Prof. Dr. Nadejda Komendantova leads the Cooperation and Transformative
Governance Research Group at IIASA, is a senior research scholar in the
Advancing Systems Analysis Program, and a professor at the Advanced
Management Institute for Science, Technology, and Applied Development Studies
in Botswana (AMISTAD). Her research interests include participatory,
multi-risk-, compromise-, negotiation-, and cooperation-oriented governance for
complex policy challenges, such as energy security, climate change mitigation
and adaptation, technological innovation, health policy, and digitalization.
The focus of her research is on governance and decision-making processes with
uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity, and volatility, while incorporating systems
thinking into strategic policy planning and addressing social dilemmas and
wicked policy issues.
Research Keywords & Expertise
Electricity
Energy Policy
Renewable Energy
Solar Energy
Solar Power
Short Biography
Prof. Dr. Nadejda Komendantova leads the Cooperation and Transformative
Governance Research Group at IIASA, is a senior research scholar in the
Advancing Systems Analysis Program, and a professor at the Advanced
Management Institute for Science, Technology, and Applied Development Studies
in Botswana (AMISTAD). Her research interests include participatory,
multi-risk-, compromise-, negotiation-, and cooperation-oriented governance for
complex policy challenges, such as energy security, climate change mitigation
and adaptation, technological innovation, health policy, and digitalization.
The focus of her research is on governance and decision-making processes with
uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity, and volatility, while incorporating systems
thinking into strategic policy planning and addressing social dilemmas and
wicked policy issues.