This special issue aims to contribute to ongoing endeavours to expand practices and theories of governance by bringing in perspectives and case studies from the Global South at a time of great turbulence and uncertainty. It advances discussions pertaining to various aspects of Asian experiences of governance that embraces agility and flexibility in navigating a world that is fraught with volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity (VUCA).
Introduction
Agile governance for a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world - Hong Liu, Celia Lee and Jeremy Goh
Research Articles
Cutting-edge public space and community-building experiences from a user experience (UX) perspective – A multinational comparison - Fernando Ursine and Yi Xuan Ong
The Belt and Road Initiative, outward foreign direct investment and total factor productivity—Evidence from China - Yue Zhang and Fei Ji
Policy coordination and development in a VUCA world - Michael Mintrom and Ruby O'Connor
Collective leadership for VUCA: From theoretical exploratory study to knowledge creation - Cheng Boon Koh
Digital geopolitics in a VUCA world: China encounters a new global order - Hong Liu and Chunzi Miao
Policy Insights
Road to human-centric smart city governance in Japan: The case of Fujisawa sustainable smart town - Zhijian Wang
Singapore's triumph: Governance strategies and societal cohesion during the COVID-19 pandemic - Zainul Abidin Rasheed and Crystal Wen Wen Goh
System-quake proof ‘systemic resilience governance’: Six measures for readiness - Geert Bouckaert and Diego Galego
Practitioner Commentary
Sustainable Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) development of China and ASEAN in a volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world - Hak Seng Ang
