Shen, S. V.
Sustainability Politics as a Disciplinary Frontier: Scientific Fluency and Reciprocal Exchange
Draft in circulation
Cain, B. E., & Shen, S. V. (co-first author)
Bringing Political Science In: Taking Government More Seriously in Climate Adaptation Governance
Annual Review of Political Science
Shen, S. V.
Sustainability and Cities
Oxford Bibliographies
Shen, S. V.
The 2021 Henan flood increased citizen demand for government-led climate change adaptation in China (open access)
(Nature Portfolio) Communications Earth & Environment 6, 730 (2025)
Profiled: Governance and Local Development Policy Brief • Springer Nature “Behind the Paper” • ScienMag
Featured: Carbon Brief • Dialogue Earth • Nature Collection on “Climate adaptation and resilience in urban and rural communities”
Shen, S. V., Wang, Q., & Zhang, B.
Regularized Campaigns as a New Institution for Effective Governance [PDF]
Policy Studies Journal (2025)
Awards: contributed to work recognized by the APPAM World Citizen Prize in Environmental Performance
Profiled: Governance and Local Development Policy Brief
Featured: UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation Working Paper • Stanford Initiative on Business and Environmental Sustainability Podcast • The University of Hong Kong Philip K. H. Wong Centre for Chinese Law Blog
Shen, S. V.
Governing Policy Experiments in Chinese Cities: Lessons on Effective Climate Mitigation [PDF]
Policy Studies Journal (2025)
Shen, S. V.
Political Will as a Source of Policy Innovation [PDF]
Policy Studies Journal, 53 (1), 185 – 200 (2025)
Profiled: Policy Studies Journal Blog
Shen, S. V.
Can Autocracy Handle Climate Change? (open access)
PS: Political Science & Politics, 57 (4), 487 – 492 (2024)
Featured: APSA Political Science Now Blog • Whiskyabend Podcast
Buntaine, M., Komakech, P., & Shen, S. V. (co-first author)
Social Competition Drives Collective Action to Reduce Informal Waste Burning in Uganda (open access)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121 (23), e2319712121 (2024)
Awards: APSA Evan Ringquist Award • contributed to work recognized by the APPAM World Citizen Prize in Environmental Performance
Profiled: AirQo Africa • VoxDev
Shen, S. V.
Integrating Political Science into Climate Modeling: An Example of Internalizing the Costs of Climate-Induced Violence in the Optimal Management of the Climate (open access)
Sustainability, 13, 10587 (2021)
Featured: The World Bank Feature Story
Kopas, J., York, E., Jin, X., Harish, S. P., Kennedy, R., Shen, S. V., & Urpelainen, J.
Environmental Justice in India: Incidence of Air Pollution from Coal-Fired Power Plants [PDF]
Ecological Economics, 176, 106711 (2020)
Cited: IMF • Inter-American Development Bank • Sustainable Development Policy Institute (Pakistan)
Discussed: Environmental Health Perspectives • The Leaflet
Liao, X., Shen, S. V., & Shi, X.
The effects of behavioral intention on the choice to purchase energy-saving appliances in China: the role of environmental attitude, concern, and perceived psychological benefits in shaping intention [PDF]
Energy Efficiency, 13 (1), 33 – 49 (2020)
Cited: IPCC AR6
Shen, S. V., Cain, B. E., & Hui, I.
Public Receptivity in China towards Wind Energy Generators: A Survey Experimental Approach [PDF]
Energy Policy, 129, 619 – 627 (2019)
Profiled: Caixin (财新）
Shao, Q., & Shen, S. V.
When Reduced Working Time Harms the Environment: A Panel Threshold Analysis for EU-15, 1970-2010 [PDF]
Journal of Cleaner Production, 147, 319 – 329 (2017)
Cited: IPCC AR6 • German Environment Agency
Discussed: Forbes • Greenpeace • La Tribune • Sud Ouest • The Conversation • The Guardian
Shen, S. V.
The Political Pollution Cycle [PDF] [July 2015 journal submission]
Inactive working paper
Awards: APSA Paul A. Sabatier Award • SPSA Malcolm Jewell Award