Project title: Benefits and constraints of joint decision making in Romania. From public participation to collaborative Environmental Impact Assessment
Project number: PN-III-P1-1.1-TE-2019-1039
Contract no.: TE 51/28.08.2020
Funding body: Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI)
Budget: 431.900 RON
Period: 2020-2022
Research team:
Andreea Niță – Principal investigator coordinator
Laurentiu Rozylowicz – Senior researcher
Mihai Răzvan Niță – researcher
Athanasios Alexandru Gavilidis – Post-doctoral researcher
Constantina Alina Hossu – Post-doctoral researcher
Cristina Mitincu – Ph.D. student
Aim
The goal of the project is to develop a novel framework for increasing the effectiveness and accuracy of the Environmental Impact Assessment process by exploring the interplay between actors and providing practical solutions for a proper collaboration for sustainable development.
Specific objectives:
– to investigate the EIA studies quality and identify the roles of EIA actors within every stage of the procedure to positively influence the EIA outcome;
– to identify the main benefits, issues and common conflicts of the EIA procedure at national and international level;
– to identify the predictors of successful and participatory EIA, by analyzing the efficiency, constraints, and hierarchy of involved actors;
– to evaluate the fragmentation and connectedness of EIA networks, by identifying critical network hubs and opportunities to strengthen connections, using state-of-the-art multilevel models for cross-sectional EIA networks.
– to assess strategic networking opportunities, predict alternative network scenarios, fortify the linkages between decision-makers, practitioners, and stakeholders at international, national, and local levels.
Main results
Articles
Nita A., Fineran S., Rozylowicz L. (2022) Researchers’ perspective on the main strengths and weaknesses of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) procedures. Environmental Impact Assessment Review 92, 106690
Urziceanu M., Anastasiu P., Rozylowicz L., Sesan T. (2021) Local-scale impact of wind energy farms on rare, endemic, and threatened plant species. PeerJ 9, e11390
Nita A., Treur J., Rozylowicz L. (2021) Integrating Multilevel Adaptive Models to Develop Systematic, Transparent, and Participatory EIA Practice. In: Silhavy R., Silhavy P., Prokopova Z. (eds) Data Science and Intelligent Systems. CoMeSySo 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 231. Springer, Cham.
Nita A., Rozylowicz L. (2020) Dynamics of the international environmental treaties – perspectives for future cooperation. Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining.
Conferences
Nita A., Rozylowicz L. (2021) Exploring network approaches to highlight trends and perspectives of international cooperation for the environment.The 3rd North American Social Networks Conference (NASN2021)
Nita A., Rozylowicz L. (2020) Dynamics of the international environmental treaties – perspectives for future cooperation. 2020 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM), 7-10 December, The Hague, Netherlands (virtual)
Mitincu C.G., Hossu. A., Gavrilidis A., Nita M.R., Nita A. (2020) Benefits and constraints of joint decision making in Romania. From public participation to collaborative Environmental Impact Assessment. The 2nd International Conference on “Re-shaping Territories, Environment and Societies: New Challenges for Geography” 20 – 21 November, Bucharest, Romania
Gavrilidis A.A., Mirea A., Niță A., Motoiu G.A., Magdici M. (2020) Assessing the media portrayal of high-profile investments in relation with the Environmental Impact Assessment procedure, The 2nd International Conference on “Re-shaping Territories, Environment and Societies: New Challenges for Geography” 20 – 21 November, Bucharest, Romania
Mitincu C.G., Iojă I.C., Hossu C.A., Artmann M., Niță A., Niță M.R., (2020) Content analysis as a tool for evaluating the sustainability of environmental permits, The 8th European Environmental Evaluators Network Forum (EEEN2020) Environmental Evaluation Supporting the Implementation of SDGs and Transformative Policymaking, 4-5 November, Finnish Environment Institute, Online
Nita. A., Hossu A.C., Mitincu C.G., Gavrilidis A.A., Niță M.R. (2020) Multilateral agreements cooperation to minimize environmental impact (poster presentation). ELI/IALE Conference, 6-8 September, Bucharest, Romania
Reports
Work in progress