Faculty Areas of Research
Science & Technology
From the local community to the international stage, concerns about biological threats, climate change, energy, population growth, and technological shifts influence the design of public policies. The dual-use nature of the biotechnology revolution and accelerating pace of innovation in the life sciences presents the world with both new opportunities and new dangers. Schar School faculty seek to develop new and deeper understanding of the processes of scientific discovery and of technological innovation to improve the analysis of governance challenges.
Areas of research include:
- Energy-based economic development
- Economic analysis of new technologies
- The human dimensions of energy use
- Global climate governance
- Microbiology and biotechnology
- Human behavior and resource use
- Biological weapons threats
- Emerging technologies and WMD terrorism
- Critical infrastructure protection
- Sustainable transportation
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Infrastructure policy
Transportation and regional development
Technology standards and public policy
Transportation public-private partnership policy
Areas of Research
Science & technology policy
U.S. public policy process
U.S. policy history, esp. business manufacturing policy
Energy innovation policy
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Democratization and human rights
Corruption
Energy policy
Foreign policy
The former Soviet Union and Balkans
Security policy and peace operations
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Public administration
Energy policy
Environmental policy
Science & technology policy
Climate change adaption
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Science and technology policy
Globalization and international development
Comparative education
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Science policy
Legal & social issues in life sciences
Team science
Crisis management in science agency administration
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Biological weapons threats
Biodefense & biosecurity
Emerging technologies & security
Weapons of Mass Destruction terrorism
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Information and communication technologies
Privacy surveillance
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Telecommunication policy
Higher Education technology policy
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"Big Data" and network analysis
Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
Quantitative methods
Critical infrastructure
Artificial Intelligence
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Sustainability
Science innovation and policy
Transnational crime
Terrorism
