Browsing Strategic Growth Area: Policy by Title

A Model for a Smallpox-Vaccination Policy

Bozzette, Samuel A.; Boer, Rob; Bhatnagar, Vibha; Brower, Jennifer L.; Keeler, Emmett B.; Morton, Sally C.; Stoto, Michael A. (NEJM Group, 2003-01-30)

Background: The new reality of biologic terrorism and warfare has ignited a debate about whether to reintroduce smallpox vaccination. Methods: We developed scenarios of smallpox attacks and built a stochastic model of ...

Addressing the Impact of Housing for Virginia’s Economy

Virginia Coalition of Housing and Economic Development Researchers (Governor’s Housing Conference, 2017-11)

In October 2014, Governor McAuliffe issued Executive Order (EO) 32, “Advancing Virginia’s Housing Policy,” to “identify and implement actions to enable quality, affordable housing, which will strengthen families and ...

An Empirical Analysis of International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) Annual Surveys

Weisband, Edward; Colvin, Christopher (Johns Hopkins Univ Press, 2000-02)

Biopolitical and Disciplinary Peacebuilding: Sport, Reforming Bodies and Rebuilding Societies

Zanotti, Laura; Stephenson, Max O. Jr.; Schnitzer, Marcy H. (Taylor & Francis, 2015-03-25)

The peacebuilding political rationality established in the first years of the current century broadened the target of such efforts from state institutions to populations and adopted an array of disciplinary and biopolitical ...

Catawba Sustainability Center and Catawba Hospital Renewable Energy Site Planning Process Study

Meyers, Ron; Carstensen, Laurence W.; Ford, W. Mark; Grant, Elizabeth J.; Klopfer, Scott D.; Schenk, Todd; Taylor, Adam (Virginia Tech, 2020-09-29)

The transdisciplinary Renewable Energy Facilities Siting Project produced a white paper outlining their proof-of-concept using a case study from the Catawba Valley.

Changing the Face of Leadership and Administration in Public Service

Lamb, Robert J.; Lewis, David (Center for Public Administration & Policy, School of Public & International Affairs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2005-10-01)

The purpose of the Virginia Tech Center for Public Administration and Policy (CPAP) Roundtable Series for Leadership and Administration is to bring together the leading scholars, practitioners, students, and others for a ...

Considering the Relationships among Social Conflict, Social Imaginaries, Resilience, and Community-based Organization Leadership

Stephenson, Max O. Jr. (Resilience Alliance, 2011)

This article focuses on the question of what role community-based organization leaders play in shaping the possibility for the emergence of new social imaginaries. It argues that deep social conflicts and efforts to secure ...

Crack-Powder Cocaine Disparity and Commodity Fetishism

Agozino, Onwubiko (2021-11-01)

This is a case study of discriminatory drug policy in the US from a political economy perspective. Convictions and sentencing for drugs offenses are far higher for African Americans than white Americans even though white ...

Crisis to Credibility Through Inclusion: Developing an International Port Security Network

Englebert, Suzanne (Center for Public Administration & Policy, School of Public & International Affairs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2007-11)

The purpose of the Virginia Tech Center for Public Administration and Policy (CPAP) Roundtable Series for Leadership and Administration is to bring together the leading scholars, practitioners, students, and others for a ...

The Dilemmas of Citizen Inclusion in Urban Planning and Governance to Enable a 1.5 °C Climate Change Scenario

Chu, Eric; Schenk, Todd; Patterson, James (Cogitatio Press, 2018-04-24)

Cities around the world are facilitating ambitious and inclusive action on climate change by adopting participatory and collaborative planning approaches. However, given the major political, spatial, and scalar interdependencies ...

A Dynamic Model of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for Military Personnel and Veterans

Ghaffarzadegan, Navid; Ebrahimvandi, Alireza; Jalali, Mohammad S. (PLOS, 2016-10-07)

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) stands out as a major mental illness; however, little is known about effective policies for mitigating the problem. The importance and complexity of PTSD raise critical questions: What ...

Effects of Government Spending on Research Workforce Development: Evidence from Biomedical Postdoctoral Researchers

Hur, Hyungjo; Ghaffarzadegan, Navid; Hawley, Joshua D. (PLOS, 2015-05-01)

We examine effects of government spending on postdoctoral researchers’ (postdocs) productivity in biomedical sciences, the largest population of postdocs in the US. We analyze changes in the productivity of postdocs before ...

Engaging IDPs in Sri Lanka: a Buddhist approach

Barry-Murphy, Emily C.; Stephenson, Max O. Jr. (Oxford, 2014-11)

A Buddhist Sri Lankan NGO provides an example of how endogenous faith-based civil society organisations can help mobilise IDPs in owning and defining strategies for their own protection.

Environmental Remediation to Address Childhood Lead Poisoning Epidemic due to Artisanal Gold Mining in Zamfara, Nigeria

Tirima, Simba; Bartrem, Casey; von Lindern, Ian; von Braun, Margrit; Lind, Douglas; Anka, Shehu Mohammed; Abdullahi, Aishat (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2016-09)

Background: From 2010 through 2013, integrated health and environmental responses addressed an unprecedented epidemic lead poisoning in Zamfara State, northern Nigeria. Artisanal gold mining caused widespread contamination ...

Exploring Producers', Staff Members', and Board Members' Cognitive Frame on Decision Making in an Appalachian Organic Farming Venture

Gervich, Curt D.; Stephenson, Max O. Jr.; Stern, Marc J. (Southern Rural Sociological Association, 2012)

Sustainable development assistance organizations (SDAOs) aim to help producers of natural resource products move their goods and services to market. This article explores how the cognitive frames held by producers, staff, ...