Matus, Kira
Dr Kira Matus
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Experience keywords:
sustainability science; biofuels; sustainable production and consumption systems; innovation systems and policy; health impacts of air pollution and climate change; certification and ecolabels; voluntary and private regulation; corporate sustainability; green chemistry and engineering; standards; science policy
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Dr Matus’ area of expertise is the development and application of innovative technology to address sustainable development. This includes exploring the potential of green chemistry as a so-called leapfrog technology in the United States, India and China. Other areas of research include quantifying the co-benefits of environmental and climate regulation; analysis and development of chemical regulation policy in the United States and Europe; the use of clean technologies for risk management, and the policies and institutions required for the production and dissemination of technologies that provide global public goods.
Dr Matus is also involved in research on voluntary regulation and emerging institutional arrangements that promote sustainable development, especially the role of standards and certification in the development of more sustainable, "green" products and technologies in the global supply chain.
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Sectors and industries to which research relates:
Energy; Environment; Law; Policy and Regulatory Bodies; Public Administration
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Countries and regions to which research relates:
Asia; United States; India; Europe; China
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The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.
Matus, Kira J. M. and Clark, William C. and Anastas, Paul T. and Zimmerman, Julie B. (2012) Barriers to the implementation of green chemistry in the United States. Environmental science & technology, 46 (20). pp. 10892-10899. ISSN 0013-936X Barry, Mike and Cashore, Ben and Clay, Jason and Fernandez, Michael and Lebel, Louis and Lyon, Tom and Mallet, Patrick and Matus, Kira J. M. and Melchett, Peter and Vandenbergh, Michael and Vis, Jan Kees and Whelan, Tensie (2012) Toward sustainability: the roles and limits of certification. Resolve, Washington, D.C. Matus, Kira J. M. and Nam, Kyung-Min and Selin, Noelle E. and Lamsal, Lok N. and Reilly, John M. and Paltsev, Sergey (2012) Health damages from air pollution in China. Global environmental change, 22 (1). pp. 55-66. ISSN 0959-3780 Matus, Kira J. M. and Hutchison, James E. and Peoples, Robert and Rung, Skip and Tanguay, Robert (2011) Green nanotechnology challenges and opportunities. American Chemical Society Matus, Kira J. M. and Nam, Kyung-Min and Selin, Noelle E. and Lamsal, Lok N. and Reilly, John M. and Paltsev, Sergey (2011) Health damages from air pollution in China. The MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, Boston, USA Matus, Kira J. M. (2010) Innovating for development: policy incentives for a cleaner supply chain: the case of green chemistry. Journal of international affairs, 64 (1). pp. 121-136. ISSN 0022-197X Matus, Kira J. M. and Beach, Evan and Zimmerman, Julie B. (2010) Integrating green chemistry and green engineering into the revitalization of the toxic substances control act. Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering, New Have, USA Matus, Kira J. M. and Zimmerman, Julie B. and Beach, Evan (2010) A proactive approach to toxic chemicals: moving green chemistry beyond alternatives in the "Safe chemicals act of 2010". Environmental science & technology, 44 (16). pp. 6022-6023. ISSN 1520-5851 Matus, Kira J. M. (2010) Standardization, certification, and labeling: a background paper for the Roundtable on Sustainability Workshop January 19-21, 2009. In: Certifiably sustainable?: the role of third-party certification systems: report of a workshop . The National Academies Press. ISBN 0309147115 Matus, Kira J. M. (2009) Standardization, certification and labeling: lessons from theory and practice. Research fellow and graduate student working papers, 37. Center for International Development, Cambrde, USA Matus, Kira J. M. (2009) The ACS Green Chemistry Institute®: a case study of partnerships to promote sustainability in the chemical enterprise. In: Enhancing the effectiveness of sustainability partnerships: summary of a workshop. The National Academies Press, pp. 263-292. ISBN 0309129931 Creech, Heather and Vetter, Tony and Matus, Kira J. M. and Seymour, Ian R. (2008) The governance of non-legal entities: an exploration into the challenges facing collaborative, multistakeholder enterprises that are hosted by institutions. International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winniped, Canada Matus, Kira J. M. and Yang, Trent and Paltsev, Sergey and Reilly, John and Nam, Kyung-Min (2008) Toward integrated assessment of environmental change: air pollution health effects in the USA. Climatic change, 88 (1). pp. 59-92. ISSN 0165-0009 Matus, Kira J. M. and Anastas, Paul T. and Clark, William C. and Itameri-Kinter, Kai (2007) Overcoming the challenges to the implementation of green chemistry. CID Working Paper, 155. Center for International Development, Cambridge, USA Graham, Polly B. and Matus, Kira J. M. and Stratt, Richard M. (2004) The workings of a molecular thermometer: the vibrational excitation of carbon tetrachloride by a solvent. The journal of chemical physics, 121 (11). pp. 5348-5355. ISSN 0021-9606
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