Discursive institutionalist approach to conflict management analysis - The case of old-growth forest conflicts on state-owned land in Finland

► The paper presents a framework for analysing conflict management processes. ► It draws on discursive approaches to new institutional theory and on frame theory. ► The framework is applied to a case study on old-growth forest conflicts in Finland. ► The framework helps identify challenges in three dimensions of conflict management. ► The framework contributes to formulating necessary policy reforms.