Aim
Develop and empirically examine a framework explaining how subnational governments develop and exercise financial capacity to engage with transnational climate finance for green infrastructure.
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Transnational Financing for Green Infrastructure through Paradiplomacy: Agreement-based vs permanent representative office–based paradiplomacy pathways (West Java · Victoria)
PhD Development Policy and Management · Global Development Institute · 2025–2028PHD PROFILERESEARCH FOR MORE INCLUSIVE AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES
Central research question
How do subnational governments develop and exercise financial capacity to engage with transnational climate finance for green infrastructure within multi-level governance and paradiplomatic contexts?
SRQ1
Financial capacity
What forms of financial capacity emerge as important for subnational governments seeking to access, mobilise and utilise transnational climate finance for green infrastructure?
SRQ2
Multi-level governance
How do multi-level governance arrangements shape subnational governments' roles, authority and constraints in engaging with transnational climate finance?
SRQ3
Paradiplomacy
How do paradiplomatic relations enable or constrain subnational governments' access to knowledge, networks, legitimacy and financing opportunities related to transnational climate finance?
SRQ4
Cross-case
Which financial capacities are common across different transnational climate finance mechanisms, and which are mechanism-specific?
Two paradiplomacy pathways
West Java (agreement-based paradiplomacy pathway)Nationally mediated, Korean ODA
Victoria (permanent representative office–based paradiplomacy pathway)Market-facing, federal · conditional
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Research Progress
as of 28 Oct 2026Live workbook entries · Planned dates from brief
PhD timeline34%
13 / 38months
Fieldwork I window0%
0 / 100records
Interviews logged0%
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Evidence coverage
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Planned time share by phase
Conceptual & proposal22%
Preparation & ethics12%
Fieldwork I West Java (agreement-based paradiplomacy pathway)3%
Analysis & draft I7%
Fieldwork II Victoria (permanent representative office–based paradiplomacy pathway)3%
Analysis & draft II17%
Synthesis, Paper 322%
Integration & submission12%
Shares derived from scheduled phase durations. Overlapping phases counted separately; approximate endpoints for “early/late” periods.
Cumulative interviews by week
16 Sept23 Sept30 Sept7 Oct14 Oct21 Oct28 Oct
Dated interview records are researcher-only. Public aggregate counts appear above.
Research roadmap OCT 2025 — NOV 2028
PHASE / SCHEDULE
2025202620272028
TODAY · 28 Oct 2026
1Conceptual & proposalOct 2025 – Jun 2026
2Preparation & ethicsApr – Aug 2026
3Fieldwork I West Java (agreement-based paradiplomacy pathway)1 Nov – 13 Dec 2026
4Analysis & draft INov 2026 – Jan 2027
5Fieldwork II Victoria (permanent representative office–based paradiplomacy pathway)late Jan – Feb 2027
6Analysis & draft IIMar – Sep 2027
7Synthesis, Paper 3Oct 2027 – Jun 2028
8Integration & submissionJul – Nov 2028
Phase periods reproduce the approved roadmap; visual alignment of “early” and “late” uses approximate calendar boundaries.
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Research phasesNOV 2026 — NOV 2028 · Indicative
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