Brian Shreck has been a predoctoral research associate for ISTTP since the fall of 2013. Shreck, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Political Science, has presented ISTPP research at several academic conferences this past year and will submit additional papers for consideration at upcoming conferences. So far, Shreck has used data from two ISTPP […]
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ISTPP Welcomes New Researcher – Dr. Bryce Hannibal
The Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy welcomes Dr. Bryce Hannibal as a Postdoctoral Research Associate. Dr. Hannibal’s academic interests include economic sociology, social networks and network analysis, social policy, innovation and creativity, and environmental sociology. He received his PhD and MS degrees in sociology from Texas A&M University and his BS from Brigham […]
Texas A&M Scientist: Hurdles To Climate Change Action In Economics And Politics, Not Divided Science
Congress has heard the “supermajority” consensus on the reality and causes of climate change, note scientists from Texas A&M University, Idaho State University, and University of Oklahoma. In a paper published in Climatic Change, the researchers suggest looking at business interests, partisan predispositions and political ideology for the hurdles to policy action. “Different perceptions and claims […]
ISTPP Researchers Examine General and Specific Risk Assessments about Climate Change
In this study, ISTPP Senior Research Fellow, James Stoutenborough, ISTPP Director, Arnold Vedlitz, and Bush School graduate, Xin Xing, analyze the drivers of the public’s risk perceptions related to climate change risk. By focusing on three sub domains – public health, economic development, and the environment, the researchers are able to examine whether the public […]
ISTPP Researches Scientists’ Views on Communicating Climate Change Risk
ISTPP Director, Arnold Vedlitz, and other ISTTP researchers – Senior Fellow James Stoutenborough, former student worker Nick Fette, and Research Associate Carol Goldsmith, have published their article, “Understanding the Communication of Climate Change Risk: Climate Scientists’ Perspectives of Media Sources and Policy Makers” in Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy. The authors examine the acceptance […]
ISTPP Director Vedlitz and Co-authors Published in Energy
Director Vedlitz along with ISTPP Fellow, James Stoutenborough, and Liu Shi (former ISTPP Research Associate) have published their article, “Probing Public Perceptions on Energy: Support for a Comparative, Deep-Probing Survey Design for Complex Issue Domains,” in Energy. With an emphasis on energy issues, the researchers examine the concerns about surveys of public attitudes being superficial and […]
ISTPP Researchers Examine Predictors of Perceived Climate Change Risk and Support for Management Programs
ISTPP Senior Fellow Jeryl L. Mumpower, Research Scientist Xinsheng Liu and Director Arnold Vedlitz recently published their article, “Predictors of the Perceived Risk of Climate Change and Preferred Resource Levels for Climate Change Management Programs,” in Journal of Risk Research. Using data from ISTPP’s 2013 US National Public Climate Change Survey, the researchers analyze five psychometric […]
ISTPP Article Explores Public Support for Energy Policies
Director of the Institute, Arnold Vedlitz, ISTPP Fellow James W. Stoutenborough, and Associate Research Scientist Xinsheng Liu have published their article, “The Influence of Specific Risk Perceptions on Public Policy Support: An Examination of Energy Policy,” in The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. The authors examine the role of risk perceptions […]
Liu and Vedlitz Publish in RHCPP
ISTPP Associate Research Scientist Xinsheng Liu and Director Arnold Vedlitz, along with former ISTPP Post-Doctorate Research Associate Hyung Sam Park, have published their article, “Analyzing Climate Change Debates in the U.S. Congress: Party Control and Mobilizing Networks,” in Risks, Hazards, and Crisis in Public Policy. In this study the authors determine that party control has significantly […]
ISTPP Researchers Published in Review of Policy Research
ISTPP Director Vedlitz, ISTPP Fellow James Stoutenborough, and Rebecca Bromley-Trujillo have published their article, “Public Support for Climate Change Policy: Consistency in the Influence of Values and Attitudes over Time and Across Specific Policy Alternatives,” in Review of Policy Research. In this study, the authors examine the factors that explain public preferences for climate change policy. […]