Hi! I am Le Anh Nguyen Long. I am an assistant professor of Public Administration at the University of Twente (Netherlands). I study how institutional arrangements shape policy action. More specifically, I examine policy innovation in the context of rapidly evolving socio-technical environments which are prone to disruption. I am especially interested in the role of cities, in their capacity as laboratories of democracy, contribute new solutions through policy experimentation. Focusing on complex challenges like climate change, cyber security, and immigration, I aim to shed light on the conditions under which policy actors (e.g. actors, organizations, and networks) are able to pursue policies that anticipate, prevent, adapt, or transform in response to disruptions, be they technological, social, or natural. 

Expertise

  • Social Sciences

    • Policy
    • Governance
    • Decision Making
    • Organizations
    • Technology
    • Local Government
    • Perspective
  • Computer Science

    • Relationships

Organisations

I study how institutional arrangements shape policy action. My work examines policy inertia and innovation in a rapidly evolving socio-technical environment. Focusing on complex challenges like climate change, cyber security, the energy transition, and immigration, I aim to shed light on the conditions under which policy actors (e.g. actors and organizations) are able to pursue policies that anticipate, prevent, adapt, or transform in response to disruptions, be they technological, social, or natural. 

Publications

2026

Information Processing and Changes to Local Governments' Practices Amid Intensifying Environmental Hazards (2026)Review of policy research, 43(3). Article e70098. Krause, R. M., Long, L. A. N., Fatemi, S. M., Arnold, G. & Ludwick, S.https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.70098Indigenous peoples and renewable energy: Impacts, contestations, and collective action (2026)Environmental research letters, 21(7), 073002. Article 073002. Long, L. A. N., Lee, D., Kim, R. E., van Laerhoven, F., La Viña, A., Nieves Delgado, A. & Buchori, D.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae5674Do decision-maker diversity, trust, and policy entrepreneurship matter when steering transformative urban climate governance? (2026)Cities, 170. Article 106668. Long, L. A. N., Krause, R. M., Arnold, G., Fatemi, S. M. & Ludwick, S.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2025.106668

2025

Policy entrepreneurship for transformative governance (2025)European policy analysis, 11(3), 368-393. Arnold, G., Ludwick, S., Fatemi, S. M., Krause, R. & Long, L. A. N.https://doi.org/10.1002/epa2.1222Privacy challenges of automated vehicles: Merging contextual integrity and responsible innovation frameworks (2025)Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 32. Article 101536. Lee, D. & Nguyen Long, L. A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2025.101536Do cities with greater transformative governance capacity pursue more ambitious policies? Examining U.S. cities through the lens of climate resiliency (2025)Climate policy (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Mohsen Fatemi, S., Krause, R. M., Nguyen Long, L. A., Arnold, G. & Ludwick, S.https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2025.2512453Beyond Social Norms: Exploring the Drivers of Youth's Political Participation Via Social Media (2025)Emerging Science Journal, 9(2), 588-602. Santos, M., Naranjo-Zolotov, M., Long, L. A. N., Acedo, A., Ashofteh, A. & Aparício, M.https://doi.org/10.28991/ESJ-2025-09-02-05Automated vehicles’ safety: The multidimensionality of disengagement reports (2025)Heliyon, 11(6). Article e42747. Lee, D., Nguyen Long, L. A. & Choi, M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e42747Capital endowments: Explaining energy citizenship using Bourdieu's forms of capital (2025)Energy research & social science, 119. Article 103903. Long, L. A. N., Jansma, S. R., Lee, D. & de Jong, M. D. T.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103903

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