Tamara Krawchenko

Publications

Articles published in scholarly refereed journals

  1. Krawchenko, T., Zoeller, S., Premji, Z. and Dale, A. (2026). Climate governance typologies: A scoping review, Environmental Research Communications. Accepted 5 January 2026.
  2. Kiernan, S. and Krawchenko, T. (2025) Transitioning Oil and Gas Producing Regions: A Comparative Analysis of Regional Approaches in Denmark, New Zealand and Scotland, Environmental Policy and Governance, Special issue on Policy, Politics and Governance for Net Zero, 1-13.
  3. Leonida, M., Krawchenko, T., and Clark, N. (2025). Front-liners on the Sidelines: The credential recognition experiences of Filipino internationally-educated nurses (IENs) in Victoria, British Columbia (BC). Canadian Public Administration. 
  1. Wolters, E.A., Steel, B., Krawchenko, T., Farooq, S. (2025). Small and Rural Local Government Environmental Sustainability Plans, Programs and Policies in Cascadia: A Comparative Analysis,” Society & Natural Resources, 38(2), 215-233.
  1. Moore-Cherry, N., Clavin, A., Krawchenko, T. and Tomaney, J., (2025).  Understanding place-based “just transitions” in Ireland: a co-creation approach, Local Environment: International Journal of Justice and Sustainability,  30(2), 1–17.
  1. Hamoon, W., Krawchenko, B., and Krawchenko T. (2025). Governance and Public Administration under the Taliban, Asian Affairs. 56(1), 87-111.
  1. Masseman, C., Krawchenko, T., and Rhodes, K. (2024). Getting the job done: Barriers and enablers to municipal climate action in Greater Victoria, Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 33(1), pp. 1-13.
  1. Shemilt, J., and Krawchenko, T. (2024). Challenging the presupposition of rural inferiority through adaptive capacity: Community economic development in the Keremeos Area of British Columbia, BC Studies. No. 222 Summer 2024, pp. 101-125.
  1. Steel, B., Wolters, E.A., Krawchenko, T., Farooq, S. (2024). Determinants of Small and Rural Local Governments’ Renewable Energy Program Adoption in Cascadia, Current Alternative Energy. Vol. 6, pp. 19-32.
  1. Ghadiri, M., Krawchenko, T. and Newell, R. (2024). Applying a climate-biodiversity-health framework to support integrated food systems planning and policy. Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 358, 120769, pp. 1-18.
  1. Ghadiri, M., Newell, R. and Krawchenko, T. (2024). Participatory system mapping for food systems: Lessons learned from a case study of Comox Valley, British Colombia, Canada, Challenges, 15, no. 2: 22.
  1. Krawchenko, T. and Tomaney, J. (2023). The governance of land use: A conceptual framework, Land, Special Edition on Governance of Land Use, 12(3), p.608-619. Editorial.
  1. Krawchenko, T. (2023). Ukraine’s democratisation and decentralisation reforms and the path to reconstruction and recovery. LSE Public Policy Review, Special Issue: Russia’s War in Ukraine and The Future of Global Order. 3(1), pp. 1-9. 
  1. Krawchenko, T., Hayes, B., Foster, K., Markey, S. (2023). What are contemporary rural development policies? A pan-Canadian snapshot of government strategies, plans and programmes for rural areas, Canadian Public Policy. 49(3), pp. 1-15.
  1. Keefe, J., Krawchenko, T. (2023). Policies that support and hinder families as partners in care during the COVID-19 pandemic: Comparative policy learning from England, British Columbia and the Netherlands, Canadian Journal on Aging. Published online 28 July 2023, pp. 1-7. 
  1. Weaver, D., Krawchenko, T., and Markey, S. (2023). The Index of Economic Disparity: Measuring Trends in Economic Disparity across Canadian Census Subdivisions and Rural/Urban Communities, Canadian Geographies. pp. 1-17.
  1. Kobzik, J. & Krawchenko, T. (2023). What do we want and how do we get there”: A comparative content analysis of First Nations Comprehensive Community Plans in British Columbia, Canadian Public Administration, 66(1), pp. 1-18. 
  1. Nicholls, B. and Krawchenko, T. (2022).  Having your say: A comparative review of public input practices for development approvals in British Columbia, Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 30(3), pp. 19-28.
  1. Krawchenko, T., Gordon, M. (2022). Just transitions for oil and gas regions and the role of regional development policies, Energies, Special Issue: Challenges and Research Trends of Energy Transition in Fuel-Dependent Regions, 15(13), 4834, pp. 1-14.
  1. Oliviera, D., Breen, S., Krawchenko T. (2022). Targeting policies to place: A jurisdictional analysis of composite indicators for rural development. Journal of Community and Rural Development, 17(1), pp. 111–130.
  1. Krawchenko, T., (2022).  Can governance at the right scale increase productivity?  A comparative scoping review, Canadian Journal of Regional Science. 41(1), pp. 16-25. 
  1. Krawchenko, T. and Gordon, M. (2021). How do we manage a just transition? A comparative review of national and regional just transitions initiatives, Sustainability, 13, 6070, pp. 1-16.
  1. Rhodes, E., Krawchenko, T., Pearce, K., & Shaw, K. (2021). Scaling up local climate action: A survey of climate policy priorities in the Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities region. Canadian Planning and Policy/Aménagement et Politique Au Canada, 2021(01), pp. 36-69. 
  1. Krawchenko, T., Schumann, A. (2019). Trends and lessons in spatial planning from OECD countries, Town and Country, November, pp. 462-466.
  1. Krawchenko, T. (2019). A framework for modern rural policy in Poland—dialogue with the research community, Wieś i Rolnictwo, 4(181),  Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute for Rural Development and Agriculture, Warsaw, Poland, pp. 11-24.
  1. Krawchenko, T.  Schumann, A. (2017). The governance of land use in OECD countries: Key lessons from a comparative policy review, Real Estate Review, New York University, pp.  5-18.
  1. Krawchenko, T. & Hainc, J. (2017). Aligning policy incentives and establishing governance for ‘shrinking’ cities: A profile of Lodz, Poland, Studia Miejskie, Warsaw, pp.  26: 51-64.
  1. Krawchenko, T. (2017). Questioning neo-endogeneity: Cases of community economic development practice from Atlantic Canada. The Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research (ANSERJ), pp.  8(1): 5-18.
  1. Krawchenko, T., Foster, K.  (2016). ‘Generationing’ public policy: Intergenerational equity policies in comparative sociological perspective. Public Policy and Governance Review, 7(2), pp.  95-119. 
  1. Aubrecht, K., & Krawchenko, T. (2016). Disability & aging: international perspectives. Review of Disability Studies: An International Journal, 12(2 & 3), pp. 1-8. 
  1. Krawchenko, T., Keefe, J., Manuel, P., & Rapaport, E. (2016). Coastal climate change, vulnerability and age friendly communities: Linking planning for climate change to the age friendly communities agenda. Journal of Rural Studies, 44, pp.  55-62. 
  1. Krawchenko, T. (2015). Governing large complex city-regions: The adoption of regional special purpose bodies for transportation and transit governance. Urbana, 16, pp.  15-34.
  1. Manuel, P., Rapaport, E., Keefe, J., Krawchenko, T. (2015). Coastal climate change and aging communities in Atlantic Canada: A methodological approach to community asset and social vulnerability mapping. The Canadian Geographer, 59(2), pp.  1-14. 
  1. Rapaport, E., Manuel, P., Krawchenko, T. & Keefe, J. (2015). How can aging communities adapt to coastal climate change? Planning for social and place vulnerability. Canadian Public Policy, 41(2), pp.  166-177.
  1. Krawchenko, T. (2014). Bringing municipalities into rural community and economic development: Cases from Atlantic Canada. The Journal of Rural and Community Development, 9(3), pp.  78-96.
  1. Jiwani, F. & Krawchenko, T. (2014). Public policy, access to government and qualitative research practices: Conducting research within a culture of information control. Canadian Public Policy, 40(1), pp.  57-66. 
  1. Stoney, C. & Krawchenko T. (2013). Crisis and opportunism: Public finances from stimulus to austerity in Canada. Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research, 24, pp.  33-58.
  1. Krawchenko T. & Stoney, C. (2012). Transparency and Accountability in Infrastructure Stimulus Spending: A Comparison of Canadian, Australian and US Programs. Canadian Public Administration/Administration publique du Canada, 55(4), pp. 581-503.
  1. Krawchenko T. (2011). Regional special purpose bodies for transportation and transit in Canada: Case studies of Translink and Metrolinx. The Canadian Journal of Regional Science, 34(1), pp.  1-8. 
  1. Krawchenko T. & Stoney, C. (2011). Public participation in local government and the use of public private partnerships: A case study based on the city of Ottawa. The Canadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 2(2), pp.  74-90. 
  1. Krawchenko, T. & Pavlychko, D. (2011). Alcohol abuse and dependency in Ukraine: The policy challenge of a ‘wicked’ problem. The NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy, 4(1), pp.  1-14.
  2. Krawchenko, T. (2009). The OECD and urban governance reform. Canadian Journal of Urban Research, 18(1), pp.  27-46.

Peer-reviewed book chapters

  1. Krawchenko T., Rhodes, K. and MacAuthur, J. (2025). Justice and equity on the path to decarbonizing economies, Transforming Public Administration in Canada, eds., A.V. Perez Pinan, J. Chouinard, S. Thiessen, Information Age Publishing, pgs. 177-196. 
  1. Ryser, L., Markey, S., Halseth, G., Breen, S., and Krawchenko, T. (2024). State of Rural Canada: British Columbia, The State of Rural Canada, The Canadian Rural Revitalisation Foundation. 
  1. Steel, B. S., Wolters, E.A., Krawchenko. T., and Farooq, S. (2024). Small and Rural Local Government Environmental Sustainability Plans, Programs and Policies in Cascadia: A Case Study. In C. Simon, B.S. Steel, and N.P. Lovrich, State and Local Government, Sustainability in the 21st Century, 3rd ed. Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University Press, 2024. 
  1. VanNijnatten, D., Krawchenko, T., Shaw, K., Atleo, C., Gordon, M., Sioui, M., Bird, S., Olive, A., Colbert, B., Kurucz, E., Scott, D., Swerdfager, T., Boyd, B., Tozer, L., McWhinney, M., Norton, S., Poelzer, G., Noble, B., Ahmed, F., Winfield, M., Johns, C., Lemieux, C., Kraus, D., Rushton, C., Feiner, T., Andree, P., Katz-Rosene, R. and Teitelbaum, S. (2024) “Energizing Canada’s Green Transition at Ground Level,” in Canadian Environmental Politics and Policy: Moving the Green Transition Forward (Oxford University Press), 5th edition, Debora VanNijnatten editor.
  1. Krawchenko T., Shaw, K., Atleo, C. and Gordon, M. (2024). “Just transition”, in Canadian Environmental Policy and Politics: Moving the Green Transition Forward (Oxford University Press), 5th edition, Debora VanNijnatten editor. 
  1. Krawchenko, T. and McDonald, C. (2023). Rendering the invisible visible: Sámi rights and data governance, The Significance of Sámi Rights: Law, Justice, and Sustainability for the Indigenous Sámi in the Nordic Countries, Dorothée Cambou and Øyvind Ravna eds. Routledge press. 
  1. Chouinard, J. and Krawchenko, T., (2022). The Transformative Potential of Evaluation as a Policy Tool, M. Howlett ed., Routledge Handbook of Policy Tools, London, Routledge. 
  1. Atleo, C.G., Crowe, T., Krawchenko, T., Shaw, K. (2022). Indigenous Ambivalence? It’s not about the pipeline. In Hazboun S. and Boudet, H. eds. Public Responses to Fossil Fuel Export: Energy Transition and the Shifting Global Energy Order, Elsevier Publishing. 
  1. Krawchenko, T. and Schumann, A. (2021). The governance of land use: Comparative practices, innovations and reforms in OECD countries, in Robert Brears ed., Palgrave Encyclopaedia on Regional and Urban Futures, Palgrave Macmillan. 
  1. Krawchenko, B., Enikeeva, Z., Krawchenko T. (2021). Universities and Society in Kyrgyzstan: A Historical, Political and Economic Perspective. In Social Responsibility in Higher Education, Brill Publishing. 
  1. Krawchenko, T., Gordon, M. (2021). Policies for a just transition. In Robert Brears ed., Palgrave Encyclopaedia on Regional and Urban Futures, Palgrave Macmillan.
  1. Krawchenko, T., McDonald, C., Tomaney, J. (2019). “Regional planning and rural development,” in Scott, M. Gallent, N., Gkartzios, M. eds., The Routledge Companion to Rural Planning, London: Routledge, pp. 170-182.
  1. Krawchenko, T. (2019). Taxing and spending: Making Canadians richer and poorer, in Harding, R. and Jeyapal, D., Canadian Social Policy for Social Workers, Oxford University Press, pp.  200-228.
  1. Krawchenko, T. & Stoney, C. (2015). Leaner and meaner: Government spending from stimulus to austerity. In T. Healy, and S. Trew, The Harper Record 2008-2015, Ottawa, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, pp. 281-292. 

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development contributions

β         Denotes project leader

*   Denotes primary (or sole) author

** Denotes contributing author

  1. OECD (Forthcoming). “First Nations Leadership and Engagement in Mining in Northern Ontario,” Mining Regions: Northern Ontario, Canada. Paris: OECD Publishing.**
  1. OECD (Forthcoming). “Driving innovation: Framework conditions and policies for innovation in rural development,” Enhancing Rural Innovation, Paris: OECD Publishing.**
  1. OECD (2024). “Policies and programmes for innovation and entrepreneurship in Canada,” Enhancing Rural Innovation in Canada, OECD Rural Studies, OECD Publishing, Paris.**
  1. OECD (2023). “Policies and programmes for innovation in rural areas in the United States,” Enhancing Rural Innovation in the United States, Paris: OECD Publishing.**
  1. OECD (2022). “Amalgamation and its impact on municipal performance,” Rebuilding Ukraine by Reinforcing Regional and Municipal Governance, Paris: OECD Publishing.**
  1. OECD (2021). “Service provision: Definitions and trends,” Access and Cost of Education and Health Services: Preparing Regions for Demographic Change, Paris: OECD Publishing.** 
  1. OECD (2021). “Setting the scene,” Delivering Quality Education and Health Care to All. Paris: OECD Publishing.**
  1. OECD (2020). Territorial Review: Regional Policy for Greece Post‑2020, Paris: OECD Publishing.**   
  1. OECD (2020). Linking Indigenous Communities with Regional Development: Canada, Paris: OECD Publishing, pp. 1-450.* β   
  1. OECD (2019). Principles on Rural Policy, OECD Instrument, Paris: OECD Publishing, pp. 1-10.* β   
  1. OECD (2019). Linking the Indigenous Sami People with Regional Development in Sweden, Paris, OECD Publishing, pp.  1-148.* β   
  1. OECD (2019). Territorial Review of Småland-Blekinge: Sweden, Paris: OECD Publishing, pp.  1-168.** β   
  1. OECD (2018). Rural Policy Review of Poland, Paris: OECD Publishing: 1-300.* β   
  1. OECD (2017). Spatial Planning and Policy in Israel: Case studies of Umm al Fahm and Netanya, Paris: OECD publishing, pp. 1-148.**   
  1. OECD (2017). The Governance of Land Use in the Czech Republic: The case of Prague. Paris: OECD publishing, pp.  1-164.* β   
  1. OECD (2017). The Governance of Land Use in OECD countries: policy analysis and recommendations, Paris: OECD Publishing, pp.  1-208.* β   
  1. OECD (2017). The Governance of Land Use in the Netherlands: The Case of Amsterdam, Paris: OECD publishing, pp.  1-168.* β  
  1. OECD (2017). The Governance of Land Use in France: Case Studies of Clermont-Ferrand and Nantes-Saint Nazaire, Paris: OECD publishing, pp.  1-172.* β   
  1. OECD (2017). OECD Territorial Reviews: Kazakhstan, Paris, OECD publishing, pp. 1-176.**
  1. OECD (2016). The Governance of Land Use in Poland: The case of Lodz, Paris: OECD Publishing, pp. 1-116.* β   
  1. OECD (2016). OECD Regional Outlook 2016: Productive Regions for Inclusive Societies (Chapters 3 and 4), Paris: OECD publishing, pp.  139-219. **

Research reports

  1. Krawchenko, T. (2025), “Climate Policy as Territorial Development.” Produced for the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions to inform the review of CleanBC. 
  1. Krawchenko, T. Regional dimensions of net zero transitions. Centre for Net Zero Industrial Policy, The Transition Accelerator. Calgary, AB. Forthcoming.  
  1. Krawchenko T., Gordon, M., Andrea Woodhouse (2024). “How to implement a just transition? Leading practices in policy and governance” Paper, World Bank, Washington, pp. 1-50.
  1. Roth, Joachim (lead author); Krawchenko, T. (contributing author with other members of the World Benchmarking Alliance working group on tracking just transition progress) (2025), “Assessing the ‘just’ in corporate transition plans: framework and guidance,” World Benchmarking Alliance, Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 1-40. 
  1. Hayes, B. and Krawchenko, T. (2024). Rural economic development strategies: A comparative jurisdictional review of strategies, policies and programs for rural economic development. Canadian Rural Revitalisation Foundation, 1-44.  
  1. Roth, J., Plyska, O., Wang, J.A., Renman, G., and Bosman, S. (main authors); Krawchenko, T. (contributing author with other members of the World Benchmarking Alliance working group on tracking just transition progress) (2024). How finance can unlock credible, robust and just transition plans, World Benchmarking Alliance, Just Transition Finance Lab, London School of Economics and Political Science, Grantham Research Institution on Climate Change and the Environment Input Paper to G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group. 
  1. Newell, R., Issac, J., Ghadiri, M., Dring, C., Dale, A., King, L., Krawchenko, T., Sheldon, T., Yehia, J., Das, R. (2023). Advancing the Climate-Biodiversity-Health Nexus: Social Justice, Scale, and Applications, TRIAS discussion paper. 
  1. Krawchenko, T., B. Hayes (2022). Jurisdictional Scan of Rural Development Strategies, Report produced for the Government of British Columbia, Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, pp. 1-71. 
  1. Moore-Cherry, N., Clavin, A., Krawchenko, T. and Tomaney, J., (2022). Exploring Place-based Opportunities for Policy and Practice in Transition, National Economic and Social Council of Ireland, Research paper no. 24, pp. 1-100.
  1. Krawchenko, T. (2022). Managing a ‘just transition’ in New Zealand’s Taranaki Region, Case study, Canadian Climate Institute, pp. 1-5
  1. Krawchenko, T. (2022). Managing a ‘just transition’ in Scotland, Case Study, Canadian Climate Institute, pp. 1-5
  1. Krawchenko, T. (2022). Managing a ‘just transition’ in Denmark, Case Study, Canadian Climate Institute, pp. 1-5
  1. Krawchenko, T., B. Hayes, Foster, K., Markey, S. (2022). What is rural policy today? A pan-Canadian scan of policies for rural places, Canadian Rural Revitalisation Foundation, pp. 1-81.
  1. Krawchenko, T., Gordon, M. (2021). How can we manage a just transition? A comparative review of policies to support a just transition from carbon intensive industries, Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, University of Victoria, pp. 1-65.
  1. Krawchenko T. (2021). The public sector and productivity: Governance at the right scale, Productivity Policies for Places, OECD Centre for Spatial Productivity, Trento, Italy, pp. 1-37.
  1. Krawchenko, T., Rhodes, K., Harrison, K., Pearce, K., Shaw, K., Brousselle, A., Ney, T., Mallows, C. (2020). Territorial Analysis and Survey of Local Government Priorities for Climate Action: Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities, Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities Climate Leadership Plan, Victoria, B.C, pp. 1-83.
  1. Raderschall, L., Krawchenko, T., & Leblanc, L.  (2020). Leading practices for resource benefit sharing and development for and with Indigenous communities, OECD Working Paper, Paris, OECD Publishing, pp.1-50. 
  1. Krawchenko, T. (2020), Public service delivery in OECD countries: Key concepts and debates, OECD working paper: OLIS, pp. 1-22. 
  1. Keefe, J. & Krawchenko, T. (2015). Taking caregivers seriously: An elaboration on research practice. HealthcarePapers, 15(1), pp. 1-6.
  1. Keefe, J., Guberman, N., Fancey, P. & Krawchenko T. (2014). Caregiver Assessment: An essential component of continuing care policy. Policy Brief no. 19, Population change and strategic knowledge cluster, University of Western Ontario, pp. 1-22.
  1. Keefe, J. & Krawchenko T. (2014). An International Comparison of Priority Setting and Planning for an Aging Population. Report prepared for Public Health Agency of Canada to inform the State of Public Health in Canada report of the Chief Public Health Officer of Canada, pp. 1-60.
  1. Krawchenko, T. & Cassin, M. (2013). Agency at the local level—capturing community and economic development practices in rural Atlantic Canada. Report prepared for the Atlantic Policy Research Initiative of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Government of Canada, Halifax, NS, pp. 1-132.
  1. Krawchenko, T. (2012). New directions in regulatory practice. Regulatory Governance Initiative, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University, pp. 1-26.  
  1. Krawchenko, T. (2012). Policy Briefs, Regulatory Governance Initiative, School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University.
    1. No. 13. Challenging traditional legal-statist approaches: ‘Placing’ regulation, pp. 1-12.
    2. No. 14. Regulation, governance and complexity, pp. 1-17.
    3. No. 15. The OECD and regulatory reform, pp. 1-19.
    4. No. 16. Cutting red tape, streamlining regulation, better regulation… Provincial regulatory reform in Canada, pp. 1-13.
  1. Krawchenko, T. (2010). Mending Canada’s frayed social safety net: The role of municipal governments. Quality of Life Reporting System (QOLRS) Report #6, Federation of Canadian Municipalities, pp. 1-34.
  1. Phillips, S., Stoney, C., Hilton, R., Maslove, A., Brouard, F., Krawchenko, T., Adams, E. & Bellafontaine, T. (2010). The Gasoline Tax and infrastructure funding: An examination of governance, structures and spending patterns. School of Policy and Administration, Carleton University, pp. 1-145.
  1. Government of Nova Scotia, Submission to the National Expert Panel on Older Workers, in consultation with Provincial Steering Committee (2007). Contributing author, 1-122.
  1. Cassin, M.A., Krawchenko, T. & VanderPlaat, M. (2007). Racism and discrimination in Canada: laws, policies and practices. Report commissioned by Strategic Policy, Research and Planning Directorate, Multiculturalism and Human Rights Program, Department of Canadian Heritage, pp. 1-98.
  1. Large, C. & Krawchenko, T. (2006) Canadian Occupational Projection System Labour Market Outlook. Joint publication of the N.S. Department of Education and Service Canada, 1-23.
  1. Krawchenko, T. (2005). Nova Scotia Labour Market Review. Nova Scotia Department of Education, 1-10.
  1. Krawchenko, T. (2005). Teaching public administration at the University of Central Asia: Focus on public service delivery. Graduate School of Development, University of Central Asia, Kyrgyz Republic, 1-35.
  1. Krawchenko, T. (2003). European attitudes towards Ukraine: a media analysis. ICPS Policy Analysis, occasional paper 20, 1-5.