Research interests

·  Environmental and prosocial behavior

·  Environmental Law & Economics

Publications 

·   Shen, Y., & Quintavalla, A. (2025). Exploring the Impact of Smart Technology Adoption on Civic Engagement in Sustainable Energy Solutions. Society & Natural Resources, 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2025.2509303

·      Shen, Y. & Ru, P. (2024). Saving for the future? Integrating time orientations into the norm-activation process of utility-saving behavior. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2024.2421910

·    Ma, C., & Shen, Y. (corresponding author) (2024). Understanding food waste sorting behavior in institutional food services: An integrated psychological framework. Journal of Environmental Management, 360, 121215.

·     Wang, C., Li, Y., Shen, Y., Liu, Y., Ru, P., Wei, Z., & Xie, D. (2024). Addressing the influencing path of social noise exposure risk perception on noise mitigation behavior. Journal of Environmental Management, 353, 120238.

·     Shen, Y. and Faure, M. (2024). Behavioral instruments in environmental law & policy: Potential and Challenges. Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law, 33(1), 3.

·      Shen, Y. & Faure, M.(2024). Private standardization for sustainability: Opportunities and cases (book chapter), in Silva Santos et al.(eds.), Routledge Handbook on Private Law and Sustainability (pp. 448-475). Routledge.

·   Ru, P., Shen, Y. (corresponding author), & Su, J. (2023). 智慧社区如何影响社区依恋？基于北京老旧小区智慧化改造的案例研究(‘Do smart renovations increase neighborhood attachment? Evidence from two old neighborhoods in Beijing’). 中国软科学  (In Chinese), 04, 66.

·      Shen, Y. & Faure, M.  (2021).  Private Standards for the Public Interest? Evidence from Environmental Standardization in China. Review of European, Comparative & International Environmental Law, 30, 396.

·     Shen, Y. & Faure, M. (2021).  Green Building in China.  International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 21, 183.

·      Faure, M. & Shen, Y.  (2020).Environmental liability as a tool to promote sustainability (book chapter), in Akkermans, B. & van Dijck, G. (eds.), Sustainability and Private Law (pp.79-115). Eleven International Publishing.

·    Shen, Y. & Faure, M.  (2018).  Smart Instrument Mixes to Promote Green Building."  Duke Environmental Law and Policy Forum, 49, 49.

Current research project

·      Principal Investigator of the research project “Smart Technologies and Demand-Side Solutions to Carbon Neutrality: A Behavioral Approach” funded by the National Social Science Fund of China (Youth Project) (Grant No. 22CGL035).