Public Policy and Governance for Emerging Technologies
Environment and Climate Change
This branch inquires about environmental and climate risks. They are among the major threats to humanity in the 21st century. Defining and analyzing the risks, researchers provide governance and regulatory solutions. Research in this area involves cross-disciplinary expertise between science and public policy.
Faculty members of subclusters (in alphabetic order of last names)
Sustainability Science: Magdalena KLEMUN, Kira MATUS, Ye QI, Masaru YARIME
Sustainable Development: Kira MATUS, Gerald R. PATCHELL, Ye QI, Xiaofan ZHAO, Pengyu ZHU
Environmental Policy and Governance: Wai Kwong Elvis AU, Magdalena KLEMUN, Ye QI, Angela TRITTO, James WONG, Xun WU, Masaru YARIME, Xiaofan ZHAO
Climate Change and Global Environmental Governance: Magdalena KLEMUN, Ye QI, Masaru YARIME, Xiaofan ZHAO
Sustainable Urbanization: Gerald R. PATCHELL, Masaru YARIME, Pengyu ZHU
Selected Environmental Policy and Sustainability Research Projects
| Selected Research Project | Funding Agency | Faculty |
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| Towards 1.5C Lifestyles: What motivates sustainable consumption choices in Hong Kong? (2022-Now) | RGC - General Research Fund |
(Principal Investigator) |
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Can We Regulate Our way to a Circular Economy? A Study of the Relationship between Extended Producer Responsibility Regulation and Sustainable Innovation in the Textile Industry (2025 – Now) |
RGC - General Research Fund |
(Principal Investigator) |
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Data Governance for Innovation for Sustainable Smart Cities: A Comparative Analysis of Japan, the United States, and China (2024 – Now) |
Social Science Research Council (SSRC), United States |
(Principal Investigator) |
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Comparative Assessment and Valuation of Ecosystem Services Generated from Recreation and Conservation in Coastal Wetland Habitats |
Environment and Conservation Fund |
(Principal Investigator) |
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Trans-regional Air Pollution Control in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area: The Interplay between Science and Policy (2019-2020) |
Public Policy Research Funding Scheme, Hong Kong SAR Government |
(Principal Investigator), (Co-investigator) (Co-investigator), (Co-investigator) |
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“Governing Data-Driven Innovation for Sustainability: Opportunities and Challenges of Regulatory Sandboxes for Smart Cities,” AI for Social Good Project (2019-20) |
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU), and Google |
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Research on the Practice of Intergovernmental Collaborative Governance of Air Pollution in the Pearl River Delta (2019) |
Key Project of Philosophy and Social Science Research, Ministry of Education, China |
(Co-investigator) |
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Experience on Collaborative Governance of Regional Air Pollution in China: A Comparative Study on the Yangtze River Delta and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (2019) |
HKUST-Shanghai Jiaotong University Joint Research Collaboration Fund |
(Principal Investigator) |
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Sustainable production and consumption in Asia: Lessons for the Greater Bay Region (2018-2021) |
HKUST Internal Grant for New Faculty |
(Principal Investigator) |