ISTPP has named five new members to its Fellows program—Dr. Robin Murphy, Dr. Raul Medina, Dr. Kirby Goidel, Dr. Anthony Knap, and Dr. Patrick Bixler.
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ISTPP Predoc Fellow Brittany Alexander Presents Research at Two Conferences
Brittany Alexander, ISTPP Predoc Fellow and doctoral student in statistics, presented her paper, “Understanding Terrorism Policy Preferences through Bayesian Model Averaging and Multiple Imputation,” at the Southern Association for Public Opinion Conference on October 1, 2020, and at the Midwest Association for Public Opinion Conference on November 20, 2020. ISTPP Director Arnold Vedlitz coauthored this study. Their […]
Dr. Portney and Dr. Hannibal Publish Article on Water Scarcity and Support for Fracking Regulations
Former ISTPP Director, the late Kent Portney, and ISTPP Research Fellow Bryce Hannibal have published “The Impact of Water Scarcity on Support for Hydraulic Fracturing Regulation: A Water-Energy Nexus Study” in Energy Policy. In this paper, they examine the relationship between awareness of the water-energy nexus and local water scarcity on an individual’s support for […]
ISTPP Director Vedlitz and Research Fellows Publish Article on Infrastructure Management Systems in Hazard Risk Mitigation
Director of ISTPP, Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, and ISTPP Research Fellows, Dr. Berke, Dr. Hannibal, Dr. Mostafavi, and Dr. Woodruff, have recently been published in the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. In their article, “Institutional Congruence for Resilience Management in Interdependent Infrastructure Systems,” the authors evaluate the congruence of, or agreement across, institutional coordination, planning, […]
Dr. Liu Publishes an Article in Environmental Science and Policy
ISTPP Research Scientist Xinsheng Liu has published the research article “Social Capital, Carbon Dependency, and Public Response to Climate Change in 22 European Countries” in Environmental Science and Policy. In this article, Dr. Liu and his coauthors, Drs. Feng Hao and Jay L. Michaels, theoretically and empirically examine the impacts of personal social capital and […]
Dr. Liu and Dr. Vedlitz Publish an Article in The China Quarterly
ISTPP researchers Dr. Xinsheng Liu and Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, along with ISTPP research follow, Dr. Youlang Zhang, have published their paper “Political Values and Life Satisfaction in China” in The China Quarterly. In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between political values and life satisfaction of individual citizens governed under authoritarian regimes. Specifically, the […]
Bush School Researchers, as Part of Interdisciplinary Team, Report on the Resilience Policies and Programs of the 101 Largest Cities in the U.S.
Resilience has become an important concept in urban governance, but there is little understanding of the policies cities adopt to operationalize and build resilience. To address this gap, researchers from the Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy conducted a survey of the 101 largest cities in the U.S in 2019. The survey included questions […]
Dr. Liu and Dr. Vedlitz Published Research Articles on Citizen Willingness to Co-produce Public Services
ISTPP’s Dr. Xinsheng Liu and Dr. Arnold Vedlitz recently published a research article on the topic of citizen and public service co-production. This article was coauthored with ISTTP Research Fellow Dr. Youlang Zhang. “How Social Capital Shapes Citizen Willingness to Co‐invest in Public Service: The Case of Flood Control” has appeared in the journal Public […]
ISTPP Reports on the Role of Coastal Bend Region Stakeholders in Recovery and Resilience Efforts
Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, ISTPP Director, led a study on the role of stakeholder organizations in local recovery and resilience efforts following hurricanes and strong storms. Relevant stakeholder organizations include government, business and industry, health providers, advocacy groups, and nonprofit organizations. Each stakeholder group plays an important role in creating support for policies and actions that […]
In Memoriam: Dr. Kent Portney
It is with a heavy heart that the Bush School of Government and Public Service announces that Professor Kent Portney passed away suddenly on Saturday, June 13, 2020. Dr. Portney came to the Bush School’s Department of Public Service and Administration in 2014. He was appointed Director of the Institute for Science, Technology, and Public […]
