Affiliated Researchers: Policy Change

Affiliates are Penn Staters who have a connection to or an interest in the work of the Institute of Energy and the Environment.

Displaying 52 search result(s) for Policy Change.

Taylor Bishop Scott


Associate Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Top research keywords: Politicians, Research Use, Research Policy, Evidence-based Policy, Use Of Research Evidence

Janet Swim


Professor, Psychology
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Psychology, Discrimination, Prejudice, Sexism

Mook Bangalore


Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy
Top research keywords: Poverty, Climate Change, Natural Disaster, Poor People, Poverty Reduction

Elizabeth Long


Assistant Research Professor, Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center (PRC)
Top research keywords: Politicians, Alcohol Use Disorder, Alcohol Use, Alcohol Abuse, Use Of Research Evidence

William Easterling III


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Crop, Climate, Erosion Productivity Impact Calculator, Maize

Xun Cao


Professor, Political Science
Top research keywords: China, Democracy, Trade Competition, Environmental Regulation, Chinese

Dave Abler


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: China, Agriculture, Nonpoint, Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay

Trevor Birkenholtz


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: India, Rajasthan, Groundwater, Household, Water Supply

Bryan McDonald


Sherwin Early Career Professorship and Associate Professor, History
Top research keywords: Americas, Environmental Change, Food Systems, Hostility, Culture Industry

Stephanie Buechler



Top research keywords: Climate Change, Mexico, Feminist Political Ecology, Sonora, Environmental Degradation

Mare Sarr


Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Technological Change, International Transfer Of Technology, Race-ethnicity, Risk Preferences, Rebound Effect

Mort Webster


Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Power Generation, Texas, Air Quality, Electricity Generation, Power Engineering

Max Crowley


Professor, Human Development and Family Studies
Top research keywords: Politicians, Randomized Controlled Trial, Externalization, USA, Mixed Methods

Casey Helgeson


Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
Top research keywords: Risk Management, Climate Risk, Climate Risk Management, Climate Change Adaptation, Convergence Research

James Shortle


Distinguished Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Nonpoint Pollution, Water Quality, Nonpoint Source Pollution, Pollution Control, Cost

Timothy W. Kelsey


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Pennsylvania, Marcellus Shale, Agriculture, United States, Rollover Protective Structure

Rahman Azari


Associate Professor in Architecture, Architecture
Top research keywords: Embodied Carbon, Lifecycle, Building Envelope, Environmental Impact, Life Cycle Assessment

Jamison Colburn


Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Law, Climate Change, Environmental Policy, National Environmental Policy Act, Courts

Elizabeth Ransom


Associate Professor, School of International Affairs
Top research keywords: Food Systems, Botswana, Food Insecurity, Agriculture, Food Security

Christine J. Kirchhoff


Associate Professor, School of Engineering Design and Innovation
Top research keywords: Climate Information, Climate Change, United States, Decision Making, Boundary Organization

Bronwen Powell


Associate Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Food Security, Wild Food, Food Environment, Forest Foods, Food Nutrition

Lisa Iulo


Professor, Architecture
Top research keywords: Ecodesign, Energy Consumption, Integrative Design, Energy Performance, Affordable Housing

Lara Fowler


Teaching Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Stakeholder Engagement, United States, Water Management, Health Impact, Nonpoint Source

Chris Skurka


Associate Professor, Film-Video and Media Studies
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Graphic Warning Labels, Older Adults, Activism, Selective Exposure

Junjun Yin


Assistant Research Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Twitter Data, Spatial Interaction, Mobile Device, Twitter User, Social Media

Kostas Papakonstantinou


Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Top research keywords: Partially Observable Markov Decision Process, Reinforcement Learning, Deep Reinforcement Learning (deep RL), Lifecycle, Markov Decision Process

Leland Glenna


Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: USA, Agricultural Biotechnology, Scientists, Genetically Modified Crops, University Research

Juliet Pinto


Associate Professor, Journalism
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Journalism, Latin America (LATAM), Latin America, Environmental Issue

Ross Pifer


Clinical Professor, Penn State Law (University Park)
Top research keywords: Climate Change, Cap-and-trade, Greenhouse Gas, India, Coal-fired Power Plant

Ed Rajotte


Professor, Entomology
Top research keywords: Bees, Malus, Orchard, Orchards, Apples

Ida Djenontin


Assistant Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: Malawi, Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Climate Change, Decision Making

Shedra "Amy" Snipes


Associate Professor, Biobehavioral Health
Top research keywords: Farmers, Pesticides, Personal Protective Equipment, Mexican Americans, African Americans

Karen Page Winterich


Professor, Marketing
Top research keywords: Moral Identity, Brand Attitude, Power Distance Belief, Self-construal, Self-Construals

Anne Menefee


Assistant Professor, John and Willie Leone Department of Energy & Mineral Engineering (EME)
Top research keywords: Carbon Dioxide, Basalt, Shale, Carbonate, Greenhouse Gas

Ryan Thombs


Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: United States, Carbon Dioxide, Life Expectancy, Income Inequality, US States

Chris Fowler


Professor, Geography
Top research keywords: USA, Population Censuses, Zones Boundary, United States, Educational Attendance

Hong Wu


Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Green Stormwater Infrastructure, China, Public Perception, Green Infrastructure, Prescribed Fire

Stephen Mainzer


Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
Top research keywords: Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Chesapeake Bay, Collective Action, USA, Collective Identity

Brian Thiede


Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics, Sociology and Education
Top research keywords: Americas, United States, Sub-Saharan Africa, Population Censuses, Africa

Melissa Kreye


Associate Professor, Ecosystem Science and Management
Top research keywords: Landowner, Forest Owners, Landowners, Pennsylvania, Florida