How do people form their opinion about new biotechnologies such as gene drive? Dr. Xinsheng Liu and a multidisciplinary team of researchers employ national public survey data funded by the USDA to explore this issue in their study, titled “General Science-Technology Orientation, Specific Benefit–Risk Assessment Frame, and Public Acceptance of Gene Drive Biotechnology,” published in Risk […]
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ISTPP Welcomes New Research Fellow
The Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) at the Bush School of Government & Public Service has named a new researcher to its fellows program – Dr. Arnold Muyshondt. Dr. Muyshondt is the Assistant Vice Chancellor for National Laboratories for the Texas A&M University System’s National Laboratory Office. He is also an Adjunct Professor in Mechanical Engineering at Texas […]
ISTPP Director Arnold Vedlitz Co-Authors Paper with Engineering Researchers on Access to Essential Facilities
How easy is it for you to get to the grocery store, a gas station or your doctor’s office on a day-to-day basis? What about during storms? Do you have an alternate route that will get you there? A new Texas A&M study by civil engineering graduate student Flavia Ioana Patrascu, Urban Resilience.AI Lab Director […]
ISTPP Welcomes New Research Fellows
The Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) at the Bush School of Government & Public Service has named four new researchers to its fellows program – Dr. Ki Eun Kang, Dr. Alicia Cooperman, Dr. Galen Newman, and Dr. Dara Wald. Dr. Cooperman is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at […]
Joint ISTPP and Engineering Research Team Publish Paper in International Journal
The Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) team of Dr. Rotem Dvir, Carol Goldsmith, Ian Seavey, and Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, director of ISTPP, joined researchers from Texas A&M Department of Industrial and System Engineering led by Dr. Farzan Sasangohar, to publish a paper inInternational Journal of Healthcare Technology and Management. In this study, “The Policy Environment of […]
ISTPP Research Team Publishes Paper in Natural Hazards Review
Communities in the Austin area are challenged by climate change and natural hazards. What factors help them feel confident in public sector (local, state, and federal government) and nonprofit sector (non-profits and community-based groups) organizations that prepare for and respond to natural hazards? A team of researchers for the Institute for Science, Technology and Public […]
Bush School Professor Ranked Among Top Political Scientists, Celebrates 50 Years at A&M
by Alexis Lee A Texas A&M University professor is beginning his 50th year at the university ranked among the world’s top political scientists. Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, professor of public service and administration at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, has been included in Research.com’s 2023 rankings of political scientists at number 420 worldwide […]
Dr. Kang and ISTPP Research Team Publish Paper in Politics and Life Sciences
The Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) team of Dr. Ki Eun Kang, Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, Carol Goldsmith, and Ian Seavey have published their research article, “Optimism and pessimism toward science: A new way to look at the public’s evaluations of science and technology discoveries and recommendations” in Politics and the Life Sciences. The research team examines what […]
ISTPP Welcomes New Research Fellows
The Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) at the Bush School of Government & Public Service has named two new researchers to its fellows program – Dr. Jenna A. Lamphere and Dr. Elizabeth Nyman. Dr. Lamphere is an assistant professor of sociology and program coordinator for the Tourism and Coastal Community Development program in the Department of Liberal […]
Dr. Haglin and ISTPP Director Vedlitz Publish Paper in Science and Public Policy
Dr. Haglin and Dr. Vedlitz have a newly published paper in Science and Public Policy, “Ideology, Knowledge, and the Assessment of Science Policy Agencies.” In their paper, the researchers study how different types of knowledge about energy and political ideology form people’s evaluations of two U.S. energy-related government scientific agencies – the Environmental Protections Agency (EPA) and Department of […]
