Oxford Review of Economic Policy, 32(3), 360-390.
Dr. Atif’s paper on China’s infrastructure with colleagues is the “all-time top paper” for the TransportRN: Transportation & Economic Development topic on SSRN. SSRN is a social science research repository; in Malcolm Gladwell’s words, “SSRN: in my opinion, the greatest website on the Internet.”
The paper reports finding from the largest dataset of its kind on China’s infrastructure.
Atif presented the paper at Tsinghua University (China’s #1 ranked university according to Times Higher Education World University Rankings) in April 2018. He was subsequently appointed a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University’s renowned School of Economics and Management.
Energy Policy 69: 43–56.
Dr. Atif’s series of papers on dam megaprojects are highly impactful, cited widely among scholars, decisionmakers, and the media. Using data on the cost and time outcomes, these papers also advanced innovative data science methods in the field of megaprojects.
Watch a debate between Sir David Higgins, Chairman, Gatwick Airport and High Speed Two (HS2) and Dr. Atif at the Oxford Major Programme Management Conference at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.
Nature, 546(7658), 363–369.
Nature is the world’s top scientific journal and one of the most difficult outlets in which to publish. The paper develops a novel index to track the environmental impacts of megaprojects such as large dams.
Paradoxically, big is not scalable. But modular is. Read Dr. Atif’s research on scale versus scalability in megaprojects published by the Oxford University Press.
Vol. 70, No. 834, pp. 37-40.
Drawing on examples from hyper-scale datacentres from around the world and inparticular Facebook’s innovations in datacentre building. The research was published In Search of Good Energy Policy (Cambridge Studies on Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance, pp. 202-223).
The New York Times featured Dr. Atif’s research on China on their website frontpage. See more here and enjoy the cool drone footage of China’s New Bridges.
Journal of Economic Geography 13 (5): 823–44.
How do large companies such as the Fortune 500 buy infrastructure (e.g. electricity, gas or rail)? Read about how big firms such as Coca Cola or ThyssenKrupp secure long-term supply of critical inputs.
International Journal of Project Management, 36(2), 385–395.
Dr. Atif traces the history of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)—one of the most formidable megaproject building enterprises in the US history.
