Research Interests

Biography

Kira Matus is currently Associate Head in the Division of Public Policy, Professor in Division of Social Science and the Division of Environment & Sustainability at HKUST. From 2015-2017, Prof. Matus was a Senior Lecturer in Innovation and Sustainability in the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy (STEaPP) at University College London (UCL). From 2010 through 2014, Prof. Matus was Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Management in the Department of Government at the LSE, a member of the Comparative Public Policy, Administration and Regulation (CPPAR) research group, and a research associate in the Centre for Analysis of Risk and Regulation (CARR). Prof. Matus has taught courses in Public Management, Policy Analysis, the Politics of Policy Advice, the Law and Politics of Regulation, Sustainability Science & Policy, and Comparative Public Policy Change.

Prof. Matus has also been a visiting scholar in the Sustainability Science Program at Harvard University, and a Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Green Chemistry and Engineering at Yale University. Prof. Matus received her PhD in Public Policy from Harvard University, where she was a recipient the US EPA’s STAR Graduate Fellowship, a Giorgio Ruffalo Doctoral Fellow Sustainability Science, and a recipient of the Vicki Norberg-Bohm Fellowship. She has an SM in Technology and Policy from MIT, where she was part of the Joint Program for the Science and Policy of Global Change), and an ScB in Chemistry from Brown University.

HIGHLIGHTED PUBLICATIONS

• Iran, Samira., Martinez, Cosette Joyner., Vladimirova, Katia., Diddi, Sonali., Henninger, Claudia E., Mccormick, Helen., Matus, Kira., Niinimaki, Kirsi., Sauerwein, Meike., Singh, Renu., Tiedke, Loredana., Wallaschkowski, Stephan (2022). When mortality knocks: Pandemic inspired attitude shifts towards sustainable clothing consumption in six countries. International Journal of Sustainable Fashion & Textiles. 1, 9–39.

• Gietel-Basten, Stuart., Matus, Kira JM, and Mori, Rintaro (2022). COVID-19 as a trigger for innovation policy action for older persons? Evidence from Asia. Policy and Society, 41 (1), 168–186.

• Matus, Kira and Veale, Michael. (2022). The use of certification to regulate the social impacts of machine learning: Lessons from sustainability certification. Regulation & Governance, 16:177-196.

• Stepehnson, Matthew., Lejarrage, Iza., Matus, Kira., Mulugetta, Yacob., Yarime, Masaru., Zhan, James. (2021). SusTech: enabling new technologies to drive sustainable development through value chains. Accepted for submission to the T20-Italy Task Force on Digital Transformations (September 2021). https://www.t20italy.org/2021/09/09/sustech-solutions-enabling-new-technologies-to-drive-sustainable-development/

• Matus, Kira. (2021). Public Policy and Perception Considerations. In “How to Commercialize Chemical Technologies for a Sustainable Future” Clark, Timothy J. and Pasternak, Andrew (eds). Wiley Publishing.

• Sivarudran Pillai, V. and Matus, KJM (2021). Towards a responsible integration of artificial intelligence technology in the construction sector. Science and Public Policy, 47 (5), 689-704.

• Bernal, Marie N., and Matus, Kira JM. (2020). Media Attention and Policy Response: 21st Century Chemical Regulation in the United States. Science and Public Policy, 47 (4), 548-560

• Donadelli, Flavia and Matus, Kira. (2019). Using Private Regulation for the Public Good. In The Palgrave Handbook of the Public Servant, Sullivan, Helen and Helen Dickson (eds). Palgrave Macmillan.

• Schröder, Patrick., Vergragt, Philip P., Brown, Halina S., Dendler, Leonie., Gorenflo, Neal., Matus, Kira., Quist, Jaco., Rupprecht, Christoph., Tukker, Arnold., Wennersten, Ronald R. (2019). 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, 213, 114-125.2