Bryan Randolph Bruns

Skills

Plan and facilitate public participation and stakeholder engagement processes, including multi-stakeholder platforms.
Water user association development.
Institutional analysis and design.
Social assessment and research: rapid appraisal, case studies, surveys, and action research.
Project preparation, implementation, and review: proposal drafting, team leadership, project management, supervision, monitoring and evaluation.
Report writing, technical editing, conference proceedings and book editing, peer review.

Countries of Expertise

Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Philippines, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, China, Tajikistan, Yemen, Egypt, Nigeria, Malawi, and Ghana.

Clients

Ford Foundation, World Bank, International Water Management Institute, International Food Policy Research Institute, United States Agency for International Development, Asian Development Bank, World Wildlife Fund, CARE, Oxfam-America, and United Nations agencies.

Education

Ph.D. Sociology of Development, Cornell University.
Minor Fields: Agricultural Economics, Southeast Asian Studies

M.S. Sociology of Development, Cornell University.

B.A. Major in Anthropology, Beloit College.

Training & Fellowships

Fulbright Research Award. Thailand. 1985-1986.

Certificate in Public Participation. International Association for Public Participation. 2003.

Visiting Scholar, Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University Bloomington. 2009-2010.

Professional Memberships

Fellow

Selected Publications

Archetypal Games Generate Diverse Models of Power, Conflict, and Cooperation

by Bryan Bruns and Christian Kimmich. Ecology and Society 26(4):2. 2021. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12668-260402

Transforming Climate Dilemmas from Tragedy to Cooperation

Chapter 6 pp. 66–76 in The Cambridge Handbook of Commons Research Innovations, edited by Sheila Foster and Chrystie Swiney, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/10535/10769

Polycentric Solutions for Groundwater Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Encouraging Institutional Artisanship in an Extended Ladder of Participation

Water 13 (5): 630. 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/w13050630

Practicing Polycentric Governance

Chapter 11 pp. 237-255 in Governing Complexity: Analyzing and Applying Polycentricity. Edited by Andreas Thiel, William A. Blomquist, Dustin E. Garrick. Cambridge University Press. 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/10535/10693

Water Rights Reform: Lessons for Institutional Design

Edited by Bryan Bruns, Claudia Ringler, and Ruth Meinzen-Dick. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute. 2005.

Negotiating Water Rights

Edited by Bryan Bruns and Ruth Meinzen-Dick. London: Intermediate Technology Publications. New Delhi: Vistaar. 2000.