Papers

In Circulation

Shen, S. V.
Sustainability Politics as a Disciplinary Frontier: Scientific Fluency and Reciprocal Exchange

Cain, B. E., & Shen, S. V. (co-first author)
Bringing Political Science In: Taking Government Seriously in Climate Adaptation Governance
Commissioned, Annual Review of Political Science

Shen, S. V.
Sustainability and Cities
Commissioned, Oxford Bibliographies

Published or Forthcoming

Shen, S. V., Wang, Q., & Zhang, B.
Regularized Campaigns as a New Institution for Effective Governance [PDF]
Policy Studies Journal
_{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

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.
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}

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}

Archived

Shen, S. V.
The Political Pollution Cycle [PDF revised working paper (last updated April 2020)] [PDF original submission (July 2015)]
Submitted to a peer-reviewed journal (July 2015); recipient of the APSA Paul A. Sabatier and SPSA Malcolm Jewell Awards. Core ideas were later developed in The Political Regulation Wave (Cambridge University Press, 2022). These versions are posted to document authorship and priority. Citation guidance: cite The Political Regulation Wave (2022); for priority/timeline cite my Ph.D. dissertation (2018) (and, if relevant, the July 2015 submission).