Professor Christopher Ansell (Berkeley University) made the presentation “A contingency approach to governance” on June 16th 2011, at the Political Science Department of the University of São Paulo (FFLCH-USP).

He addressed topics related to the accumulation of knowledge, colaborative governance, as well as theoretical issues related to his researches (approach to research, methodology, meta-analysis on case studies, among others). His presentation provided an academic debate on the research conducted in the area of ​​collaborative governance.

The visit of the researcher was a joint initiative of the Department of Political Science, USP and CEM, constituent of Seminars of the Political Science Department's Post-Graduate Program. Fields of interest of the american political scientist include organization theory, political sociology, public administration, France and Western Europe. Christopher Ansell make part of CEM/CMS’ International Research Advising Committee and has been in Brazil between June 13th to 17th.