2026 Harriet Bulkeley: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	78	424	363	71	60	252	32592
Environmental Sciences	77	1109	1052	86	83	241	32330

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in United Kingdom Leader Award
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Harriet Bulkeley is affiliated with Durham University in the United Kingdom and specializes in environmental science with a focus on urban sustainability and governance. Their research spans various aspects of environmental science, particularly emphasizing global and planetary change alongside several interdisciplinary subfields such as health, toxicology, and economics.

Their recent scholarly output includes the following papers:

Whose city? Whose nature? Towards inclusive nature-based solution governance, 2020, Cities
Nature-based solutions for urban biodiversity governance, 2020, Environmental Science & Policy
Climate changed urban futures: environmental politics in the anthropocene city, 2021, Environmental Politics
A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health-Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations, 2024, The Lancet Planetary Health
The condition of urban climate experimentation, 2023, Sustainability Science Practice and Policy

Frequent co-authors in their collaborative work include:

Laura Tozer
Linjun Xie
Hens Runhaar
Helen Toxopeus
Michele M. Betsill

Harriet Bulkeley has contributed multiple publications to journals such as:

Local Environment
Environmental Science & Policy
Global Environmental Politics
Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Their work focuses on research topics including:

Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Land Use and Ecosystem Services
Urban Green Space and Health
Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
Climate Change Policy and Economics
Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management

Within the realm of publishing, Harriet Bulkeley has authored books through Cambridge University Press, such as "Decarbonising Economies" published in 2022 and "Urban Nature" published in 2024.

Their research contributions reflect strong engagement with environmental governance, urban climate policy, and sustainability challenges in contemporary cities. Harriet Bulkeley holds the distinction of being a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom.

Best Publications

Cities and Climate Change

Harriet Bulkeley;Michele Merrill Betsill

1805
Citations
Rethinking Sustainable Cities: Multilevel Governance and the 'Urban' Politics of Climate Change

Harriet Bulkeley;Michele M. Betsill

1606
Citations
Reconfiguring environmental governance: Towards a politics of scales and networks

Harriet Bulkeley

1422
Citations
Government by experiment? Global cities and the governing of climate change

Harriet Bulkeley;Vanesa Castán Broto

1375
Citations
Cities and the Multilevel Governance of Global Climate Change

Michele M. Betsill;Harriet Bulkeley

1231
Citations
A survey of urban climate change experiments in 100 cities

Vanesa Castán Broto;Harriet Bulkeley

1225
Citations
Cities and the Governing of Climate Change

Harriet Bulkeley

1166
Citations
Local Government and the Governing of Climate Change in Germany and the UK

Harriet Bulkeley;Kristine Kern

1007
Citations
Cities, Europeanization and Multi‐level Governance: Governing Climate Change through Transnational Municipal Networks*

Kristine Kern;Harriet Bulkeley

931
Citations
Transnational Networks and Global Environmental Governance: The Cities for Climate Protection Program

Michele M. Betsill;Harriet Bulkeley

876
Citations
Transnational Climate Governance

Liliana B. Andonova;Michele M. Betsill;Harriet Bulkeley

866
Citations
Revisiting the urban politics of climate change

Harriet Bulkeley;Michele M. Betsill

801
Citations
Looking Back and Thinking Ahead: A Decade of Cities and Climate Change Research

Michele Betsill;Harriet Bulkeley

744
Citations
Governing Climate Change

Harriet Bulkeley;Peter Newell

706
Citations
Navigating the Anthropocene: Improving Earth System Governance

F. Biermann;F. Biermann;K. Abbott;S. Andresen;Karin Bäckstrand

669
Citations
Transnational Climate Change Governance

Harriet Bulkeley;Liliana B Andonova;Michele Merrill Betsill;Daniel Compagnon

630
Citations
Conceptualizing Climate Governance Beyond the International Regime

Chukwumerije Okereke;Harriet Bulkeley;Heike Schroeder

572
Citations
Participation and environmental governance: consensus, ambivalence and debate

Harriet Bulkeley;Arthur P. J. Mol

550
Citations
Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptation: Linking Science, Policy, and Practice Communities for Evidence-Based Decision-Making

Niki Frantzeskaki;Timon McPhearson;Marcus J. Collier;Dave Kendal

500
Citations
Contesting climate justice in the city: Examining politics and practice in urban climate change experiments

Harriet Bulkeley;Gareth A.S. Edwards;Sara Fuller

485
Citations
Urban living labs: Governing urban sustainability transitions

Harriet Bulkeley;Lars Coenen;Niki Frantzeskaki;Christian Hartmann

468
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele M. Betsill University of Copenhagen

Pauline M McGuirk University of Wollongong

Heike Schroeder University of East Anglia

Peter Newell University of Sussex

Simon Marvin University of Sheffield

Joyeeta Gupta University of Amsterdam

Andrew Jordan University of East Anglia

Diana Liverman University of Arizona

Frank Biermann Utrecht University

Karin Bäckstrand Stockholm University

External Links

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