Dr. Ki Eun Kang, ISTPP Fellow, and ISTPP Director Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, has published a paper about public-private partnerships (PPPs) in policy studies. Their work, based on an NSF-funded research project, aimed to understand how the general public views different PPP options and arrangements. This perspective is particularly vital, as public opinion plays a crucial […]
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ISTPP Research Team Publish in Risk Analysis
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 […]
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 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 Predoctoral Fellow Awarded Fellowship at Yale University
Ian Seavey, an Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) Predoctoral Fellow and doctoral candidate in the Department of History at Texas A&M University, has been awarded the Brady-Johnson Predoctoral Fellowship in International Security Studies with the Jackson School of Global Affairs at Yale University. Mr. Seavey will be in residence at Yale for the 2023-2024 […]
ISTPP Team Publishes Article in Natural Hazards Review
A team from the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) at the Bush School has published an article in a peer-reviewed journal. Dr. Hyunseok Hwang, Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, and Dr. R. Patrick Bixler published their article, “Growing Community Resilience from the Grassroots: Risk Awareness, Confidence in Institutions, and Civic Participation in a Natural Hazards […]
ISTPP Research Associate Publishes Article in Economic Development Quarterly
Dr. Ki Eun Kang, Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) Postdoctoral Research Associate, has recently published a co-authored paper with Kyungha Lee, PhD Candidate at Yonsei University, in Economic Development Quarterly. In their article, “Collaboration and Public Participation for Municipal Growth in Land Economic Development Projects,” they examine the impacts of collaboration and public participation […]
ISTPP’s Kang Presents Research Paper At SPSA Conference
Dr. Ki Eun Kang, postdoctoral research associate with the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) at the Bush School of Government and Public Service, presented a research paper at the annual Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) conference that took place from January 11-14, 2023, in St. Pete Beach, Florida. The paper, “Becoming Resilient: […]
ISTPP Team Publishes Paper In Environmental Hazards
The Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) team of Dr. Rotem Dvir, Carol Goldsmith, Ian Sevey, and Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, Director of ISTPP, have recently published a paper in Environmental Hazards. In their article, Local-level Managers’ Attitudes towards Natural Hazards Resilience: The Case of Texas, they explore the views of professional stakeholders (public managers and leading executives […]
