{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4413876758","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-025-00732-9","title":"Driving climate action: brokers as catalysts in EU policy networks","display_name":"Driving climate action: brokers as catalysts in EU policy networks","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-09-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4413876758","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-025-00732-9"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s41109-025-00732-9","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-025-00732-9","pdf_url":"https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1007/s41109-025-00732-9","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S3035517252","display_name":"Applied Network Science","issn_l":"2364-8228","issn":["2364-8228"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319965","host_organization_name":"Springer Nature","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Applied Network Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1007/s41109-025-00732-9","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":null,"display_name":"Andreea Nita","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I141595442","display_name":"University of Bucharest","ror":"https://ror.org/02x2v6p15","country_code":"RO","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I141595442"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I173304897","display_name":"Universidad de Granada","ror":"https://ror.org/04njjy449","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I173304897"]}],"countries":["ES","RO"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Andreea Nita","raw_affiliation_strings":["Center for Environmental Research, University of Bucharest, 1 N Balcescu, 010041, Bucharest, Romania","Department of Civil Engineering, University of Granada, ETS de Ingenier\u00eda de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, 18071, Granada, Spain"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Center for Environmental Research, University of Bucharest, 1 N Balcescu, 010041, Bucharest, Romania","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I141595442"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Civil Engineering, University of Granada, ETS de Ingenier\u00eda de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, 18071, Granada, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173304897"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5059514261","display_name":"Montserrat Zamorano","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2030-1076"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I173304897","display_name":"Universidad de Granada","ror":"https://ror.org/04njjy449","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I173304897"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Montserrat Zamorano","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Civil Engineering, University of Granada, ETS de Ingenier\u00eda de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, 18071, Granada, Spain"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Civil Engineering, University of Granada, ETS de Ingenier\u00eda de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, 18071, Granada, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173304897"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5048263839","display_name":"Ana L. Caro-Gonzalez","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8324-6126"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I173304897","display_name":"Universidad de Granada","ror":"https://ror.org/04njjy449","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I173304897"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210097672","display_name":"Secretar\u00eda de Educaci\u00f3n del Distrito Capital","ror":"https://ror.org/00edtwv66","country_code":"CO","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210097672"]}],"countries":["CO","ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ana L. Caro-Gonzalez","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Civil Engineering, University of Granada, ETS de Ingenier\u00eda de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, 18071, Granada, Spain","Secretaria de Educaci\u00f3n Distrital, Bogot\u00e1, Colombia"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Civil Engineering, University of Granada, ETS de Ingenier\u00eda de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, 18071, Granada, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I173304897"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Secretaria de Educaci\u00f3n Distrital, Bogot\u00e1, Colombia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210097672"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5063869277","display_name":"Lauren\u0163iu Rozy\u0142owicz","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7174-032X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I141595442","display_name":"University of Bucharest","ror":"https://ror.org/02x2v6p15","country_code":"RO","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I141595442"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I155936010","display_name":"Ovidius University","ror":"https://ror.org/050ccpd76","country_code":"RO","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I155936010"]}],"countries":["RO"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Laurentiu Rozylowicz","raw_affiliation_strings":["Center for Environmental Research, University of Bucharest, 1 N Balcescu, 010041, Bucharest, Romania","Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Ovidius University of Constanta, Constanta, Romania"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Center for Environmental Research, University of Bucharest, 1 N Balcescu, 010041, Bucharest, Romania","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I141595442"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Ovidius University of Constanta, Constanta, Romania","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I155936010"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I141595442","https://openalex.org/I173304897"],"apc_list":{"value":790,"currency":"GBP","value_usd":969},"apc_paid":{"value":790,"currency":"GBP","value_usd":969},"fwci":11.0277,"has_fulltext":true,"cited_by_count":4,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.97909847,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":99,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"10","issue":"1","first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10471","display_name":"Climate Change Policy and Economics","score":0.983299970626831,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10471","display_name":"Climate Change Policy and Economics","score":0.983299970626831,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2002","display_name":"Economics and Econometrics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/20","display_name":"Economics, Econometrics and Finance"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10289","display_name":"European Union Policy and Governance","score":0.9782999753952026,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/3320","display_name":"Political Science and International Relations"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/33","display_name":"Social Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10119","display_name":"Sustainability and Climate Change Governance","score":0.9779999852180481,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2306","display_name":"Global and Planetary Change"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/action","display_name":"Action (physics)","score":0.5930818319320679},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/business","display_name":"Business","score":0.5915336012840271},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/climate-policy","display_name":"Climate policy","score":0.525924563407898},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/environmental-policy","display_name":"Environmental policy","score":0.4248528480529785},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/climate-change","display_name":"Climate change","score":0.3700830936431885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/environmental-economics","display_name":"Environmental economics","score":0.36488455533981323},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/economics","display_name":"Economics","score":0.19646325707435608},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/ecology","display_name":"Ecology","score":0.099983811378479}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780791683","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q846785","display_name":"Action (physics)","level":2,"score":0.5930818319320679},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C144133560","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4830453","display_name":"Business","level":0,"score":0.5915336012840271},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2987945947","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1774427","display_name":"Climate policy","level":3,"score":0.525924563407898},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2989271921","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q919526","display_name":"Environmental policy","level":2,"score":0.4248528480529785},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C132651083","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7942","display_name":"Climate change","level":2,"score":0.3700830936431885},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C134560507","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q753291","display_name":"Environmental economics","level":1,"score":0.36488455533981323},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"score":0.19646325707435608},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.099983811378479},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1007/s41109-025-00732-9","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-025-00732-9","pdf_url":"https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1007/s41109-025-00732-9","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S3035517252","display_name":"Applied Network Science","issn_l":"2364-8228","issn":["2364-8228"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319965","host_organization_name":"Springer Nature","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Applied Network Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:doaj.org/article:4f60aee63c1e43ca99e99b22f3193300","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doaj.org/article/4f60aee63c1e43ca99e99b22f3193300","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401280","display_name":"DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":"cc-by-sa","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-sa","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"Applied Network Science, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-18 (2025)","raw_type":"article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1007/s41109-025-00732-9","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-025-00732-9","pdf_url":"https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/counter/pdf/10.1007/s41109-025-00732-9","source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S3035517252","display_name":"Applied Network Science","issn_l":"2364-8228","issn":["2364-8228"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319965","host_organization_name":"Springer Nature","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319965"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Springer Nature"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by","version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Applied Network Science","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320320300","display_name":"European Commission","ror":"https://ror.org/00k4n6c32"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320338438","display_name":"HORIZON EUROPE Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions","ror":null}],"has_content":{"pdf":true,"grobid_xml":true},"content_urls":{"pdf":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4413876758.pdf","grobid_xml":"https://content.openalex.org/works/W4413876758.grobid-xml"},"referenced_works_count":37,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1976809899","https://openalex.org/W1977678651","https://openalex.org/W2022527636","https://openalex.org/W2022996068","https://openalex.org/W2079069302","https://openalex.org/W2087742892","https://openalex.org/W2146706569","https://openalex.org/W2150220236","https://openalex.org/W2188140040","https://openalex.org/W2522018919","https://openalex.org/W2984009274","https://openalex.org/W3037391717","https://openalex.org/W3165497701","https://openalex.org/W3205395341","https://openalex.org/W4214869800","https://openalex.org/W4220742541","https://openalex.org/W4296838210","https://openalex.org/W4297985409","https://openalex.org/W4312613690","https://openalex.org/W4317435924","https://openalex.org/W4386071287","https://openalex.org/W4388989663","https://openalex.org/W4389256183","https://openalex.org/W4391127125","https://openalex.org/W4392214939","https://openalex.org/W4399476404","https://openalex.org/W4399890822","https://openalex.org/W4399978168","https://openalex.org/W4403929342","https://openalex.org/W4404780065","https://openalex.org/W4406062595","https://openalex.org/W4406749808","https://openalex.org/W4407196506","https://openalex.org/W4407249443","https://openalex.org/W4408249234","https://openalex.org/W4408407265","https://openalex.org/W6927424477"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3096121261","https://openalex.org/W3190643595","https://openalex.org/W4225788860","https://openalex.org/W4205311831","https://openalex.org/W4376872516","https://openalex.org/W1968810339","https://openalex.org/W1991192109","https://openalex.org/W2895122413","https://openalex.org/W3192319606","https://openalex.org/W1971388718"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Abstract":[0],"Innovative,":[1],"data-driven":[2],"strategies":[3],"for":[4,45,89,107,207,232],"research":[5,18,227],"and":[6,36,43,71,83,103,166,199,215,218,235],"improved":[7],"global":[8],"mitigation":[9],"action":[10,32,52,73,124,131,158,174,183,210,222,241],"are":[11],"essential":[12],"to":[13,23,59,86,151,185,212],"tackle":[14],"climate":[15,31,51,123,130,157,173,182,209,221,240],"change.":[16],"This":[17,109,145],"employs":[19],"network":[20,27,56,78,119],"science":[21,120],"methods":[22],"understand":[24],"the":[25,63,97,112,134,153,170,187,190,197,201,239],"transitive":[26],"structures":[28],"of":[29,50,114,136,156,172,181,189],"diverse":[30],"measures":[33],"or":[34,224],"initiatives":[35,184],"reveal":[37,87],"patterns":[38],"that":[39,92,129,139,203],"highlight":[40],"policy":[41,90,164],"pathways":[42,91],"cooperation":[44],"these":[46],"initiatives.":[47],"Our":[48,126],"framing":[49],"as":[53,81],"a":[54],"multi-layered":[55],"allows":[57],"us":[58],"more":[60],"explicitly":[61],"illustrate":[62],"interdependencies":[64],"between":[65],"government":[66],"mandates,":[67],"business":[68],"sustainability":[69,116,175],"efforts,":[70],"social":[72,167],"partnerships.":[74],"We":[75,177,195],"identify":[76,196],"normalized":[77],"metrics,":[79],"such":[80],"centrality":[82],"structural":[84],"balance,":[85],"proxies":[88],"improve":[93],"coordination":[94],"while":[95],"supporting":[96],"EU-level":[98],"focus":[99],"on":[100],"influential":[101,104,137],"agents":[102],"path":[105],"trajectories":[106],"support.":[108],"study":[110,146],"enhances":[111],"field":[113],"collaborative":[115],"by":[117],"introducing":[118],"theory":[121],"into":[122],"planning.":[125],"results":[127],"demonstrate":[128,186],"networks":[132,211],"leverage":[133],"potential":[135],"nodes":[138],"can":[140],"facilitate":[141],"larger":[142],"systemic":[143],"shifts.":[144],"expands":[147],"our":[148],"analytical":[149],"scope":[150],"examine":[152],"temporal":[154],"evolution":[155],"within":[159],"networks,":[160],"assessing":[161],"how":[162],"influencing":[163],"agendas":[165],"mandates":[168],"affect":[169],"trajectory":[171],"implementation.":[176],"use":[178],"case":[179],"studies":[180],"utility":[188],"framework":[191],"in":[192,238],"informing":[193],"decisions.":[194],"brokers":[198],"present":[200],"sectors":[202],"should":[204],"be":[205],"engaged":[206],"effective":[208],"maximize":[213],"collaboration":[214],"resourceful":[216],"engagement":[217],"learning":[219],"through":[220],"policies":[223],"programs.":[225],"The":[226],"findings":[228],"provide":[229],"actionable":[230],"recommendations":[231],"policymakers,":[233],"institutions,":[234],"advocacy":[236],"groups":[237],"area.":[242]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-05-06T08:25:59.206177","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}