ISTPP News

Invited by the School of Government of Peking University, Dr. Xinsheng Liu, ISTPP Research Scientist and Assistant Director, gave a series of lectures on recent advancements in public policy theory and research during his visit to China in late May 2017. His lectures focused on one of the leading policy process theories – the Punctuated […]

In his study, “Throwing It Out: Introducing a Nexus Perspective in Examining Citizen Perceptions of Organization Food Waste in the U.S.,” Dr. Hannibal explores public concern about food waste and what, if anything, they want done about it. An estimated 40% of food in the U.S. is wasted, along with the water and energy required […]

For this project, “Public Concern and Support for Regulation of UOGD: Individual and Contextual Influences on Texas Residents,” Hannibal and his ISTPP research partners examine the effect of county-level characteristics on individuals’ opinions and policy preferences about hydraulic fracturing in Texas. The rise of unconventional oil and gas development has led to an increase in […]

Dr. Portney and his co-authors have published the first quantitative study on the public’s awareness of the food-energy-water nexus (FEW). So far, most researchers have worked to identify and model the scientific and technical connections between the nexus elements – food and energy, energy and water, and water and food. Recognizing that it is also […]

In their new article, Dr. Bullock and Dr. Vedlitz explore the moderating role perceived knowledge plays in influencing emphasis framing. Using data from an experiment embedded in the National Energy Policy Survey conducted by the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) in 2012, the authors use multivariate analysis of probit and ordered probit […]

Two Bush School of Government and Public Service colleagues at Texas A&M University have teamed up to lead a multidisciplinary and multinational collaborative research survey in China. Dr. Xinsheng Liu (research scientist and assistant director in the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy, or ISTPP) and Dr. Ren Mu (Associate Professor in the Department […]

Texas A&M University President Michael K. Young named Dr. Kent Portney, professor at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, to the inaugural class of Presidential Impact Fellows. The fellows represent an esteemed group of twenty-four faculty members selected for their demonstrated commitment to grand challenges through scholarship, leadership, and core values.  President Young […]

Dr. Vedlitz, ISTPP Director Emeritus and Distinguished Research Scholar, Dr. Stoutenborough, ISTPP Senior Research Fellow, and Mr. Mahafza, a graduate student at Auburn University, examine the role of proximity to major water sources in Texan’s perceptions of risk of water scarcity. From a theoretical perspective, this project will aid our collective understanding of problem identification. […]

Mathew Kurian, Kent E. Portney, Gerhard Rappold, Bryce Hannibal, and Solomon H. Gebrechorkos have co-authored a paper that will be presented at the Dresden Nexus Conference to be held in Germany May 17-19, 2017. This paper, “Governance of Water-Energy-Food Nexus: A Social Network Analysis Approach,” has been selected as one of the theme papers for […]

Lindsay Sansom, doctoral candidate in Ecosystem Science & Management at Texas A&M and Coordinator for the interdisciplinary U.S.-Mexico Transboundary Water Governance Project, presented two research studies at the World Water Congress XVI in Cancun, Mexico. The first study, “U.S.-Mexico Water Cooperation and Conflict,” examined changes in the level and nature of conflict and cooperation between […]