Faculty Profiles - MATUS Kira | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

2023 5

From SARS to COVID-19: the role of experience and experts in Hong Kong’s initial policy response to an emerging pandemic

Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, v. 10, (1), January 2023, article number 9
Matus, Kira; Sharif, Nau Bahar; Li, Alvin; Cai, Zhixin; Lee, Wai Haang; Song, Max
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Living with energy poverty: uncovering older people’s fuel choices in urban China

Energy Research & Social Science, v. 104, October 2023, article number 103247
Wang, Xinyi; Delina, Laurence Laurencio; Matus, Kira Jen Mendelsohn
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The emerging role of mega-urban regions in the sustainability of global production-consumption systems

npj Urban Sustainability, v. 3, April 2023, article number 23
Doran, Elizabeth; Golden, Jay; Matus, Kira; Lebel, Louis; Timmer, V.; Van t' Zelfde, Maarten; De Koning, Arjan
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The legacy environmental footprints of manufactured capital

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 120, (24), 2023, article number e2218828120
Wang, Ranran; Hertwich, Edgar G.; Fishman, Tomer; Deetman, Sebastiaan; Behrens, Paul; Chen, Wei-Qiang; de Koning, Arjan; Xu, Ming; Matus, Kira Jen Mendelsohn; Ward, Hauke; Tukker, Arnold; Zimmerman, Julie B.
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AI as a SusTech Solution: Enabling AI and Other 4IR Technologies to Drive Sustainable Development Through Value Chains

The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence for the Sustainable Development Goals / edited by Francesca Mazzi, Luciano Floridi. Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2023, p. 183-201, Book series: Philosophical Studies Series, v. 152
Stephenson, Matthew; Lejarraga, Iza; Matus, Kira Jen Mendelsohn; Mulugetta, Yacob; Yarime, Masaru; Zhan, James
Book chapter

2022 3

Certification systems for machine learning: Lessons from sustainability

Regulation & Governance, v. 16, (1), January 2022, p. 177-196
Matus, Kira Jen Mendelsohn; Veale, Michael
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COVID-19 as a trigger for innovation in policy action for older persons? Evidence from Asia

Policy and Society, v. 41, (1), March 2022, p. 168-186
Gietel-Basten, Stuart Arthur; Matus, Kira; Mori, Rintaro
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When mortality knocks: Pandemic-inspired attitude shifts towards sustainable clothing consumption in six countries

International Journal of Sustainable Fashion & Textiles, v. 1, (1), April 2022, p. 9-39
Iran, Samira; Martinez, Cosette M. Joyner; Vladimirova, Katia; Wallaschkowski, Stephen; Diddi, Sonali; Henninger, Claudia; Mccormick, Helen; Matus, Kira; Niinimäki, Kirsi; Sauerwein, Meike; Singh, Renu; Tiedke, Loredana
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2021 1

Factoring in Public Policy and Perception

How to Commercialize Chemical Technologies for a Sustainable Future / edited by Timothy Clark, Andrew Pasternak. Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley, 2021, p. 103-118, Ch. 6
Matus, Kira
Book chapter

2020 2

Media attention and policy response: 21st century chemical regulation in the USA

Science and Public Policy, v. 47, (4), August 2020, p. 548-560
Matus, Kira Jen Mendelsohn; Bernal Garrido, Marie Noel Loullie
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Towards a responsible integration of artificial intelligence technology in the construction sector

Science and Public Policy, v. 47, (5), October 2020, p. 689-704
Sivarudran Pillai, Vishnu; Matus, Kira Jen Mendelsohn
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2019 2

Advancing sustainable consumption and production in cities-A transdisciplinary research and stakeholder engagement framework to address consumption-based emissions and impacts

Journal of Cleaner Production, v. 213, March 2019, p. 114-125
Schröder, Patrick; Vergragt, Philip; Brown, Halina Szejnwald; Dendler, Leonie; Gorenflo, Neal; Matus, Kira; Quist, Jaco; Rupprecht, Christoph D.D.; Tukker, Arnold; Wennersten, Ronald
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Using Private Regulation for the Public Good

The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant / Helen Sullivan, Helen Dickinson, Hayley Henderson (eds). Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, p. 819-833
Donadelli, Flavia; Matus, Kira
Book chapter

2016 2

Making Technological Innovation Work for Sustainable Development

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, v. 113, (35), August 2016, p. 9682-9690
Anadon, Laura Diaz; Chan, Gabriel; Harley, Alicia G.; Matus, Kira Jen Mendelsohn; Moon, Suerie; Murthy, Sharmila L.; Clark, William C.
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Transitions to Sustainable Consumption and Production in Cities

Journal of Cleaner Production, v. 134, (Part A), October 2016, p. 1-12
Vergragt, Philip J.; Dendler, Leonie; De Jong, Martin; Matus, Kira Jen Mendelsohn
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2014 2

Science, Badgers, Politics: Advocacy Coalitions and Policy Change in Bovine Tuberculosis Policy in Britain

Policy Studies Journal, v. 42, (3), August 2014, p. 367-390
Lodge, Martin; Matus, Kira Jen Mendelsohn
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Capacity, Innovation, and their Interaction in Multi-stakeholder Sustainability Initiatives

The Problem-solving Capacity of the Modern State: Governance Challenges and Administrative Capacities / Edited by Martin Lodge and Kai Wegrich. Oxford University Press, 2014, p. 258-274, Ch. 14
Matus, Kira Jen Mendelsohn
Book chapter

2012 3

Barriers to The Implementation of Green Chemistry in The United States

Environmental Science and Technology, v. 46, (20), October 2012, p. 10892-10899
Matus, Kira Jen Mendelsohn; Clark, William C.; Anastas, Paul Thomas; Zimmerman, Julie Beth
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Green Chemistry and Green Engineering in China: Trends, Policies and Barriers

Journal of Cleaner Production, v. 32, September 2012, p. 193-203
Matus, Kira Jen Mendelsohn; Xiao, Xin; Zimmerman, Julie B.
Article

Health Damages from Air Pollution in China

Global Environmental Change, v. 22, (1), February 2012, p. 55-66
Matus, Kira Jen Mendelsohn; Nam, Kyung-Min; Selin, Noelle E.; Lamsal, Lok N.; Reilly, John M.; Paltsev, Sergey
Article

2010 1

A Proactive Approach to Toxic Chemicals: Moving Green Chemistry Beyond Alternatives in The "Safe Chemicals Act of 2010"

Environmental Science and Technology, v. 44, (16), August 2010, p. 6022-6023
Matus, Kira Jen Mendelsohn; Zimmerman, Julie B.; Beach, Evan
Article

2008 1

Toward Integrated Assessment of Environmental Change: Air Pollution Health Effects in the USA

Climatic Change, v. 88, (1), May 2008, p. 59-92
Matus, Kira Jen Mendelsohn; Yang, Trent; Paltsev, Sergey V.; Reilly, John M.; Nam, Kyungmin
Article

2004 1

The Workings of a Molecular Thermometer: The Vibrational Excitation of Carbon Tetrachloride by a Solvent

Journal of Chemical Physics, v. 121, (11), September 2004, p. 5348-5355
Matus, Kira Jen Mendelsohn; Graham, Polly B.; Stratt, Richard M.
Article

PPOL5170	Public Management and Leadership
PPOL5260	Public Management: Theories and Practices
PPOL5770	Professional Development for Taught Postgraduate Students
UROP3100I	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Series 3

PPOL5110	Foundation in Public Policy
PPOL5180	Risk and Regulation
PPOL5770	Professional Development for Taught Postgraduate Students
PPOL6000B	Independent Study
SOSC5780	Foundation in Public Policy
UROP1100H	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Series 1
UROP2100H	Undergraduate Research Opportunities Series 2

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Teaching Assignment

Research Postgraduate (RPG) Supervision

From January 2020 to December 2023 (As of 02 October 2023)

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Graduated RPGs

Projects

From January 2021 to December 2023

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