Extreme policy positions undermine public trust even in polarized times, while voters appear to respect politicians who talk in terms of right and wrong, according to researchers with The Bush School of Government and Public Service BRYAN/COLLEGE STATION, TX – Leading up to the 2020 election, two Texas A&M University political scientists wanted to know how […]
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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 […]
Dr. Vedlitz Named Top 1,000 Scientists in the World by Research.com
Dr. Arnold Vedlitz, Professor, Bob Bullock Chair in Government and Public Policy, and Director and Distinguished Research Scholar in the Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government & Public Service, has been named a Top 1,000 Scientists in the area of Law and Political Science by Research.com. Dr. Vedlitz […]
ISTPP’s Dr. Kang and Dr. Bowman Present Paper at WPSA Conference
Dr. Ki Eun Kang, Institute for Science, Technology and Public Policy (ISTPP) Postdoctoral Research Associate, and Dr. Ann Bowman, Professor and ISTPP Fellow, presented their paper, “Resilient Cities: Explaining Policy Adoption,” at the 75th Annual Conference of the Western Political Science Association (WPSA) in Portland, OR on March 11, 2022. The paper is coauthored with Dr. […]
Overcoming Overhead: Bush School Professor’s Research Addresses Donors’ Negative Perceptions of Non-program Spending
Is overhead a tainted word? For Bush School of Government and Public Service Assistant Professor Dr. Ellie Heng Qu, the answer is yes. Qu lectures in the Department of Public Service and Administration and studies nonprofit management and philanthropy. Her research covers a range of topics that have practical implications for capacity building and resource […]
ISTPP Predoctoral Fellow Presents Paper at Joint Statistical Meetings
Brittany Alexander, ISTPP Predoctoral Fellow and doctoral student in statistics, presented her paper “Understanding Terrorism Policy Preferences through Bayesian Model Averaging and Multiple Imputation” at the Joint Statistical Meetings on August 12, 2021. ISTPP Director, Arnold Vedlitz, coauthored this study. Their research uses a two-wave panel survey conducted by ISTPP in 2016 with funding from the National Science Foundation and a six-wave […]
ISTPP Announces New Featured Research Project
The Institute of Science, Technology, and Public Policy (ISTPP) at the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University is proud to announce a new featured research project titled “Gene Drive Applications to Agriculture.” Gene drive is a new genetic-based technology in the early stages of research. Among other potential applications, gene drive […]
