Geoformations is the study of how, why, and in what ways organisations engaged in development cooperation and humanitarian action cooperate and collaborate to deliver development outcomes. It studies interactions between international and national non-governmental organisations, civil society organisations, and civil actors assembling governance structures and how these interact to ensure effective and appropriate governance of sustainable development programs.
Using core geographical concepts of place, space, and scale, drawing upon methodologies of assemblage thinking and critical realist evaluation, combined with innovations in organisational theory through issue framing, Geoformations is seeking to provide radical new insights into the governance geographies of place-based development cooperation practices which can be used to inform and enhance international development cooperation governance theory, policy, and practice.
The overarching aim of Geoformations is to understand how governance processes and structures within and between non-profit private organizations operate, how they are conceptualised and understood in those organizations, and how they should operate in this age of complexity, interdependence, and interconnectivity.