From Unlock15
Short description
Power Mapping is a visual method for strategically analyzing actors, relationships, and dynamics of influence. It helps identify the right target individuals or institutions — those who actually have the authority to make or shape decisions — and reveals through which pathways and allies one can gain access to them or build pressure on them.
Unlock-hypothesis
Power Mapping strengthens strategic planning, fosters effective alliances, and increases the political relevance of one's actions — by making visible where your own expertise and engagement can have the greatest impact.
Lock-in Layers
institutional
Lock-in Cluster
Governance incumbency, Political agency
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Level of effort for application
low
Skill level needed for application
very low
Suitable spatial context
flexible
Spatial limitation
no
Visualisation
Languages
english