Kris Hartley

Kris Hartley

Assistant Professor | Arizona State University | School of Sustainability

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Research publications February 22, 2021

A Survey of City Diplomacy in 47 Cities (Urban Policy and Research)

This study offers an examination of the underpinnings of “city diplomacy.” It confirms that cities recognise the importance of city diplomacy but also lack necessary resources to fulfill the commitments they make to global agendas….


Research publications February 8, 2021

Public Trust and Political Legitimacy in the Smart City (Science, Technology, & Human Values)

Using survey data from 1,017 residents, this study identifies confidence in the benefits of smart cities but lesser trust in privacy and security and lesser satisfaction with participation opportunities in related policymaking. Probing these dynamics,…


Research publications February 2, 2021

COVID-19 response in a unitary state: lessons from Vietnam (Policy Design and Practice)

This article identifies six factors that shaped Vietnam’s response to the pandemic: (i) command-and-control governance, (ii) extensive preparation, (iii) fostering cooperative sentiment and solidarity, (iv) political readiness and communication, (v) policy coordination, and (vi) adaptation….


Research publications February 1, 2021

Digital Feedback-based Interventions for Water Conservation (Water Economics and Policy)

This paper explores the various options and opportunities for adopting feedback-based interventions — those that communicate information for the purpose of encouraging individuals to alter water consumption habits. Lessons proposed are applicable to any realm in…


Research publications January 26, 2021

Democratizing energy technocracy in Thailand (Energy Research & Social Science)

This study documents the degree to which a ‘design thinking’ approach for participatory mechanisms helps produce policy input that reflects the concerns and ambitions of local stakeholders. The findings offer lessons for how legitimacy can…


Research publications December 15, 2020

A New Consensus for Growth in the 21st Century (Ethos Singapore)

In embracing the ASEAN Development Consensus, ASEAN and similarly situated countries can empower themselves to transform their economies, societies, and environments, not merely “catching up” to highly developed countries but charting a new course beyond—one…


Research publications October 29, 2020

The COVID‐19 crisis and complexity (Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management)

The COVID‐19 pandemic is a crisis with high complexity and should be understood as such by scholarship. A complexity science approach situates increasingly divergent ideological and epistemological perspectives about the crisis within the practical exigencies…


Research publications October 8, 2020

Conducting City Diplomacy (Chicago Council on Global Affairs)

The impact of global challenges such as climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic manifests most acutely in urban settings, rendering cities essential players on the global stage. Based on the survey results, we discuss the…


Research publications September 14, 2020

Fighting fake news in the COVID-19 era (Policy Sciences)

The COVID-19 crisis has revealed structural failures in governance and coordination on a global scale. With related policy interventions dependent on verifiable evidence, pandemics require governments to not only consider the input of experts but…


Research publications September 9, 2020

The Epistemics of Policymaking in the SDGs (International Review of Public Policy)

This essay examines epistemological tensions inherent in the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) project. The clash between the totalizing logic of the SDGs and growing populist antipathy for expert governance can be better understood and…


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