Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, Professor and Bob Bullock Chair in Government and Public Policy and Director and Distinguished Research Scholar in the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy in the Bush School of Government and Public Service, has been appointed to the Executive Advisory Committee of the Institute for a Disaster Resilient Texas (IDRT). The […]
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ISTPP Researchers Publish Study on Public’s Reactions to Soft-Target Terrorism
Dr. Kent Portney, ISTPP Director in memoriam, and Dr. Jeryl Mumpower, Bush School Professor Emeritus and ISTPP Research Fellow, have coauthored a study recently published in Environmental Systems and Decisions. For this study, supported by funding from the National Science Foundation, the research team conducted a large, representative US public survey to examine people’s reactions […]
ISTPP’s Dr. Kang Publishes Research on Regional Competition and Land Development
Dr. Ki Eun Kang, ISTPP Postdoctoral Research Associate, recently published her research article “Local-Level Economic Development Conflicts: Factors That Influence Interactions with Private Land Developers” in Urban Affairs Review. Using survey data from across the US, Dr. Kang investigates the kinds of threats developers make in an attempt to push local governments to compete against […]
ISTPP’s Dr. Hwang Publishes on Pandemics and Economic Inequalities
Dr. Hyunseok Hwang, ISTPP Assistant Research Scientist, and Dr. Young-joo Lee at the University of Central Florida have published their research article “Loaded Dice: Pandemics and Economic Inequalities” in International Journal of Policy Studies. In this article, Dr. Hwang and his coauthor empirically examine how the impacts of pandemics are intertwined with economic inequality using […]
Dr. Hwang Joins ISTPP Research Team
The Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Hyunseok (H. S.) Hwang to our staff. As an assistant research scientist, Dr. Hwang will expand the Institute’s research in the areas of organizational theory, environmental sociology, community resilience, philanthropic studies, and social entrepreneurship. His research focuses on the […]
ISTPP Researchers Study Lone Wolf Terrorism
Dr. Jeryl Mumpower, Bush School Professor Emeritus and ISTPP Research Fellow, as part of the ISTPP terrorism team, recently presented a study on the public’s reaction to lone wolf terrorism activity. This study is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation. The bulk of the research team’s analysis evaluates responses to a national […]
ISTPP Welcomes Newly Appointed Research Fellows
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.
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, […]
