Research and Analysis
Overview
We develop empirical and evidence-based policy research with partners in Canada and around the world. Our research publications are designed to inform government, industry, and community stakeholders, as well as advance academic debates on emerging issues of resource governance related to non-renewable and clean energy sectors. We routinely share our reports with news media and are invited to comment on related current affairs.
The ERGP has the capacity to work broadly across a host of themes in extractive and natural resource governance. Across natural and social sciences, the SPPP recognizes the importance of engaging with new trends in interdisciplinary, policy-informed research.
How It Works
We regularly commission experts to write policy reports of various lengths. These reports are released through the School of Public Policy’s Publication (SPPP) series. The authors work closely with the research coordinator of the ERGP to finish the paper in a timely fashion and then it is sent for peer-review. Following publication, the ERGP works with the SPP to publicize the papers to Canadian media sources and arrange public venues for discussion, such as virtual workshops and seminars.
Contact Us
We accept proposals for research projects on a rolling basis and encourage new ideas and collaborations. We are building partnerships for the development and implementation of short and long-term projects in a variety of forms. Our collaborations often begin as single publications and are expanded into workshops, seminars, webinars, and large scale, multi-year, multi-product research initiatives.
Write to ergp@ucalgary.ca.
About the SPPP
The ERGP resides within The School of Public Policy at the University of Calgary. We belong to the #1 policy school in Canada and a Top 5 Canadian research institution (Re$earch Infosource). Our expert and academic rosters are highly recognized with scholars from around the world.
Upcoming and Recent ERGP Publications
Examining challenges of Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement: A comparative study of Mining projects in Southern Mexico in The Routledge international Handbook on Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement
(Forthcoming)
This chapter examines the meaningful stakeholder engagement (MSE) processes of two rural municipalities in Mexico where mining companies faced opposition. The chapter argues that, for MSE to occur between firms and communities at sites of mining projects, understanding local divisions, such as ethnicity, farming vs. non-farming vocations, and the interactions between community-level agrarian governance and the municipal government, are crucial components of understanding how affected stakeholders negotiate with, or oppose, mining projects. The chapter examines the gaps in existing public policy between levels of government in the federal system of Mexico. These cases engage with the handbook’s question of how MSE can identify and minimize risks and negative impacts, both in the short and long term, to the benefit of affected communities.
PUBLISHED
Debates and Extractive Bargains at Different Scales" in Extractive Bargains: Natural Resources and the State-Society Nexus.
John P. Hayes, Clifford Atleo, Raphael Deberdt, Jeff Geipel. 2023.
Energy Transition Under the New NAFTA: Challenges in the Critical Minerals Supply Chain.
John P. Hayes and Alem Cherinet. 2023.
Best Practices in Mine Closure: A Case Study of Cultural Ecosystem Services in the Kenyan Mining Sector.
Albert Akondo Musando and Freddy Cáceres. 2023.
Interactions Between Oil and Environmental Policy in Ecuador.
Dr. Viviana Buitrón Cañadas, Danilo Borja, Freddy Cáceres, and John P. Hayes. 2023.
The Potential for North American Energy Markets - A Continental Carbon Exchange.
Leonardo Beltran, Michal C. Moore and Dan McFadyen. 2023.
To Coerce or Not to Coerce? Assessing Policy Strategies to Regulate Small-Scale and Artisanal Mining in the Andes.
Zaraí Toledo Orozco and Katherine McKiernan. 2022.
The Key Role of No-Carbon Oil Companies in Global Climate Action: Leveraging the G20 Forum to Accelerate the Energy Transition.
Leonardo Beltrán-Rodríguez and Juan Roberto Lozano-Maya. 2021.
Risks of Failure in Regulatory Governance.
Dan McFayden and George Eynon. 2021.
The Surface Owner’s Burden: Landowner Rights and Alberta’s Oil and Gas Well Liabilities.
Victoria Goodday and Braeden Larsen. 2021.
A Review of Barriers to Full-Scale Deployment of Emissions-Reduction Technologies.
G Kent Fellows, Victoria Goodday, and Jennifer Winter. 2021
Alberta’s Key Challenges and Opportunities.
Danielle Smith. 2021.
Leveraging the G20 Forum to Accelerate the Energy Transition.
Leonardo Beltrán-Rodríguez, Juan Roberto Lozano-Maya. 2021.
Risks of Failure in Regulatory Governance
Dan McFadyen, George Eynon. 2021.
The Oil Production Response to Alberta’s Government-Mandated Quota.
Amir Hallak, Adam Jensen, Gilbert Lybbert and Lucija Muehlenbachs. 2021.
The Role of Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
Philip Cross. 2021.
The Surface Owner’s Burden: Landowner Rights and Alberta’s Oil and Gas Well Liabilities.
Victoria Goodday, Braeden Larson. 2021.
No Going Back: The Impact of ILO Convention 169 on Latin America in Comparative Perspective.
José Aylwin and Pablo Policzer. 2020.
Owed Landowners: The Status of Orphan Well Rental Recovery in Alberta.
Victoria Goodday, Braeden Larson. 2020.
The Various Structures for Granting Petroleum Licenses around the World.
Darryl Egbert and Brian Livingston. 2019.
Should Alberta Adopt a Land Transfer Tax?
Bev Dahlby, Braeden Larson. 2019.
The Alberta Electrical Grid: What to expect in the next few years.
Brian Livingston. 2018.
A Fiscal Framework for Offshore Oil and Gas Activities in Romania.
Daria Crisan. 2015.
Mining Taxation in Colombia.
Duanjie Chen, Guillermo Perry. 2015.
Digging Deep for the Heritage Fund: Why the Right Fund for Alberta Pays Dividends Long After Oil is Gone.
Ton van den Bremer, Rick van der Ploeg. 2014.