Personal Details

Name: Marie Kieran HARDER (married name on passport is Marie Kieran WAXMAN)

Email: m.k.harder@brighton.ac.uk

Nationality: UK (resident card in China; LTVP in Singapore)

Current address: Shanghai, China

Current Employers: Fudan University, (Department of Environmental Science and Engineering)

                   University of Brighton (School of Architecture, Technology and Engineering)

Employment History

2016 – now            Distinguished Professor, Fudan University, China

2011 – 2016           National Thousand Talents Professor at Fudan University, China (5 years)

With continuation of Professorship at University of Brighton part-time (Feb-April)

2008 – now           Professor of Sustainable Waste Management, University of Brighton

2001 – 2008           Principal Lecturer, Head, Waste & Energy Research Group, University of Brighton

2001 – 2004           CEO and founder of the Brighton Environmental Body

1989 – 2001           Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, University of Brighton          

Education

1987-90:           DPhil in Nuclear Structure, University of Sussex (certificate presented Jan 1991)

1985-87           MPhil in Nuclear Structure, University of Sussex

1982-85:           BSc (Hons) in Chemical Physics, University College of North Wales at Bangor

Schooling:           In 12 schools in USA, Pacific Islands, India, Wales, N. Ireland

Selected research leadership and management experience

2009-2011           PI of EU-FP7 project The Development of Indicators & Assessment Tools for CSO Projects Promoting Values-based Education for Sustainable Development (ESDinds), funded under the ‘Research for the Benefit of Civil Society’ funding stream with two academic and four community partners. 1M Euros total project cost

Teaching and supervision

Teaching interests*

Social Practice Research Methods

Alternative and Renewable Energy

Independent Study (for intensive, specialised, student development)

WeValue InSitu methodology and applications

*A full list of teaching experience is provided in Appendix below.

Doctorate student supervision*

31 completed (University of Brighton and Fudan University)

2 ongoing (Fudan University)

*A full list of students and topics is provided in Appendix below.

Research interests

I have previously worked in physics, and in waste and recycling. I now focus entirely on shared values-based approaches, which has applications in many disciplines from anthropology to environmental science. Sustainable Behaviour Research Group This area of work is highly interdisciplinary and novel: I am leading in the establishment of a new paradigm in the understanding of shared values and its use to reveal new knowledge from values-in-action/experiential knowledge. In recent years I have completed the first platform of papers opening up links to separate disciplines (evaluation, environmental management, design, business strategy, education), and as this continues (climate change adaptation, contaminated land remediation, urban design, international development) I am now working on disciplinary cross-links and understandings of the microprocesses e.g. of different learning taking place, and the nature of different knowledges involved. The latter currently involves philosophical understanding of processes to localise universal lists such as the Capabilities Approaches of Sen and Nussbaum; forms of knowledge production and exchange e.g. linking Nonaka and Polanyi; new understandings of tacit knowledge and transformational learning c.f. Mezirow. Besides the academic explorations I have been raising the profile of the usefulness to several fields.

Briefly speaking, my team has now completed around 30 international peer reviewed papers on WeValue, including linking its theoretical foundations to well-known theories in knowledge creation (Nonaka) and personal learning (Polanyi) and concepts in Sustainability Science. We have demonstrated successful and useful contributions in about 8 different disciplines, all of which open up new areas of research in those disciplines. We have developed applications for a global 5-year Child Stunting Global Challenges program which is just finishing; a UK Infrastructure Investment research program just finishing, and several types of applications in Cities, Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation. We are in the process of writing a foundational Open Access academic book about WeValue, and a Facilitators Manual - both contracts signed with Routledge. In parallel we are developing a monster website in Fudan, hoping for a parallel one at UOB. We are now focusing on carefully nurturing targeted alliances to get it mainstream into international development, including via a Great Green Wall project in Senegal, and via influencers in NSF USA and WB. We have also been invited to develop applications in NUS Cities Institute in Singapore.

Funding Awards*

2019-2024              Co-I on UKRI Global Challenges £20M Interdisciplinary Hub: Action against Stunting £663,591

2022-2024              Co-I: (Contracted) 2022 24 EPSRC   £164,950 EP/W033933/1 Network research Grant: Port and Coastal Cities and Towns Network (Poccitone/iPact)

2021-2025              Co-I on National Natural Science Foundation of China, International (Regional) Cooperation and Exchange Project, 72061147003, Research on Sustainability of Global Biomass Resources and Adaptive Management Mechanism for Climate Change, ¥3,000,000

2019-2022              Co-I on National Natural Science Foundation of China, International (Regional) Cooperation and Exchange Project, 71961137009, Research on Resource Coupling and Circular Economy Transformation in Resilient Cities, ¥2,000,000

2019-2024              PI on Ministry of Science and Technology, National Key R&D Program, Key Project of Intergovernmental International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation, 2017YFE193400, Research and Demonstration of Key Technologies for Industrial Production of PHA Based on Environmental and Industrial Waste, ¥1,360,000

2016-2017              PI on AHRC grant: Capturing Values-Based Legacies of Community-Led Development with GPI in Bhutan £79,211

2014-2015              PI on AHRC grant: Starting from Values - Evaluating Intangible Legacy £113,630,AH/L013142/1

2011-2016           China National Thousand Talents Professorship: invited to Fudan University to set up an international research group, with research fund of £500,000.

2009-2011              PI of EU-FP7 project The Development of Indicators & Assessment Tools for CSO Projects Promoting Values-based Education for Sustainable Development (ESDinds), funded under the ‘Research for the Benefit of Civil Society’ funding stream with two academic and four community partners. £814,565 over 2 years.

1992-2011              PI/Co-I UKRI EPSRC grants x6 in nuclear physics (PIx1, Co-Ix5) £385,175

1992-2011              PI: Instigator, coordinator and manager of more than 60 projects in partnership with local authorities, businesses, Landfill Tax Funding and civil society, totalling > £2m.*

1999-2006             PI: UK HMRC Landfill Tax Credit Scheme: 6 projects totalling £824,358.*

*Further details provided in the Appendix below.

Special awards, honours and distinctions

In 2011 I was offered a China National Thousand Talents Professorship to be taken up at Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China. This is a prestigious appointment at a world top-50 university which came with a 5-year research grant and the availability of a new PhD studentship each year. The award is in recognition of potential to develop internationalisation of researchers at Fudan in the general area of sustainability, and followed a selection process by advisors internationally (including in the UK). I have since been asked to stay on as a Distinguished Professor.

In 2024, I was awarded the China Friendship Medal, which is the highest award for a foreigner in China. In early 2025, I was invited to attend the National Foreign Experts Panel hosted by the Premier of PR China Mr. LI Qiang. I was awarded the Shanghai City Magnolia Award (Gold) in 2022 for services to internationalization in the metropolis and as the highest-scoring awardee, I was invited by a contingent from the Office of the Mayor to deliver the acceptance speech on behalf of all the awardees. One of my most satisfying life achievements is that, although this speech is often pre-drafted for foreigners, I wrote mine from scratch and it passed 5 levels of scrutiny to a warm welcome: it was published in full at high level within China. It reflected my keen desire to absorb and appreciate the culture of my host country, and to able to humbly express myself authentically to a formal Chinese audience, in a manner they found appropriate.

In November 2023 my Honorary Professorship at University College London (The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management) was renewed (initial award in April 2020).

In January 2018 I was invited to become a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.

Selected publications* (Shared Values)

*Only listed publications related to the shard values strand of work, see full list of publications in fields of sustainable behaviour change, waste treatment technology and nuclear physics via Google Scholar or in Appendix below.

Towards making EIA more human-centric: Demonstration in Nepal of a values crystallization approach to capture local shared values for scoping use

Shehanas Pazhoor, Swastik Pandey, David A. Palmer, Biraj Timilsina, Yanyan Huang, Yangcheng Zhang, Bikas Gaire, Bikram Timilsina, Rajesh Marasini, Marie K. Harder, Environmental Impact Assessment Review

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107697

Monitoring the progress and impact of a multicountry, interdisciplinary research project on childhood stunting: the UKRI GCRF Action Against Stunting Hub MEL protocol .

Dinesh Yadav D M , Darius Tetsa Tata, Modou Lamin Jobarteh , Rose Ndulu Ndolo, Santosh Kumar Banjara , Little Flower Augustine, Munikumar Manne, Bharati Kulkarni, Assana Diop, Fassiatou Tairou, Camara Fatou Ndiaye Diop, Babacar Faye, Umi Fahmida , Min Kyaw Htet , Nur L Zahra, Arienta R P Sudibya, Francis Naab, Marie K Harder, Chelsey Victoria Knott, Hugh Sharma Waddington, Claire Heffernan.  BMJ Paediatrics Open 2024;8:e002428. 

DOI: https://doi.org10.1136/ bmjpo-2023-002428

Enabling shared values for sustainability transformation: empirical lessons from a case of promoting cross-group collaboration in China  

Huang, Y., Wesselink, R., Odii, B.O. et al. Enabling shared values for sustainability transformation: empirical lessons from a case of promoting cross-group collaboration in China. Sustain Sci (2024). 

DOI：https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-024-01552-z

Creating culturally-informed protocols for a stunting intervention using a situated values-based approach (WeValue InSitu ): a double case study in Indonesia and Senegal

Chapman, A. J., Ebido, C. C., Tening, R. N., Huang, Y., Sougou, N. M., Kolopaking, R., Diallo, A. H., Anggorowati, R., Dial, F. B., Massonnié, J., Firoozmand, M., Niang, C. E. H. A. & Harder, M. K., 9 Apr 2024, In: BMC Public Health. 24, 1, 987 (2024). 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18485-y

Sociocultural environmental factors and childhood stunting: qualitative studies – a protocol for the Shared Values theme of the UKRI GCRF Action Against Stunting Hub

Odii, B. C., Harder, M. K., Huang, Y., Chapman, A., Sougou, N. M., Kolopaking, R., Gavaravarapu, S., Diallo, A. H., Anggorowati, R., Fernandez Rao, S. & Heffernan, C., 27 Feb 2024, In: BMJ Paediatrics Open. 8, Suppl_1, 6 p., e001906.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2023-001906

Understanding the mechanisms of meaning-making for transformations toward sustainability: contributions from Personal Knowledge Theory

Odii, B. C., Huang, Y. & Harder, M. K., 4 Feb 2024, In: Sustainability Science. 19, 3, p. 865-881 17 p. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01454-6

Using desirable urban states to understand key linkages between resilience subsystems

Wu, W., Huang, Y., Fath, B. D., Schwarzfurtner-Lutnik, K. & Harder, M. K., 9 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 436, 140678.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.140678

An exploration of nudging towards transformative environmental behaviour changes prior to a values-crystallization event

Tening, R. N. & Harder, M. K., 26 Jul 2023, In: Heliyon. 9, 8, 13 p., e18689.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18689

Local contextual factors of child stunting found via shared values of stakeholder groups: an exploratory case study in Kaffrine, Senegal

Moreno, J. M., Chapman, A. J., Ebido, C. C., Sougou, N. M., Diallo, A. H., Tening, R. N., Dial, F. B., Massonnie, J., Firoozmand, M., Niang, C. E. H. A., Heffernan, C. & Harder, M. K., 8 Jun 2023, In: Public Health Nutrition. 26, 11, p. 2418-2432 15 p. 

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980023001088

Developing environmental transformational leadership with training: Leaders and subordinates environmental behaviour outcomes

Nduneseokwu, C. K. & Harder, M. K., 14 Mar 2023, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 403, 136790.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136790

Perceptions of climate change impacts on city life in Shanghai: Through the lens of shared values

Huang, Y., Wu, W., Xue, Y. & Harder, M. K., 13 Sept 2022, In: Cleaner Production Letters. 3, 100018.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clpl.2022.100018

Role clarification for local institutions: a missing link in multi-level adaptation planning? Insights from a multiple case study in Botswana

Sethamo, O. A., Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S. & Harder, M. K., 6 Jun 2021, In: Climate and Development. 13 p.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2021.1924109

Cycles of meaning-making crystallization in the WeValue InSitu process as clear contributions towards transformative learning  

Odii, B. C., Huang, Y., Des Bouvrie, N. & Harder, M. K., 8 Apr 2021, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 304, p. 1-13 13 p., 127024.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127024

Evaluating what matters: an evaluation tool for vulnerability risk assessments in local climate change adaptation planning

Sethamo, O. A. & Harder, M. K., 25 Feb 2021, In: Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. 64, 13, p. 2346-2364 19 p. 

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2020.1866512

Are those really transformative learning outcomes? Validating the relevance of a reliable process

Harder, M. K., Dike, F. O., Firoozmand, F., Des Bouvrie, N. & Masika, R., 4 Dec 2020, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 285, 9 p., 125343.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125343

A demonstration that outcomes of WeValue InSitu include formally identifiable transformative learning, as per Mezirow’s Theory of Transformative Learning.

A values-based approach for generating localized social indicators for use in sustainability assessment and decision-making test case of brownfield soft reuse in Nigeria

Odii, E. C., Ebido, C. C. & Harder, M. K., 6 Nov 2019, In: Science of the Total Environment. 711, 36 p., 135045.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135045

Understanding the role of crystallizing local shared values in fostering effective community engagement in adaptation planning in Botswana

Sethamo, O. A., Masika, R. & Harder, M. K., 31 Jul 2019, In: Climate and Development. p. 448-456

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2019.1639488

Reflective Practices in Community Development: A grounded analysis

Moreno, J., Sanyal, K., Firoozmand, F., Rutter, P. & Harder, M. K., 4 Jun 2019, In: Systematic Practice and Action Research (SPAA). p. 501-525 24 p.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-019-09496-7

Measuring Intangible Values: Rethinking How to Evaluate Socially Beneficial Actions

Harder, M. K. & Burford, G., 28 Sept 2018, Routledge. (Routledge Studies in Sustainability)

DOI：https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315114316

Entry into force and then? The Paris agreement and state accountability

Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S., Groff, M., Tamas, P., Dahl, A., Harder, M. & Hassall, G., 28 May 2018, In: Climate Policy. 18, 5, p. 593-599 7 p.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2017.1331904

Values-based indicators for Genuine Progress: Capturing Values-Based Legacies of Community-Led Development with GPI in Thailand

Hoover, E., Astbury, J., Harder, M., Colman, H., Didkowsky, N., Ziegler, E., Patey, R., Marcucci, J. & Myring-Colman, G., 29 Dec 2017, 61 p.

Implicit values: uncounted legacies

Brigstocke, J., Hoover, E., Harder, M., Graham, P., de Sousa, S., Dearden, A., Light, A., Zamenopoulos, T., Alexiou, K., Burford, G., Gaubert, J. & Fosket, C., 1 Jan 2017, Valuing interdisciplinary collaborative research: beyond impact. Facer, K. & Pahl, K. (eds.). Bristol: Policy Press, p. 65-83 19 p.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.51952/9781447331612.ch003

Can we improve indicator design for complex sustainable development goals? A Comparison of a Values-Based and Conventional Approach

Burford, G., Tamas, P. & Harder, M., 30 Aug 2016, In: Sustainability. 8, 9, p. 1-38 38 p., 861.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/su8090861

An Unexpected Means of Embedding Ethics in Organizations: Preliminary Findings from Values-Based Evaluations

Burford, G., Hoover, E., Stapleton, L. & Harder, M., 29 Jun 2016, In: Sustainability. 8, 7, 612.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/su8070612

Starting from Values: Evaluating Intangible Legacies Project report

Hoover, E. & Harder, M., 1 Feb 2016, Connected Communities. 38 p.

http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/projects/starting-from-values-evaluating-intangible-legacies/

Revealing values in a complex environmental program: a scaling up of values-based indicators

Podger, D., Hoover, E., Burford, G., Hak, T. & Harder, M., 20 Aug 2015, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 134, p. 225-238 14 p.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.08.034

Making the Invisible Visible: Designing Values-Based Indicators and Tools for Identifying and Closing ‘Value-Action Gaps'

Burford, G., Hoover, E., Dahl, A. & Harder, M., 5 Feb 2015, Responsible Living: Concepts, Education and Future Perspectives. Thoresen, V. W., Doyle, D., Klein, J. & Didham, R. J. (eds.). Cham: Springer International Publishing, p. 113-133 21 p.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15305-6_9

Starting from Values – Introducing a legacies project, Hoover, Elona, ed.,

Hoover, E., Burford, G., Harder, M. & Dredge, L., 1 Jan 2015, Brighton: Evaluating Intangible Legacies.

Reconceptualizing ‘effectiveness’ in environmental management: can we measure values-related achievements?

Harder, M., Velasco, I., Burford, G., Podger, D., Janouskova, S., Piggot, G. & Hoover, E., 28 Mar 2014, In: Journal of Environmental Management. 139, p. 120-134 15 p.

Discovering What Matters: A Journey of Thinking and Feeling

PERL workgroup including Harder, M. K., 2014, 26 p

Growing a Shared Vision: A Toolkit for Schools: Activities for Organisational and Staff Development

PERL workgroup including Harder, M. K., 2014, 28 p.

Measuring What Matters: Values Based Indicators

PERL workgroup including Harder, M. K., 2014, 48 p.

Bringing the "missing pillar" into sustainable development goals: towards intersubjective values-based indicators

Burford, G., Hoover, E., Velasco, I., Janouskova, S., Jimenez, A., Piggot, G., Podger, D. & Harder, M., 12 Jul 2013, In: Sustainability. 5, 7, p. 3035-3059 25 p.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/su5073035

Can values be measured? Significant contributions from a small civil society organisation through action research

Podger, D., Velasco, I., Amezcua Luna, C., Burford, G. & Harder, M., 1 Mar 2013, In: Action Research. 11, 1, p. 8-30 23 p.

DOI：http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1476750312467833

What is participation? Design leads the way to a cross-disciplinary framework

Harder, M., Burford, G. & Hoover, E., 1 Jan 2013, In: Design Issues. 29, 4, p. 41-57 17 p.

DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/DESI_a_00229

Indigenous participation in intercultural education: learning from Mexico and Tanzania

Burford, G., Kissmann, S., Rosado-May, F. J., Alvarado Dzul, S. H. & Harder, M., 10 Dec 2012, In: Ecology and Society. 17, 4, p. 33-33 1 p.

DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-05250-170433

Field trials of a novel toolkit for evaluating ‘intangible’ values-related dimensions of projects

Burford, G., Valasco, I., Janoušková, S., Zahradnik, M., Hak, T., Podger, D., Piggot, G. & Harder, M., 1 Feb 2012, In: Evaluation and Program Planning. 36, 1, p. 1-14 14 p.

DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2012.04.005

The Earth Charter and the ESDinds initiative: developing indicators and assessment tools for Civil Society Organisations to examine the values dimensions of sustainability projects

Podger, D., Piggot, G., Valasco, I., Zahradnik, M., Janoušková, S., Hak, T., Dahl, A., Jimenez, A. & Harder, M., 1 Jan 2010, In: Journal of Education for Sustainable Development. 4, 2, p. 297-305 9 p.

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APPENDIX

Full details of abbreviated sections above, are given in this Appendix:

1.Teaching Experience

2.Doctorate student supervision

3.Funding Awards (waste, physics)

4.Publications (waste, physics)

5.Major Conference talks / Organised Conferences

6.Conference Proceedings (Refereed)

1.Teaching Experience

Course Subject                                            Level            UG Course

Quantum Mechanics                                 Level 3                      Physics

Physics of Waves                                 Level 2,3           Physics

Thermal Physics                                 Level 1,2           Physics

Mechanics                                            Level 1,2           Physics

Materials Science                                 Year 0                      Engineering

Heat, Light and Sound                      Year 0                      Engineering

Quantitative Skills                                 Year 0                      Engineering

Integrated Project Management           Level 3,4           Engineering

Alternative & Renewable Energy           Level 2            Energy Studies, Physics, Environ. Engineers

Alternative & Renewable Energy           Level 2                      Environmental Sciences, Geography, BEd

                                                                                        Architectural Technology, Geology

Energy Policy & Resources                      Level 1                      Environ Sciences, Geography, Geology

Independent Study Modules           Level 2,3           Environ Sciences, Geography, BEd 

                                            Architectural Technol, Geology

Social Practice Research            Level 4                Postgraduates at Fudan University

UG Dissertations

Basic Nuclear Physics

Programming in FORTRAN for SpectroscopyEnergy Minimisation

GIS Applied Projects (Geographical Information Systems)

Recycling: plastics, wood, glass, cars, industrial waste

Waste: (Local Authority plans, strategic plans, studies of kerbside schemes, bring-banks, civic

           amenity sites, landfill surveys, industrial waste flows, End-of-Life Vehicles(ELV), polymer separation, polymer recycling, pyrolysis)

2.Postgraduate student supervision

# as Second/ Third Supervisor.       ^ also as Daily Supervisor

3.Funding Awards (Waste, Physics)

3.1 Sustainable Development

3.2 Waste Stream Determination and Flow Modelling

3.3 End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) shredder residues: characterisation and recycling

3.4 Household waste: characterisation, minimisation and recycling

3.5 Public Education in Waste & Recycling issues

3.6 Pyrolysis of shredder residues and issues of heavy metal contamination

3.1Sustainable Development

3.2 Waste Stream Determination and Flow Modelling

3.3 End-of-Life Vehicle (ELV) shredder residues: characterisation and recycling

This single, huge project, listed above, spawned several others, spanning many scientific disciplines.  For example, it was crucial to determine the relative proportions of different families of polymers present in the shredder residue, and the academic literature would lead one to believe that numerous systems exist such as infra-red and x-ray, which can do that. When trials of these showed them not to be useful, the group devised its own system of identification using a combination of several techniques from physical and chemical sciences. The extended piece of work detailing the findings of the materials present in shredder residue is in preparation for publication in academic journals, but its results have already been made use of in the related UK industries, as the key stakeholders were collaborators in this work.

3.4. Household waste: characterisation, minimisation and recycling

These projects show a variety of large, systematic studies which have been used to advise national (and international) policy, as well as small, focussed projects designed to assist particular clients with specific research expertise and solutions.

3.5.  Public Education in Waste & Recycling issues

Social issues in sustainable resource management required support and development, and from 2004 we not only expanded to the specific requirements of clients but have also started incorporating such teaching into undergraduate and now postgraduate modules.

3.6. Pyrolysis of shredder residues and issues of heavy metal contamination

The projects below represent my work on pyrolysis of wastes – an example of how I have had to move across disciplines like mechanical engineering for the separation of shredder residue, to chemical engineering for pyrolysis and physics for X-ray fluorescent spectroscopy, because this flexibility is needed to pursue problems in waste/resource management to a solution.

An issue that was brought to light with this above work was the unexpected lead content as a contaminant in the resultant ash.  The level found prevented immediate consideration of the material as a substitute raw material for brick making, but even more importantly was an indicator of the hazardous nature of the automotive shredder residue.  This became a crucial issue for the industry, the Environment Agency and the DTI, who later quoted this work in making their borderline decision to categorise SR as non-hazardous.  A fundamental question was the speciation of the lead present, in order to determine its source, e.g. from wheel weights (metallic) or compounds used in older polymers.  We are currently developing a novel approach to resolve this problem, working with manufacturers of specialist analytical equipment.

 As SR is mixture of many materials whose composition varies by the hour, we have also helped the field develop a better understanding of statistical sampling, and am working to show that the use of a portable XRF spectrometer to take multiple (hundreds), approximate readings of SR contaminants is more useful than a few sent to precision labs.  This work is currently the focus of a large DTI Technologies bid, with the manufacturer of the PXRF. It is also the subject of our academic papers.

4.Publications

My full list of publications across all fields of shared values, sustainable behaviour change, waste treatment technology and nuclear physics, can be seen via Google Scholar.

However, I have separated them by topic for easy reference in this document: in addition to the publications listed above in topics of shared values, I provide here:

4.1 Publications in waste management

4.2 Publications in physics

4.1Publications in waste management

2024

Xue, Yunshu; Moreno, Juan M.; Li, Changjun et al. / Growing community-based composting programs in China: Implementation and policy lessons from eight cases. In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2024; Vol. 212.

2022

Li, Charlene; Bremer, Phil ; Harder, Marie K. et al. / A systematic review of food loss and waste in China: Quantity, impacts and mediators. In: Journal of Environmental Management. 2022; Vol. 303.

Huang, Yanyan; Wu, Wenhao; Xue, Yunshu et al. / Perceptions of climate change impacts on city life in Shanghai: Through the lens of shared values. In: Cleaner Production Letters. 2022; Vol. 3.

2021

Bian, Shaoqing; Xue, Yunshu; Li, Changjun et al. / Depositing waste in ‘certain place’ at ‘certain time’: Does this policy improve recycling performance?. In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2021; Vol. 176. pp. 1-11.

Bian, Shaoqing; Li, Changjun; Nduneseokwu, Chibuike K. et al. / Drift in policy implementation: Incentives thwarted in a recycling programme. In: Waste Management & Research. 2021; Vol. 40, No. 6. pp. 836-845.

Ma, Zongliang; Li, Changjun; Xue, Yunshu et al. / From pioneer to promotion: How can residential waste diversion non-profit organizations (NPOs) best co-evolve in modern China?. In: Environmental Challenges. 2021; Vol. 3.

Li, Changjun ; Firoozmand, Firooz ; Harder, Marie K. / The Impacts of Shanghai’s July 2019 Municipal Domestic Waste Management Regulations on Energy Production. In: Energies. 2021; Vol. 14, No. 22.

2020

Li, Chang Jun; Zhang, Yi; Nouvellet, Pierre et al. / Distance is a barrier to recycling – or is it? Surprises from a clean test. In: Waste Management. 2020; Vol. 108. pp. 183-188.

Li, C.; Wang, Y.; Huang, Y. et al. / The incentives may not be the incentive: a field experiment in recycling of residential food waste. In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2020; Vol. 168.

2019

Odii, Elijah C.; Ebido, Chike C. ; Harder, Marie K. / A values-based approach for generating localized social indicators for use in sustainability assessment and decision-making test case of brownfield soft reuse in Nigeria. In: Science of the Total Environment. 2019; Vol. 711.

2018

Rahman, Khondokar ; Harder, Marie ; Woodard, Ryan. / Energy yield potentials from the anaerobic digestion of common animal manure in Bangladesh. In: Energy and Environment. 2018.

Huang, Y.Y. ; Tamas, Peter ; Harder, Marie. / Information with a smile-Does it increase recycling?. In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 2018; Vol. 178. pp. 947-953.

Harder, Marie K. ; Burford, Gemma. / Measuring Intangible Values: Rethinking How to Evaluate Socially Beneficial Actions. Routledge, 2018. (Routledge Studies in Sustainability).

Harder, Marie K. / Supplementary Table S1 of “Distance is a barrier to recycling – or is it? Surprises from a clean test”. 2018. Mendeley Data.

2017

Li, C.J.; Huang, Y.Y. ; Harder, Marie. / Incentives for food waste diversion: Exploration of a long term successful Chinese city residential scheme. In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 2017; Vol. 156, No. 10. pp. 491-499.

2016

Dai, Y.C.; Lin, Z.Y.; Li, C.J. et al. / Information strategy failure: personal interaction success, in urban residential food waste segregation. In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 2016; Vol. 134, No. part A. pp. 298-309.

Xu, D.Y.; Lin, Z.Y.; Gordon, M.P.R et al. / Perceived key elements of a successful residential food waste sorting program in urban apartments: stakeholder views. In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 2016; Vol. 134. pp. 362-370.

Lin, Z.Y.; Wang, Xiao; Li, Chang Jun et al. / Visual Prompts or Volunteer Models: An Experiment in Recycling. In: Sustainability. 2016; Vol. 8, No. 5. pp. 1-16.

2015

Dai, Y.C.; Gordon, M.P.R; Ye, J.Y. et al. / Why doorstepping can increase household waste recycling. In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2015; Vol. 102. pp. 9-19.

2014

Rahman, K. ; Woodard, Ryan; Manzanares, Elizabeth et al. / An assessment of anaerobic digestion capacity in Bangladesh. In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2014; Vol. 32. pp. 762-769.

Huang, Wenfang; Wang, Jie; Dai, Xinying et al. / More than financial investment is needed: food waste recycling pilots in Shanghai, China. In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 2014; Vol. 67. pp. 107-116.

Harder, Marie; Velasco, Ismael ; Burford, Gemma et al. / Reconceptualizing ‘effectiveness’ in environmental management: can we measure values-related achievements?. In: Journal of Environmental Management. 2014; Vol. 139. pp. 120-134.

2013

Wang, Y.; Lam, K. ; Harder, Marie et al. / Developing an indicator system to foster sustainability in strategic planning in China: a case study of Pudong New Area, Shanghai. In: Ecological Indicators. 2013; Vol. 29. pp. 376-389.

2009

Harder, Marie ; Woodard, Ryan. / Use of home food digesters to reduce household waste. In: Waste and Resource Management. 2009; Vol. 162, No. 2. pp. 69-73.

2008

Harder, Marie. / A brief evaluation of pilot household waste recycling schemes. Waste 2008, Waste and Resource Management - A Shared Responsibility. Stratford upon Avon, UK: Golder Associates, 2008. pp. 125-126

Harder, Marie; Stantzos, N. ; Woodard, Ryan et al. / Development of a new quality fair access best value performance indicator (BVPI) for recycling services. In: Waste Management. 2008; Vol. 28, No. 2. pp. 299-309.

Carr, R.; Zhang, C. ; Moles, N.R. et al. / Identification and mapping of heavy metal pollution in soils of a sports ground in Galway City, Ireland, using a portable XRF analyser and GIS. In: Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 2008; Vol. 30, No. 1. pp. 45-52.

Woodard, Ryan ; Harder, Marie. / Increasing levels of recycling - assessing the impact of household incentives (revenue neutral). Waste 2008, Waste and Resource Management - A Shared Responsibility.10 p.

2007

Forton, O.T.; McGrady, L.; Singh, M.M. et al. / Characterisation of rotary kiln residues from the pyrolysis of shredder residues: issues with lead. In: Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolosis. 2007; Vol. 79, No. 1-2. pp. 395-402.

Harder, Marie ; Woodard, Ryan. / Systematic studies of shop and leisure voucher incentives for household recycling. In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2007; Vol. 51, No. 4. pp. 732-753.

2006

Harder, Marie ; Forton, O.T. / A critical review of developments in the pyrolysis of automotive shredder residue. In: Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 2006; Vol. 79, No. 1-2. pp. 387-394.

Woodard, Ryan ; Harder, Marie ; Bench, Matthew L. / Participation in curbside recycling schemes and its variation with material types. In: Waste Management. 2006; Vol. 26, No. 8. pp. 914-919.

Harder, Marie ; Woodard, Ryan ; Bench, Matthew L. / Two measured parameters correlated to participation rates in curbside recycling schemes in the UK. In: Environmental Management. 2006; Vol. 37, No. 4. pp. 487-495.

Forton, O.T. ; Harder, Marie ; Moles, N.R. / Value from shredder waste: ongoing limitations in the UK. In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2006; Vol. 46, No. 1. pp. 104-113.

2005

Woodard, Ryan ; Bench, Matthew L. ; Harder, Marie. / The development of a UK kerbside scheme using known practice. In: Journal of Environmental Management. 2005; Vol. 75, No. 2. pp. 115-127.

Bench, Matthew L. ; Woodard, Ryan ; Harder, Marie et al. / Waste minimisation: home digestion trials of biodegradable waste. In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2005; Vol. 45, No. 1. pp. 84-94.

2004

Woodard, Ryan ; Bench, Matthew L. ; Harder, Marie et al. / The optimisation of household waste recycling centres for increased recycling—a case study in Sussex, UK. In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2004; Vol. 43, No. 1. pp. 75-93.

2003

Bench, Matthew L. ; Woodard, Ryan ; Harder, Marie. / Household waste recycling sites: waste material composition by weight with a view to facility optimisation. In: CIWM Scientific & Technical Review. 2003; pp. 2-8.

2001

Woodard, Ryan ; Harder, Marie ; Bench, Matthew L. et al. / Evaluating the performance of a fortnightly collection of household waste separated into compostables, recyclates and refuse in the south of England. In: Resources, Conservation and Recycling. 2001; Vol. 31, No. 3. pp. 265-284.

1996

Harder, M. K.; Freeman, L. A. / A study of an integrated land-fill and coppice power station. In: Renewable Energy. 1996; Vol. 9, No. 1-4. pp. 989-992.

4.2 Publications in physics

1999

Halse, P. ; Harder, M. K. / An investigation of shell model structure near ⁵⁶Ni. In: Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics. 1999; Vol. 25, No. 4. pp. 871-875.

Longour, C.; Garcés Narro, J.; Blank, B. et al. / Half-lives of the odd-odd N = Z nuclei ⁷⁸Y, ⁸²Nb, ⁸⁶Tc. In: Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics. 1999; Vol. 25, No. 4. pp. 759-762.

Harder, M. K. ; Bruce, A. M. / Preface. In: Journal of Physics G-Nuclear and Particle Physics. 1999; Vol. 25, No. 4.

Robinson, S. J.; Hindi, M. M.; Börner, H. G. et al. / Quadrupole-octupole coupled states in ¹⁴⁴Nd. In: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 1999; Vol. 465, No. 1-4. pp. 61-66.

Harder, M. K.; Halse, P.; Frankland, L. / Shell-model calculations near N=Z=28. In: Journal of Physics G-Nuclear and Particle Physics. 1999.

1998

King, S. L. ; Simpson, J.; Page, R. D. et al. / First observation of excited states in the neutron deficient nuclei ¹⁶⁸Pt and ¹⁷⁰Pt. In: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 1998; Vol. 443, No. 1-4. pp. 82-88.

Longour, C.; Narro, J. G.; Blank, B. et al. / Observation of Fermi superallowed beta(+) decays in heavy odd-odd, N = Z nuclei: Evidence for 0(+) ground states in Y-78, Nb-82, and Tc-86. In: Physical Review Letters. 1998.

1997

Harder, M. K.; Tang, K. T.; Van Isacker, P. / An IBM description of coexistence in the platinum isotopes. In: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 1997; Vol. 405, No. 1-2. pp. 25-30.

1996

Drumm, P. V.; Bennett, J. R.J.; Densham, C. J. et al. / A comparison of RIST and ISOLDE tantalum targets and geometries used on-line at ISOLDE. In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. 1996; Vol. 126, No. 1-4. pp. 121-124.

Harder, M. K.; Tang, K. T. / The IBM extended consistent-Q formalism across the N = 82-126 shell. Empirical trends and anomalies. In: Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics. 1996; Vol. 369, No. 1. pp. 1-6.

1994

Harder, M. K.; Krusche, B. / Anomaly in O(6) ¹⁹⁶Pt. In: Physics Letters B. 1994; Vol. 331, No. 1-2. pp. 25-29.

1987

Veskovic, M. ; Harder, M. K.; Kumar, K. et al. / Softness and shape coexistence in the light platinum isotopes. In: Journal of Physics G: Nuclear Physics. 1987; Vol. 13, No. 8. pp. L155-L161.

5.Major Conference talks / Organised Conferences

Conference Organiser

“Making The Invisible Visible: An Emerging Community Of Practice In Indicators, Sustainability And Values” Brighton, 16-18 December 2010.

(200+ participants from 15+ countries)

Conference Co-Organiser:

Nuclear Structure at the Extremes – an International Conference on the Occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the SU(3) Symmetry”, Lewes, June 1998.

(120+ participants from 15+ countries)

Session Convenor

Emerging concepts of VALUES in Sustainable Consumption and Production Design

Second GRF-SPaC Conference: global transitions to sustainable production and consumption systems, Fudan University, Shanghai, China June 8–11, 2014

Session Convenor & Chair:

Food Waste in Sustainable Consumption and Production

Second GRF-SPaC Conference: global transitions to sustainable production and consumption systems, Fudan University, Shanghai, China June 8–11, 2014

Invited Keynote Speaker

How articulation of local shared values can kick-start people-to-people connectivity on Belt & Road

International Conference on International Development and Social Impact Assessment, Zhejiang University, September 2024.

Invited Keynote Speaker

Bringing local values into the ESG framework: the WeValue InSitu method

Green Finance Forum: Bringing local values into the ESG framework in Asia, Hong Kong January 16, 2023.

Invited Keynote Speaker:

The Emergence of Design as a Necessity for Sustainable Development

All Our Futures 2:  Sustainable Design Conference

Sustainable Futures, Plymouth, September 2009

Invited Plenary Speaker:

The Need for Better Design of Research Projects with Civil Society Organisation Partners

Sustainable Development – a Challenge for European Research

26-28 May 2009, Brussels:  European Commission, ERA

http://ec.europa.eu/research/sd/conference/2009/index_en.cfm

Invited Speaker for Panel Discussion

Alternative visions: the contributions of civil society organisations to research for

sustainable development

Sustainable Development – a Challenge for European Research

26-28 May 2009, Brussels:  European Commission, ERA

http://ec.europa.eu/research/sd/conference/2009/index_en.cfm

Invited Plenary Speaker:

Results from a series of community and school incentive schemes

Resource Recovery Forum International conference “Recycling Incentives”, London,  

September 2006

Invited Plenary Speaker:

A Review of Current Options for Post-shredded End of Life Vehicles

M K Harder & O Tening Forton

ELV '06 Conference, Warwick, September 2006

Invited Plenary Speaker:

A Review of Developments in the Pyrolysis of Automotive Shredder Residue

M.K. Harder & O. Tening Forton

International Conference on Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, Budapest, May 2006

Invited Speaker for Panel Discussion,

International Conference on Plastics and Environment, Delhi 2003.

6.Conference Proceedings (Refereed)

25. A brief evaluation of pilot household waste recycling schemes

Harder, M.K. (2008)

In: Waste 2008, Waste and Resource Management - A Shared Responsibility. Golder Associates, Stratford upon Avon, UK, pp. 125-126.

24. Increasing levels of recycling - assessing the impact of household incentives (revenue neutral).

Woodard, R. and Harder, M.K. (2008)

In: Waste 2008, Waste and Resource Management - A Shared Responsibility, Golder Associates, Stratford upon Avon, UK, pp. 537-546.

23. The role of community Waste Prevention Advisors in West Sussex.

Woodard, R. and Harder, M.K. (2008)

In: Waste 2008, Waste and Resource Management - A Shared Responsibility, Golder Associates, Stratford upon Avon, UK, pp. 715-723.

22. Sampling and Characterisation of Heterogeneous Waste:

Case Study of Shredder Residue

Osric Forton*, Norman Moles, Marie Harder

Waste 2006 International Conference on Waste, Stratford-Upon-Avon September 2006

Pp 103-112,  ISBN-10 0-9539301-3-0

21. Development of Better Performance Indicators for Recycling

Marie Harder*, Ryan Woodard

Waste 2006 International Conference on Waste, Stratford-Upon-Avon September 2006

Pp 633-642  ISBN-10 0-9539301-3-0

20. Household Food Digesters: Rigorous Testing of Residual Waste Reduction

Robert Swabey*, Marie Harder

Waste 2006 International Conference on Waste, Stratford-Upon-Avon September 2006

Pp 125-132  ISBN-10 0-9539301-3-0

19. The Use of Cash Vouchers to Incentivize Householders to Recycle

Ryan Woodard*, Firooz Firoozmand, Marie Harder

Waste 2006 International Conference on Waste, Stratford-Upon-Avon September 2006

Pp 477-486  ISBN-10 0-9539301-3-0

18. Developments in the Pyrolysis of Automotive Shredder Residue

M K Harder* & O Tenning Forton

Waste 2006 International Conference on Waste, Stratford-Upon-Avon September 2006

pp61-72  ISBN-10 0-9539301-3-0

17. Determination Of Detection Limits For A Portable XRF Using Soil CRMs

O.T. Forton1, E.R. Manzanares2, N.R. Moles1 & M.K. Harder2

GeoAnalysis2006 International Conference, China, September 2006

16. Household attitudes to waste minimisation through home digestion of biodegradable waste

Bench, Matthew L., Woodard, Ryan, Harder, Marie K. and Stantzos, Nikolaos (2004)

In: ISWA World environment congress and exhibition, Rome, October 2004. ISWA, Rome.

15. The use of GIS for optimising household waste

Stantzos, Nikolaos, Woodard, Ryan, Bench, Matthew L. and Harder, Marie K. (2004) facilities  In: ISWA World environment congress and exhibition, Rome, October 2004. ISWA, Rome.

14. Achieving recycling targets in the UK - practical examples from East and West Sussex

Woodard, R, Bench, M., Greenfield, D.W.J. and Harder, M.K. (2002)

In: Kocasoy, Günay, Atabarut, Tamer and Nuhoglu, Irem, ed. Appropriate environmental and solid waste management and technologies for developing countries. International solid waste association, Turkey, pp. 561-568. ISBN 975-518-179-2

13. Landfill disposal in the South of England: trends from the past five years

Woodard, Ryan, Harder, Marie K. and Bench, Matthew L. (2001)

In: Waste in a competitive world: International Solid Waste Association Annual Congress, Stavangar, Norway, September 2001. ISWA, Copenhagen, pp. 275-284.

12. Profit from plastic

Hooper, R., Harder, Marie K. and Potter, A.K.N. (2001)

In: Sixth International Conference on Engineering for Profit from Waste, 13-14 November 2002, IMechE London, UK. Mechanical Engineering Publications, Bury St Edmunds, pp. 225-232. ISBN 1860583318

11. Proving the principle: recovery of plastics from shredded ELVs

Williams, K.S., Singh, M.M., Hooper, R. and Harder, Marie K. (2001)

 In: Sixth International Conference on Engineering for Profit from Waste, 13-14 November 2002, IMechE London, UK. Mechanical Engineering Publications, Bury St Edmunds, pp. 181-189. ISBN 1860583318

10. Pyrolysis of shredder residue to recover valuable materials

Williams, K.S., McGrady, Lucas and Harder, Marie K. (2001)

In: Sixth International Conference on Engineering for Profit from Waste, 13-14 November 2002, IMechE London, UK. Mechanical Engineering Publications, Bury St Edmunds, pp. 216-224. ISBN 1860583318

9. Pyrolysis of shredder residue: a method to recover material and energy.

Williams, K.S., McGrady, Lucas and Harder, Marie K. (2001)

In: Business and environment Wales 2001 conference: conference procedings: 9-10 October 2001, Cardiff International Arena. Cardiff University, Cardiff, pp. 113-118.

8. Environmental Impact of Transportation During the Transfer and Disposal of Construction and Demolition Waste to Landfill,

L A Freeman and M K Harder

Proceedings of the Second International Conference,

Buildings and the Environment, Paris 1997

7. Analysis of the Volume and Composition of Construction Waste Arriving at Landfill

M K Harder and L A Freeman,         

Proceedings of the Second International Conference,

Buildings and the Environment, Paris 1997

6. Anomaly  in 196Pt:  a Clean Test?

MK Harder and B Krusche,          

Proceedings of the International Conference on the IBA, Padova. 1994  ed. RF Casten et al, 1994, p401-405

5. Internal Conversion in the rare-earths 

M K Harder, S Judge and B Krusche . 

Eighth International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy, Fribourg (1993)

(World Scientific, 1993, Singapore) p. 983-987

4. A Development of the decay scheme of 158Gd from new (n,gamma) and (n,e-) data.

K T Tang, M K Harder, A Williams and B Krusche. 

Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Capture Gamma-Ray  Spectroscopy, Fribourg (1993) (World Scientific, 1993, Singapore) p. 460-466

3. Nuclear Characterisation by measuring EO transition: 196Pt

M K Harder, M Veskovic, K Kumar and W D Hamilton

6th Conference on Capture Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy, Leuven  (1987)

eds. K Abrahams and P van Assche, (Institute Of Physics, Bristol)

Institute of . Physics Conference  Series , No 88, p529-534, (1988)

2. The first excited O+ state in 144Nd

M K Harder, W D Hamilton, G Colvin, A R H  Subber,

Nuclear Science Research Conference Series, Vol 13,  (1987), p285-289

(Harwood Academic, 1987, Chur)

1. The first excited O+ state in 144Nd

M K Harder, W D Hamilton, G Colvin, A R H  Subber,

Nuclear Structure, Reactions and Symmetries, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia June 1986pp676-681 eds. R A  Meyer and V Paar,  (World Scientific, 1986, Singapore) p687-691