While network governance in education has been widely discussed in the literature, research focusing on the behaviours of and interactions between pluralist actors is rare, and the power exercised by

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• Modes of network governance revisited: Assessing their prevalence, promises, and limitations in the literature (2023) · doi

  However, further theoretical development and testing are warranted to inform the practice of network governance, particularly when, how, and why to use institutions and structures of authority and collaboration to allocate resources and coordinate and control joint action of groups of organizations.

  Keywords: further theoretical development testing warranted inform practice network governance particularly institutions structures authority collaboration allocate
• Networking strategies for coordinating interdependent policy issues: A motif approach (2025) · doi

  While network governance literature often advocates for management strategies that steer the coordination between actors, little is known about what specific strategies can stimulate the emergence of collaborative relationships suitable for coordination of interdependent policy issues.

  Keywords: strategies coordination network governance literature often advocates management steer actors little known specific stimulate emergence
• Network governance in education: the experiences and struggles of local governments in Chinese school turnaround (2020) · doi

  While network governance in education has been widely discussed in the literature, research focusing on the behaviours of and interactions between pluralist actors is rare, and the power exercised by China’s local governments in network governance is under-researched.

  Keywords: network governance education widely discussed literature focusing behaviours interactions pluralist actors rare power exercised china