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Erik BAARK
Ph.D.(1986), Information and Computer Sciences, University of Lund
Professor Emeritus, Division of Environment and Sustainability
Professor Emeritus, Division of Social Science
Tel: (852) 2358 8363
Fax: (852) 2335 9317
Email: envr@ust.hk
Office: Room 4412 (Lift 17/18)
Research Interests
- National Innovation Systems in Asia and Europe
- Climate Change and Green Innovation
- University-Industry linkages
Recent Publications
Articles in Refereed Journals:
- Constantine Spandagos, Erik Baark, Tze Ling Ng and Masaru Yarime "Social influence and economic intervention policies to save energy at home: Critical questions for the new decade and evidence from air-condition use," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 143 (2021)
- Constantine Spandagos, Masaru Yarime, Erik Baark and Tze Ling Ng "“Triple Target” policy framework to influence household energy behavior: Satisfy, strengthen, include," Applied Energy 269 (2020)
- Erik Baark 'Market-based Climate Policy in China? The Case of Emissions Trading Systems" East Asian Policy Vol. 11, No. 04, pp. 46-59 (2019)
- Erik Baark “Innovation System Reform in Indonesia and Vietnam: A new Role for Universities?” Journal of STI Policy and Management 1(1) (2016), p. 1-15.
- Hu, Mei-Chih, Naubahar Sharif and Erik Baark, “Information Technology Services: A Key Knowledge-Intensive Business Service Industry in Hong Kong SAR, China” Science Technology Society Vol. 19, No. 1 (2014), p. 27-55
- Sharif, Naubahar, Erik Baark and Antonio K.W. Lau “Innovation activities, sources of innovation and R&D cooperation: evidence from firms in Hong Kong and Guangdong Province, China” International Journal of Technology Management Vol. 59, Nos. 3/4, (2012), p. 203-234
Refereed Book Chapters
- Erik Baark, “The Chinese State and Its Role in Shaping China’s Innovation System” in: The Asian Developmental State: Reexaminations and New Departures Edited by Yin-wah Chu (Houndmills, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016), p. 159-174
- Erik Baark and Naubahar Sharif, “Hong Kong Special Administrative Region: The Hong Kong Experience with Public Procurement for Innovation” in: Public Procurement, Innovation and Policy: International Perspectives, edited by Veiko Lember, Rainer Kattel and Tarmo Kalvet (Berlin: Springer, 2014), pp. 171-190
- Erik Baark, Yun-Chung Chen, Ngai Pun and Alvin So, ”Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta in China: Cross-border Integration and Sustainability” in: Urban and Regional Development Trajectories in Contemporary Capitalism, edited by Flavia Martinelli, Frank Moulaert and Andreas Novy. (Abingdon and New York: Routledge, 2013), p. 127-47
​Conference Papers
- Fok, Wing Tung Michelle and Erik Baark, “Solid waste and recycling management strategy: Taipei and Hong Kong perspectives” Global Waste Management Symposium 2016, Palm Springs, California, USA. 2016, p. 1-10
- Fok, Wing Tung Michelle and Erik Baark, “Solid waste management approaches in Taipei and Hong Kong: Challenges and alternatives” The International Conference on Solid Wastes 2015: Knowledge Transfer for Sustainable Resource Management, Hong Kong. 2015, p. 194-197
- Erik Baark, Rene Kemp and Sardar Turkeli, “The Political Economy of Eco-innovation Governance in China and Europe: A Comparative Perspective: Paper presented at the 10th Globelics international conference, Hangzhou, PRC, 9-11 November, 2012