The effectiveness of governments in addressing the Covid-19 pandemic has been analyzed through numerous perspectives, including state authority, capacity, and legitimacy. In Hong Kong, incumbent political tensions and lack of trust in government potentially weakened…
Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging at a time of convergent existential crises. Governments around the world face the mounting specter of climate change and socio-economic inequality while navigating polarized political environments. AI has been presented…
Policy learning is a common driver of reform in public organisations and relies in part on institutional legitimacy. For law enforcement, institutional legitimacy is particularly salient given the police’s monopoly on the legal use of…
The circular economy is a resource-efficient production model that is believed by many policymakers, business leaders, and academics to promote sustainability. Academic literature suggests that circularity is achievable across business scales and types, from multinational…
Determinants of effective water management concern not only technical issues but also governance and institutional performance – including responsiveness, accountability, and data transparency. A multistakeholder approach to monitoring and evaluation ensures not only that the…
Soliciting public input and participation should not be seen merely as a way to build support for smart cities. More profoundly, public participation is a fundamental way to maximize public value. Singapore’s ambition to improve…
The quality of technology matters as much as how we use it. Currently, technology and innovation seem mostly to support faster and cheaper ways of doing the same old wrong things. Innovation does not excuse us…
One decade after China’s announcement of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), theoretical and practical debates linger about the environmental impacts. However, no studies have systematically analyzed how academic research conceptualizes BRI and sustainability within…
The smart city concept is an increasingly popular urban policy framework, and recent advances in technologies like artificial intelligence are poised to shape this trend in unprecedented ways. As public sector investment in technology accelerates,…
In the coming years and decades, Hong Kong’s smart cities adventures will be a lively interplay among dynamic and evolving technologies, often-mercurial public sentiments, and the government’s desire for control and stability. The smart cities…
