Kris Hartley

Schulhof, Vera; Hartley, Kris; Rabe, Wiebke; Kostka, Genia; and Kirchherr, Julian. (2025). “Conceptualizing sustainability in China's belt and road initiative: A longitudinal analysis of scholarship (2013 - 2024).” Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 212, 107891.

Hartley, Kris and Aldag, Austin. (2024). “Public trust and support for government technology: Survey insights about Singapore’s smart city policies.” Cities, 154.

Hartley, Kris. (2024). “State-society relations and government technology: a survey of public awareness and communication in Hong Kong.” Data & Policy, 6.

Tortajada, Cecilia; Hartley, Kris; Ong, Corrine, and Arora, Ojasvee. (2024). “A Review of Alternative Water Supply Systems in ASEAN.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Environmental Science. Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780199389414.

Hartley, Kris; Baldassarre, Brian; and Kirchherr, Julian. (2024). “Circular economy as crisis response: a primer.” Journal of Cleaner Production, 434, 140140.

Hartley, Kris and El-Taliawi, Ola. (2023). “Complexity and Uncertainty in Late-Stage Technocracy: The Case of Urban Sustainability.” In Hamdan, M., Anshari, M., Ahmad, N., and Ali, E.Z.H. (eds.), Public Policy’s Role in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals. IGI Global. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-8903-1.ch001

Hartley, Kris. (2023). “Owning the libs: Post-truth in right-wing political discourse.” International Review of Public Policy, 5(1).

Hartley, Kris. (2023). “Yunchan Lim and the Rachmaninoff Third.” The Massachusetts Review.

Kirchherr, Julian; Urbinati, Andrea; Hartley, Kris. (2023). “Circular Economy: A New Research Field?” Journal of Industrial Ecology.

Hartley, Kris; Schulzchen, Steffen; Bakker, Conny; Kirchherr, Julian. (2023). “A policy framework for the circular economy: Lessons from the EU.” Journal of Cleaner Production, 412.

Straub, Lucas; Hartley, Kris; Dyakonov, Ivan; Gupta, Harsh; van Vuuren, Detlef; Kirchherr, Julian. (2023). “Employee Skills for Circular Business Model Implementation: A Taxonomy.” Journal of Cleaner Production, 410.

Kirchherr, Julian; Yang, Nan-Hua Nadja; Schulze-Spüntrup, Frederik; Heerink, Maarten; Hartley, Kris. (2023). “Conceptualizing the Circular Economy (Revisited): An Analysis of 221 Definitions.” Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 194.

Kirchherr, Julian, Hartley, Kris, and Tukker, Arnold. (2023). “Missions and mission-oriented innovation policy for sustainability: A review and critical reflection.” Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.

Hartley, Kris. (2023). “Public perceptions about smart cities in Hong Kong: expectations for governance and quality-of-life.” Social Indicators Research, 166(1).

Hartley, Kris. (2023). Book review: “Frank Fischer, Truth and Post-Truth in Public Policy: Interpreting the Arguments.” International Review of Public Policy, 4(3).

Hartley, Kris and Kirchherr, Julian. (2023). “Circular economy: trust the models?” Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 190.

Hartley, Kris. (2022). “Illuminating the dark corners of policy capacity: trust and crisis response.” In Im, Tobin et al., eds. Performance of 10 years of research on government competitiveness. Published by the Center for Government Competitiveness, Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University. Funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea and the Ministry of Education of Korea. ISBN: 9788963475103. Available at National Assembly Library of the Republic of Korea (in Korean): http://dl.nanet.go.kr/SearchDetailView.do?cn=MONO12022000060471

Hartley, Kris. (2022). “Public Policy Education in Asia: Convergence and Divergence.” Journal of Asian Public Policy.

Hartley, Kris and Aldag, Austin. (2022). “The Impact of Governance Effectiveness on Economic Growth: Insights from the Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index 2007-17.” Journal of Southeast Asian Economies, 39(2): 111-126.

Martin, Aaron, Mikolajczak, Gosia, Baekkeskov, Erik and Hartley, Kris. (2022). “Political stability, trust and support for public policies: a survey experiment examining source effects for COVID-19 interventions in Australia and Hong Kong.” International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 34(3): 1-10.

Vu, Minh Khuong and Hartley, Kris. (2022). “Sources of transport sector labor productivity performance in industrialized countries: Insights from a decomposition analysis.” Transport Policy, 129: 204-218.

Hartley, Kris. (2022). “Smart and Sustainable? Capitalism and city futures in the age of crisis.” In Mori, H., Yoshida, T., and Anttiroiko, A. eds., City, Public Value, and Capitalism: New Urban Visions and Public Strategies. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Libraries and Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, p. 239-256.

Hartley, Kris and Im, Tobin. (2022). “The Narrative Hegemony of Smart Governance: Social Change Through a Critical Theoretical Perspective.” In Baikady, R., Sajid S.M., Przeperski, J., Nadesan, V., Islam, M.R., and Gao J. eds., The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Change. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Theerapat Ungsuchaval, Piyapong Boossabong, and Kris Hartley. (2022). “Public policy education in Thailand: From caged pedagogy to disciplinary independence.” Journal of Asian Public Policy.

Hartley, Kris and Kuecker, Glen. (2022). Disrupted governance: towards a new policy science. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Hartley, Kris. (2021). “Infrastructure and SDG localization: the 21st century mandate.” Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability.

Vu, Minh Khuong and Hartley, Kris. (2021). “Effects of Digital Transformation on Electricity Sector Growth and Productivity Performance: A Study of 13 Industrialized Economies.” Utilities Policy, 74, 101326.

Hartley, Kris, Roosendaal, Jasper, and Kirchherr, Julian. (2021). “Barriers to the Circular Economy: The Case of the Dutch Technical and Interior Textiles Industries.” Journal of Industrial Ecology.

Hartley, Kris and Kuecker, Glen. (2021). “Deconstructing masculinity in water governance.” Water International.

Acuto, Michele, Kosovac, Anna, and Hartley, Kris. (2021). “City diplomacy: another generational shift?” Diplomatica: A Journal of Diplomacy and Society, 3(1): 137-146.

Hartley, Kris and Howlett, Michael. (2021). “Policy assemblages and policy resilience: Lessons for non-design from evolutionary governance theory.” Politics and Governance, 9(2): 451-459.

Vu, Minh Khuong and Hartley, Kris. (2021). “Drivers of growth and catch-up in the tourism sector of industrialized economies.” Journal of Travel Research.

Hartley, Kris and Ahmad, Norainie. (2021). “Neo-professionalization of the civil service: an institutional perspective.” In Brik, A. and Pal, L. (eds.), The Future of the Policy Sciences. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Kuecker, Glen and Hartley, Kris. (2021). “Disaster risk reduction and the development narrative: towards a new public policy epistemic.” In Brik, A. and Pal, L. (eds.), The Future of the Policy Sciences. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Sajadi, Hamid and Hartley, Kris. (2021). “COVID-19 pandemic response in Iran: a dynamic perspective on policy capacity.” Journal of Asian Public Policy.

Hartley, Kris and Jarvis, Darryl. (2021) “Let nine universities blossom: Opportunities and constraints on the development of higher education in China.” Higher Education Research and Development.

Kosovac, Anna, Hartley, Kris, Acuto, Michele, and Gunning, Darcy. (2021). “City leaders go abroad: a survey of city diplomacy in 47 cities.” Urban Policy and Research.

Hartley, Kris. (2021). “Public trust and political legitimacy in the smart city: a reckoning for technocracy.” Science, Technology, & Human Values.

Hartley, Kris, Bales, Sarah, and Bali, Azad Singh. (2021). “COVID-19 response in a unitary state: emerging lessons from Vietnam.” Policy Design and Practice, 4(1).

Hartley, Kris, Lim Sher Wen, Nicole, and Tortajada, Cecilia. “Digital Feedback-Based Interventions for Water Conservation.” Water Economics and Policy.

Chaiyapa, Warathida, Hartley, Kris, and del Barrio, Daniel. (2020). “From end-users to policy designers: breaking open the black box of energy technocracy in Thailand.” Energy Research & Social Science, 73, 10192.

Vu, Minh Khuong and Hartley, Kris. (2020). “A New Consensus for Economic Growth in the 21st Century.” Ethos (journal of the Civil Service College of Singapore). Digital Issue Special Edition. November.

El-Taliawi, Ola and Hartley, Kris. (2020). “The COVID-19 crisis and complexity: a soft systems approach.” Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management.

Kosovac, Anna, Hartley, Kris, Gunning, Darcy, and Acuto, Michele. (2020). “Conducting city diplomacy: a survey of international engagement in 51 cities.” University of Melbourne, Connected Cities Laboratory and Chicago Council on Global Affairs. (https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/sites/default/files/ccga_citydiplomacy_2020_0.pdf)

Hartley, Kris and Vu, Minh Khuong. (2020). “Fighting fake news in the Covid-19 era: policy insights from an equilibrium model.” Policy Sciences, 53(4).

Hartley, Kris. (2020). “The epistemics of policymaking: from technocracy to critical pragmatism in the UN Sustainable Development Goals.” International Review of Public Policy, 2(2).

Hartley, Kris and Kuecker, Glen. (2020). “The moral hazards of smart water management.” Water International, 45(5). (Full-text_PDF_Hartley-Kuecker-Smart-Water-Management)

Hartley, Kris and Jarvis, Darryl. (2020). “Policy Making in a Low Trust State: Legitimacy, State Capacity, and Responses to Covid-19 in Hong Kong.” Policy and Society.

Vu, M.K., Hartley, Kris, and Kankanhalli, A. (2020). “Predictors of Cloud Computing Adoption: A Cross-Country Study.” Telematics and Informatics, 52. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S073658532030085X?dgcid=author)

Hartley, Kris, van Santen, R., and Kirchherr, J. (2020). “Policy Options for Transitioning Towards a Circular Economy: Expectations from the European Union.” Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 155. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344919305403)

Hartley, Kris. (2020). “The politics and policies of regional water management in Southern China.” In Ranjan, A. (ed.) Water issues in the Himalayan region. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. pp. 77-102. (https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-32-9614-5_4)

Hartley, Kris. (2019). “Global Goals, Global Cities: Achieving the SDGs through collective local action.” The Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Link available at: (https://www.thechicagocouncil.org/sites/default/files/report_global-goals-global-cities_190923.pdf)

Hartley, Kris, Tortajada, C., and Biswas, A. (2019). “A formal model concerning policy strategies to build public acceptance of potable water reuse.” Journal of Environmental Management, 250. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030147971931223X?dgcid=author)

Kuecker, G. and Hartley, Kris. (2019). “How smart cities became the urban norm: Power and knowledge in New Songdo City.” Annals of the American Association of Geographers. (https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2019.1617102)

Vu, M.K. and Hartley, Kris. (2019). “Learning to Catch up in South East Asia.” In Arkebe Oqubay and Kenichi Ohno (eds.): How Nations Learn: Technological Learning, Industrial Policy, and Catch-up. Oxford University Press. pp. 262-284. (https://bit.ly/2Ip1KjP)

Hartley, Kris, Kuecker, G. and Woo, JJ. (2019). “Practicing Public Policy in an Age of Disruption.” Policy Design and Practice. (https://doi.org/10.1080/25741292.2019.1622276)

Lin, J.Y., Vu, M.K. and Hartley, Kris. (2018). “A modeling framework for enhancing aid effectiveness.” Journal of Economic Policy Reform. (https://doi.org/10.1080/17487870.2018.1551137)

Hartley, Kris. (2018). “Cultural policy and collaboration in Seoul’s Mullae art district.” Geoforum, 97: 177-188. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2018.11.002)

Hartley, Kris (2018). “State-society negotiation of urban cultural space: the case of Angono, Philippines.” City, Culture and Society. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccs.2018.09.003)

Hartley, Kris, Woo, J.J. and Chung, S.K. (2018) “Urban innovation policy in the post-developmental era: lessons from Singapore and Seoul.” Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, p. 1-16. (https://doi.org/10.1002/app5.255)

Hartley, Kris, Cecilia Tortajada and Asit K. Biswas (2018). “Political dynamics and water supply in Hong Kong,” Environmental Development. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2018.06.003)

Hartley, Kris (2017). “Climate change resilience and intergovernmental collaboration in the Pearl River Delta.” International Journal of Water Resources Development. Forthcoming. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07900627.2017.1382334).

Vu, Minh Khuong and Kris Hartley (2017). “Promoting Smart Cities in Developing Countries: Policy Insights from Vietnam,” Telecommunications Policy. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308596117303373)

Araral, E., Hui L., Vu, M.K. and Hartley, K., (2017). “Has China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign Slowed Down Growth?” Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Research Paper No. 17-29. (https://ssrn.com/abstract=3074893)

Araral, E., Aye T., Hartley K., Ng R., and Vu K.M. (2017). “A Cloud for Doing Good: A Technology Revolution for All in ASEAN.” Microsoft Corporation and National University of Singapore. (ncmedia.azureedge.net/ncmedia/2017/10/A-Cloud-for-Doing-Good-FINAL.pdf)

Im, Tobin and Kris Hartley (2017). “Aligning Needs and Capacities to Boost Government Competitiveness,” Public Organization Review, pp 1-19. (http://doi.org/10.1007/s11115-017-0388-0)

Hartley, Kris and Jingru Zhang (2017). “Measuring Policy Capacity Through Governance Indices.” In Howlett, Ramesh, and Wu (Eds.), Policy Capacity and Governance: Assessing Governmental Competences and Capabilities in Theory and Practice. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 67-97. ISBN 978-3-319-54674-2. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54675-9_4)

Hartley, Kris. (2015). “Agenda Setting in Polycentric Systems: A Theoretical Synthesis to Analyze Environmental Governance.” Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy Research Paper No. 15-11. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2548920 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2548920

Araral, Ed and Kris Hartley (2013). “Polycentric Governance for a New Environmental Regime: Theoretical Frontiers in Policy Reform and Public Administration.” Conference paper: First International Conference on Public Policy, Grenoble, France. (http://s3.amazonaws.com/arena-attachments/1753533/2d3d2d983dc492fdd09ad1d34af4aaab.pdf?1518527912)

Hartley, Kris (2009). “Transforming the Housing Crisis in Richmond, California.” Urban Habitat: Richmond Equitable Development Initiative (REDI), Oakland, California. (urbanhabitat.org/files/REDI Housing Town Hall Report Final Revised.pdf)