: Research ProjectsScience Policy |
| Current Projects |
Academic PatentingThis is a national micro-level study of researcher patenting behavior to identify distinct decision points of the patent process that researchers encounter as part of their research activities, determine a set of exogenous constraints that exist in the inventors environment, and model the effect determinants have on each decision point. Find out more here. |
Women in Science and Engineering: Network Access, Participation, and Career OutcomesThis multi-year project addresses the research question: How and why do networks make a difference in the career outcomes of women in STEM careers? We define a network to be a web of formal and informal relationships among members that allows the exchange of resources, information, and activities. Find out more here. |
Women and Minority ScientistsThis empirical research proposal addresses the characteristics and role of networks in career advancement, outcomes, and mentoring for women and underrepresented minority academic scientists in non–Research I institutions. Find out more here. |
| R&D
Investment and Economic Development This project explores how governments foster economic growth through encouraging business investment in research and development (R&D) by innovation policy actions. The conceptual framework is composed of two interrelated processes. One deals with how internal and external innovative outputs contribute to economic performance. The other process focuses on the impact of government innovation policies in stimulating business innovation efforts. |
Previous Projects |
Evaluation of the Mid-America Earthquake (MAE) Engineering Research CenterThe purpose of this study is to conduct an evaluation of the Mid-America Earthquake (MAE) Engineering Research Center. MAE is one of three national earthquake engineering research centers established by the National Science Foundation and its partner institutions and is located in Champaign Illinois. MAE is engaged in core earthquake research, research targeted at stakeholder use, as well as education and outreach initiatives. Find out more here. |
Assessing the LIFE (Learning in Informal and Formal Environments) Center: A Scientific and Technical Human Capital Evaluation ModelFunded by the National Science Foundation and based at the Universityof Washington and Stanford University, the mission of the LIFE Center is “to understand and advance human learning through a simultaneous focus on implicit, informal and formal learning, thus cultivating generalizable interdisciplinary theories that can guide the design of effective new technologies and learning environments”. Find out more here.Top |
E-Government |
Current Projects |
Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society and ParticipationProfessor Mossberger is completing a co-authored manuscript with Caroline Tolbert and Ramona McNeal on Digital Citizenship: The Internet, Society, and Participation. “Digital citizenship,” is the ability to participate in society online, and it facilitates opportunities for knowledge, skills, and participation in the economic and political spheres. Find out more here. |
Diffusion and Impact of E-GovernmentIn a forthcoming article in Public Administration Review, Tolbert and Mossberger (2006) explore the effects of e-government use on citizen attitudes toward government more generally. Using two-stage models and Pew survey data, they find that there is a statistically significant relationship between trust in government and use of a local government website. Find out more here.Top |
Environment Policy |
Current Projects |
Agricultural GeneticsThis project is designed to assist in the development of a trade facilitative regime for genetic resources, as access to GRFA is central to achieving these AFRI objectives. Our goal is to develop knowledge about the access and use of genetic materials in ways that contribute to the policy relevant understanding about competitiveness and sustainability of US food and agriculture systems domestically and in foreign markets. Find out more here. |
National Biosolids Management StudyThis study explores environmental practices of public sewage and wastewater treatment facilities, particularly related to their management of biosolids products, especially as they relate to Environmental Management Systems (EMS). Find out more here. |
Previous Projects |
| Assessing
Effectiveness of Alternative Fuel Vehicle Fleet Replacement
in Local Government Although recent legislation and policy has encouraged the use of alternative fuel vehicles in public fleets, full scale AFV adoption is still a new phenomenon. This project assesses the implementation and effectiveness of an ongoing mandatory AFV fleet replacement policy in DuPage County Forest Preserve (DCFP) in Illinois, which has adopted a self mandate to entirely replace its fleet with AFVs over a 10 year time span. Find out more here. Top |
