I’m honored to have received the 2026 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award from Oak Ridge Associated Universities. Grateful to ORAU for the support and to @washu.edu for the nomination and matching support. Excited to continue my work on climate politics. polisci.washu.edu/news/shiran-...

This article introduces “regularized campaigns,” showing how enforcement waves close compliance gaps and reshape incentives in environmental governance. By: Shiran Victoria Shen, Qi Wang, & Bing Zhang Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj.... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

📬 New newsletter is out. This edition highlights my interview with Dr. Shiran Victoria Shen on how #climate #adaptation emerges in China after the 2021 Henan floods — and what that reveals about governance, public pressure, and risk. Also sharing international episodes from the archive 🇦🇺🌍

🎙️ New podcast with @americaadapts.bsky.social 🎙️ #ClimateAdaptation in #China 🇨🇳 — what the 2021 Henan flood taught us about public demand, participation, and the limits of top-down policy. 🎧 www.americaadapts.org/episodes/pub...

I’m delighted to be featured by Stanford Civil & Environmental Engineering on how engineering training continues to shape my work in environmental politics, especially the “technical foundations” that help me engage policy design and regulation with more precision. cee.stanford.edu/news/alumni-...

Delighted to be featured in🎙️@gldinstitute.bsky.social Fellow Interview🎙️ The transcript: bit.ly/gldsvshen We talk about: • why political will can produce short-term wins (think “Olympic Blue”), but durable sustainability needs institutions + science-informed policy tools 1/2

🎙️ New Interview with @dialogueearth.bsky.social 🎙️ on my research on how climate adaptation can reflect community feedback and practical risk-reduction needs in 🇨🇳. dialogue.earth/en/climate/h...

Join us in congratulating @svshen.bsky.social for this fantastic recognition! 👏

🚨 New Policy Brief 🚨 How can citizen voices shape #ClimatePolicy in non-democracies? Drawing on lessons from #China ’s 2021 Henan flood, this @gldinstitute.bsky.social brief shows how citizen petitions can drive more efficient, cost-effective #ClimateAdaptation — even under #authoritarian rule.

Congratulations to the APPAM World Citizen Prizes in Environmental Performance award recipient Shiran Victoria Shen! We look forward to learning more about her at #2025APPAM. Learn more: https://ow.ly/7JJP50XeWYh

🚨New Policy Brief No. 28 written by @svshen.bsky.social is a fresh answer to a classic governance challenge—the principal-agent problem: How can principals deploy regularized campaigns to reduce discretion, curb capture, and reshape agent incentives—with lasting effects? Learn More: bit.ly/GLDPB28

🚨New Policy Brief🚨 A fresh answer to a classic governance challenge—the 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗮𝗹-𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺: How principals can deploy 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 to reduce discretion, curb capture, and reshape agent incentives—with lasting effects. Now live @gldinstitute.bsky.social

New Publication! How can governments sustain compliance improvements when institutions falter and ad hoc enforcement fades? New paper @psjeditor.bsky.social by @svshen.bsky.social (@washupolisci.bsky.social) offers a fresh answer to this enduring principal-agent challenge doi.org/10.1111/psj....

I'm delighted and honored to receive the 2025 @appam.bsky.social 🌍 World Citizen Prize in Environmental Performance 🌍 polisci.wustl.edu/news/shiran-... recognizing a body of works on #pollution control, including: 1/5

🚨New Article🚨 What happens after a major climate disaster in developing and authoritarian contexts? My new study ‪@commsearth.nature.com‬ examines how citizens made adaptation demands to local governments in 🇨🇳 after the 2021 Henan flood. doi.org/10.1038/s432... 🧵 1/10

‘Keeping us hooked on fossil fuels’: how can we negotiate with autocracies on the climate crisis? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🚨New Paper🚨 How can governments sustain compliance improvements when institutions falter and ad hoc enforcement fades? Our paper offers a fresh answer to this governance puzzle. I'm so glad it overcame rounds of blocking and found a great home @psjeditor.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1111/psj.... 1/

Delighted to learn that our paper (threaded below) has received the 2025 Evan Ringquist Award from @apsa.bsky.social's Science, Technology & Environmental Politics (STEP) Section! Take a look if you haven’t already.

New Publication Alert! In this study @svshen.bsky.social compares Chinese cities with similar goals and conditions, participating in the same experiments, but achieving different decarbonization results to draw governance lessons on effective decarbonization doi.org/10.1111/psj....

Interesting paper that resonated: top universities often favor disciplinary PhDs in hiring, prioritizing alignment with existing faculty over interdisciplinarity. Yet as global challenges grow more complex, interdisciplinary research is more essential than ever. 1/

Discover this PSJ article from our latest issue revealing how political will – through authority, capacity, and legitimacy – drives bold policy innovation, with evidence from China’s low-carbon cities. By @svshen.bsky.social Read here: doi.org/10.1111/psj.... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

EARLY VIEW ALERT! Explore this PSJ research article uncovering how political leadership and policy alignment shaped decarbonization outcomes across five Chinese cities. By @svshen.bsky.social Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

🚨New Paper🚨 How do politics shape the outcomes of policy experiments? This study compares Chinese cities with similar goals and conditions, participating in the same experiments, but achieving different decarbonization results. Live @psjeditor.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/psj.... Highlights: 1/

After being an editor for 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA), I have accumulated a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary rejections.

"Bold policy innovation depends on committed leadership willing to take risks and overcome resistance." Dive into our latest PSJ blog on the power of political will in driving policy innovation. By @svshen.bsky.social Read here: psjblog.net/2025/03/19/t... #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

Can Autocracy Handle Climate Change? Can Autocracy Handle Climate Change? By Shiran Victoria Shen, Stanford University Existing literature on climate politics predominantly concentrates on democracies. However, there is a pressing need to examine how authoritarian regimes respond to climate…

This happens more often than we realize. I’ve experienced something similar before. Unfortunately, the publishing process lacks safeguards to prevent it. Once you circulate your work or submit it for review, it enters the 'Wild West' of academia.

New Publication Alert! 📣 Polisky Dictatorsky Can Autocracy Handle Climate Change? By Shiran Victoria Shen (@svschen.bkyy.social), Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability doi.org/10.1017/S104...

Now on FirstView for PS's Special Issue on Climate Change & Vulnerable Populations! "Although political science often emphasizes the dichotomy between democracies and autocracies, there is potential to broaden this perspective." doi.org/10.1017/S104...

🌏Excited to share my latest article @apsa.bsky.social @pspolisci.bsky.social🌏 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞? Open access: doi.org/10.1017/S104... #ClimateChange #Sustainability #Governance #Authoritarian

🌏 Happy to share my latest short paper, "𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧," now live @psjeditor.bsky.social 🌏 Open access (for a limited time): doi.org/10.1111/psj....

Our piece @voxdev.bsky.social covering our recent PNAS study is live! Check it out: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

🌍 Excited to share our latest research published in the PNAS 🌍 Our study investigates how social competition can effectively reduce informal waste burning in Nansana municipality, #Uganda. #AirQuality #SustainabilityScience #EnvironmentalPolicy A 🧵: (1/7)