying by interest groups has been associated with policy stagnation and environmental degradation as well as with sustainable governance. However, little is known about how competition between economic and environmental interests influences the ability of governance systems to avoid undesirable outcomes. We investigate how competing interest grou...

Behavioural diversity in fishing—Towards a next generation of fishery models

Journal / article | 2020

Wijermans, N., W. J. Boonstra, K. Orach, J. Hentati-Sundberg, and M. Schlüter. 2020. Behavioural diversity in fishing—Towards a next generation of fishery models. Fish and Fisheries 00:1–19.

Despite improved knowledge and stricter regulations, numerous fish stocks remain overharvested. Previous research has shown that fisheries management may fail when the models and assessments used to inform management are based on unrealistic assumptions regarding fishers' decision‐making and responses to policies. Improving the understanding of fisher behaviour requires addressing its diversity and complexity through the integ...

Toward a methodology for explaining and theorizing about social-ecological phenomena

Journal / article | 2019

Schlüter, M., Orach, K., Lindkvist, E., Martin, R., Wijermans, N. et al. 2019. Toward a methodology for explaining and theorizing about social-ecological phenomena. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Volume 39, August 2019, Pages 44-53

Explanations that account for complex causation, emergence, and social-ecological interdependence are necessary for building theories of social-ecological phenomena. Social-ecological systems (SES) research has accumulated rich empirical understanding of SES; however, integration of this knowledge toward contextualized generalizations, or middle-range theories, remains challenging. We discuss the potential of an iterative and ...