ISTPP researcher Dr. Ki-Eun Kang recently published a paper with Dr. George Homsy of the Department of Public Administration at Binghamton University, State University of New York on regional competition and land development in Economic Development Quarterly. Their article was titled “Make Me a Better Offer: Developer Threats and Regional Competition for Land Development Projects”. This research […]
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Dr. Xinsheng Liu Presented Research at Southern Political Science Association Conference
Dr. Xinsheng Liu, Research Scientist at the Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy (ISTPP), presented a paper entitled “Local Air Pollution and Political Trust in China” at the 2020 Annual Conference of the Southern Political Science Association in San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 9-11, 2020. The paper was coauthored with Kent Portney (ISTPP Director), […]
ISTPP’s Hannibal and Portney Publish on Water-Energy-Food Nexus in Environmental Science and Policy
Dr. Kent Portney and Dr. Bryce Hannibal published a paper with ISTPP Fellows Dr. Bassel Daher, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at Texas A&M University, and Dr. Rabi Mohtar of American University in Beirut on communication levels between water-energy-food nexus researchers and stakeholders within the Greater San Antonio Area. Their work titled “Toward Understanding […]
Bush School Student Presents Space Policy Research at NASA Conference
Michael Migaud, a second-year Master of Public Service and Administration student and graduate assistant researcher in the Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy at the Texas A&M Bush School of Government and Public Service, presented his research on policy tools used to combat space debris at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s First International […]
ISTPP Welcomes New Research Fellows
ISTPP has named five members to its Fellows program—Dr. Bassel Daher, Dr. Mathew Kurian, Dr. Sara Meerow, Dr. Ren Mu, and Dr. Youlang Zhang Dr. Daher is a Research Associate in the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University. Dr. Daher is interested in […]
ISTPP’s Dr. Liu visited universities in China, attended international conferences, and conducted field research in Inner Mongolia
During the summer of 2019, Dr. Xinsheng Liu visited several universities in China, including Peking University, Inner Mongolia University, and Sun Yat-Sen University. He presented recent research to faculty members and graduate students on policy agendas and policy changes, Chinese concern about climate change, and local air quality and public trust in government. In May […]
Hannibal Publishes on Public Foundation Grants in Communities of Colour
ISTPP’s Bryce Hannibal coauthored a paper titled “Race and the Public Foundation Grants Marketplace: The Differential Effect of Network Status in Communities of Colour” published in Public Management Review. The paper examines the relationship between grantee location in communities of color, network connections, and the amount of money allocated to grant winners located in Dallas and […]
Dr. Ki Eun Kang Joins ISTPP Research Team
The Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy is pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Ki Eun Kang to our staff. As a postdoctoral research associate, Dr. Kang will expand the Institute’s research on sustainable communities by bringing additional theoretical perspectives. She is interested in land use and economic development, inter-municipal cooperation, citizen participation, […]
ISTPP’s Liu Publishes on Public Attitudes toward Economic Reform in China
Dr. Xinsheng Liu of ISTPP recently published the paper “Age Versus Socialization in Understanding Attitudes toward Economic Reforms in China” in Social Sciences Quarterly. Dr. Liu coauthored the paper with Dr. Robert Harmel of Texas A&M University and Dr. Yao-Yuan Yeh of the University of St. Thomas. In this paper, the authors used data from both […]
Dr. Liu Joins Policy Studies Journal Editorial Board
ISTPP researchers Dr. Xinsheng Liu and Dr. Kent Portney and their coauthors Feng Hao at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee and Yinxi Liu at Inner Mongolia University have published their paper, “Examining Public Concern about Global Warming and Climate Change in China,” in The China Quarterly. Dr. Xinsheng Liu, ISTPP research scientist, has joined the […]
