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 […]
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Dr. Portney et al. Publish on Food-Energy-Water Nexus Awareness in Environment & Behavior
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 […]
Dr. Bullock and Dr. Vedlitz Publish ISTPP Energy Framing Study in Review of Policy Research
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 […]
China Governance and Public Policy Research
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 […]
Portney Named Presidential Impact Fellow by President Young
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 […]
ISTPP Research Fellows, Dr. Vedlitz and Dr. Stoutenborough, Publish in Water Policy
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. […]
Dr. Portney and Dr. Hannibal Co-Author Paper for Dresden Nexus Conference
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 […]
Sansom Presents Transboundary Water Governance Research at Several Conferences
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 […]
Inaugural Vedlitz Award Presented at SPSA Conference
Dr. Melissa K. Merry was presented with the inaugural Arnold Vedlitz Award during the 2017 Southern Political Science Association Annual Conference held January 12-14 in New Orleans. Merry is the author of Framing Environmental Disaster: Environmental Advocacy and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, published in 2016. The award will be given annually to authors of seminal […]
Dr. Vedlitz and Co-authors Publish Study on US Perceptions of Climate Change Risk and Policy Support
Drs. Arnold Vedlitz, Samuel Brody, and Himanshu Grover have recently published their study on the US public’s perceptions of climate change risk and how these perceptions are influenced through a risk-stress-capacity model that combines of individual and local environmental factors. In this way, their study provides a deeper understanding of risk perception and its implications for climate change policy. […]