Peter Driessen is full professor of Environmental Governance with the Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht University. Peter Driessen's research contributes to the scholarly debate on sustainability governance, by analysing interventions that have the potential to make governance outcomes more congruent with sustainability goals. In short, his research addresses a long-standing theoretical and empirical concern of "what works where, when and why". Special attention is given to institutional, legal, and social conditions that may foster sustainable development. By reflecting on particular practices, insights are gained in the conditions under which various modes of governance are successful or unsuccessful. His research covers practices such as climate adaptation, urban planning and water management. Furthermore, his research interests include interactive policy-making and science-policy interactions.Peter Driessen has published several edited collections and more than 125 papers in international journals. He has held important academic positions at Utrecht University and at other academic organisations. During the period 2008-2014 he was scientific director of the Dutch National Research Programme on Climate Adaption (Kennis voor Klimaat). He has also been Principal Investigator of several national and international research projects. During his career as a professor, he has supervised over 25 PhD students to completion and has worked with more than 15 post-doctoral researchers