This book aims to understand how public organizations adapt to and manage situations characterized by fluidity, ambiguity, complexity and unclear technologies, thus exploring public governance in times of turbulence.

Contents: Foreword xiii Preface xvi PART I SETTING THE STAGE 1 Governing complexity in times of turbulence 2 Jarle Trondal, Rómulo Pinheiro, Robyn Keast and David Noble 2 Complexity, resilience and public governance in times of turbulence 13 Jarle Trondal, Rómulo Pinheiro, Robyn Keast and David Noble PART II DESIGN 3 Transformative ideas, sturdy organizations: varieties of artificial intelligence policy in the Nordics 32 Frans af Malmborg and Jarle Trondal 4 Public–private partnership (PPP) in the context of European Union policy initiatives on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) from cyber attacks 53 Marzio Di Feo and Luigi Martino 5 Policy innovation and organizational design: connecting theory and practice 79 Jarle Trondal PART III AGENCY 6 Project sustainability and complex environments: the role of relationship networks and collaborative agency 101 Amanda Scott, Robyn Keast, Geoff Woolcott, Daniel Chamberlain and Deborah Che 7 Governing complexity: the public organizations’ shift in digital transformation 126 Dominika Ewa Harasimiuk and Tomasz Braun 8 The race to institutional change: the slow road to policy change in sexuality education 145 Elisa Bordin and Rómulo Pinheiro PART IV POWER 9 Power dynamics in multisector and multilevel coordination: the case of antimicrobial resistance 169 Martin Stangborli Time 10 Into the fray: conflict resolution in on-line environments 191 Jennifer Waterhouse PART V RESILIENCE 11 How collaboration antecedents affect the resilience of local governance networks 216 Katarzyna Sienkiewicz-Małyjurek 12 Turbulence within and beyond resilience in public organizations: a study of Italian opera theatres 238 Maria Laura Frigotto and Francesca Frigotto PART VI EPILOGUE 13 Towards a research and policy agenda for governing complexity 260 Robyn Keast, Christine Flynn, David Noble, Jarle Trondal and Rómulo Pinheiro Index

‘Unpredictability, uncertainty and rapidly, drastically changing governance problems – in short: turbulence – challenge public organizations. This important edited volume discusses how public organizations respond to turbulence, both within their environment and within the organizations themselves. The empirical chapters provide fascinating insights into reactions within different policy fields and illustrate key organizational responses, centered on design, agency power and resilience.’