Thomas Birkland

Taylor, K., DeLeo, R. A., Albright, E., Koebele, E. A., Birkland, T. A., Crow, D. A., … Shanahan, E. A. (2023, December 6). Estimating the effect of policy entrepreneurship on individual vaccination behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. EUROPEAN POLICY ANALYSIS, Vol. 12. https://doi.org/10.1002/epa2.1198

Taylor, K., DeLeo, R. A., Albright, E. A., Shanahan, E. A., Li, M., Koebele, E. A., … Birkland, T. A. (2023, May 2). Policy entrepreneurs and individuals: Influence and behavior in pandemic response. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW, Vol. 5. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13629

Shanahan, E. A., DeLeo, R. A., Albright, E. A., Li, M., Koebele, E. A., Taylor, K., … Zhang, M. (2023). Visual policy narrative messaging improves COVID-19 vaccine uptake. PNAS NEXUS, 2(4). https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad080

Grant, S. B., Rippy, M. A., Birkland, T. A., Schenk, T., Rowles, K., Misra, S., … Zhong, Y. (2022, September 14). Can Common Pool Resource Theory Catalyze Stakeholder-Driven Solutions to the Freshwater Salinization Syndrome? ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, Vol. 9. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c01555

Crow, D. A., DeLeo, R. A., Albright, E. A., Taylor, K., Birkland, T., Zhang, M., … Cage, C. (2022, October 9). Policy learning and change during crisis: COVID-19 policy responses across six statesPalabras Clave(sic)(sic)(sic). REVIEW OF POLICY RESEARCH. https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12511

Ba, Y., Schwaeble, K., & Birkland, T. (2022, August 16). The United States in Chinese environmental policy narratives: Is there a trump effect?Palabras Clave(sic)(sic)(sic). REVIEW OF POLICY RESEARCH, Vol. 8. https://doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12503

Bhide, S. V., Grant, S. B., Parker, E. A., Rippy, M. A., Godrej, A. N., Kaushal, S., … Schenk, T. (2021). Addressing the contribution of indirect potable reuse to inland freshwater salinization. NATURE SUSTAINABILITY, 4(8), 699–707. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-021-00713-7

Birkland, T. A., Taylor, K., Crow, D. A., & DeLeo, R. (2021). Governing in a Polarized Era: Federalism and the Response of US State and Federal Governments to the COVID-19 Pandemic. PUBLIUS-THE JOURNAL OF FEDERALISM, 51(4), 650–672. https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjab024

Dubljevic, V., List, G., Milojevich, J., Ajmeri, N., Bauer, W. A., Singh, M. P., … Samandar, M. S. (2021). Toward a rational and ethical sociotechnical system of autonomous vehicles: A novel application of multi-criteria decision analysis. PLOS ONE, 16(8), e0256224. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256224

Roberts, J. D., Dickinson, K. L., Koebele, E., Neuberger, L., Banacos, N., Blanch-Hartigan, D., … Birkland, T. A. (2020). Clinicians, cooks, and cashiers: Examining health equity and the COVID-19 risks to essential workers. TOXICOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL HEALTH, 36(9), 689–702. https://doi.org/10.1177/0748233720970439

Lewis, Z. R., Schwaeble, K. L., & Birkland, T. A. (2020). Crisis Agenda-Setting and Aviation Security Policy After the September 11 Attacks. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.1595

Birkland, T. A., & Schwaeble, K. L. (2019). Agenda Setting and the Policy Process: Focusing Events. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.165

Birkland, T. A. (2019). An introduction to the policy process: theories, concepts, and models of public policy making (Fourth Edition). New York: Routledge.

Sharkey, T. C., Birkland, T., Grabowski, M., Lowe, M., & Wallace, W. (2019). Breaking the Ice: ISE to Play Key Role in Shaping Arctic’s Future. ISE Magazine, 51(11), 28–33.

Birkland, T. A. (2019). Natural Hazards Governance: An Overview of the Field. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389407.013.358

Taylor, K., & Birkland, T. (2019). The Politics and Governance of Mitigation. In The Routledge Handbook of Urban Disaster Resilience (pp. 76–91). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315714462-5

Pyles, L., Svistova, J., Ahn, S., & Birkland, T. (2017). Citizen participation in disaster recovery projects and programmes in rural communities: a comparison of the Haiti earthquake and Hurricane Katrina. Disasters, 42(3), 498–518. https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12260

Birkland, T. A., & Warnement, M. K. (2017). Focusing Events, Risk, and Regulation. In E. J. Balleisen, L. S. Bennear, K. D. Krawiec, & J. B. Wiener (Eds.), Policy Shock (pp. 107–128). https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316492635.005

Birkland, T. A. (2016). Attention and natural disasters. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784715922.00032

Birkland, T. A. (2016). Conceptualizing resilience. Politics and Governance, 4(4), 117–120. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v4i4.823

Birkland, T. A. (2016). Policy Process Theory and Natural Hazards. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389407.013.75

Birkland, T. A. (2015). An Introduction to the Policy Process: Theories, Concepts, and Models of Public Policy Making (4th ed.). New York: Routledge.

Birkland, T. A., & Warnement, M. (2015). Critical Infrastructure in Extreme Events. In D. L. Kleinman, K. A. Cloud-Hansen, & J. Handlesman (Eds.), Controversies in Science and Technology (Fourth, pp. Chapter 3). New York: Oxford University Press.

Birkland, T. A., & DeYoung, S. E. (2015). Focusing events and policy windows. In Routledge Handbook of Public Policy. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203097571.ch14

Warnement, M. K., & Birkland, T. A. (2015). Organizational and Policy Learning: Post Crisis Assessments. In N. Schiffino, L. Taskin, C. Donis, & J. Raone (Eds.), Organizing after Crisis: The Challenge of Learning (pp. 235–256). Brussels: Peter Lang.

Birkland, T. A., & Kretzer, W. T. (2015, September). Pathways of Power: The Dynamics of National Policymaking. AMERICAN REVIEW OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, Vol. 45, pp. 627–629. https://doi.org/10.1177/0275074015573281

Birkland, T. A., & Warnement, M. K. (2014). Focusing Events in Disasters and Development. DISASTER AND DEVELOPMENT: EXAMINING GLOBAL ISSUES AND CASES, pp. 39–60. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04468-2_3

Birkland, T. A. (2013). [Review of Catastrophic politics: How extraordinary events redefine perceptions of government]. Public Opinion Quarterly, 77(4), 1032–1034.

Birkland, T. A. (2013). Disasters, Focusing Events, and Sociolegal Studies. In S. Sterrett (Ed.), Disaster and Sociolegal Studies. New Orleans: Quid Pro Books.

Smith, G., & Birkland, T. (2012). Building a Theory of Recovery: Institutional Dimensions. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 30(2), 147–170.

Birkland, T. A., & DeYoungy, S. E. (2011). Emergency Response, Doctrinal Confusion, and Federalism in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. PUBLIUS-THE JOURNAL OF FEDERALISM, 41(3), 471–493. https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjr011

Birkland, T. A. (2011). [Review of Learning from catastrophes: Strategies for reaction and response]. Public Administration, 89(3), 1201–1494.

Birkland, T. A. (2010). Federal Disaster Policy Learning, Priorities, and Prospects for Resilience. In A. Boin, L. Comfort, & C. Demchak (Eds.), Designing Resilience: Preparing for Extreme Events. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press.

Comfort, L. K., Birkland, T. A., Cigler, B. A., & Nance, E. (2010). Retrospectives and Prospectives on Hurricane Katrina: Five Years and Counting. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW, 70(5), 669–678. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6210.2010.02194.x

Birkland, T. A. (2010). [Review of Review of Robert R M. Verchick, Facing Catastrophe: Environmental Action for a Post-Katrina World ]. H-Net Reviews. Retrieved from http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=30991

Birkland, T. A. (2009). Advancing FEMA in the Post-9/11 World [Invited comment]. Natural Hazards Observer, 34(2), 18–20.

Suter, L., Birkland, T., & Larter, R. (2009). Disaster Research and Social Network Analysis: Examples of the Scientific Understanding of Human Dynamics at the National Science Foundation. POPULATION RESEARCH AND POLICY REVIEW, 28(1), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-008-9109-2

Suter, L., Birkland, T. A., & Later, R. (2009). Disaster Research and Social Network Analysis: Examples of the Scientific Understanding of Human Dynamics at the National Science Foundation. Population Research and Policy Review, 27(6), 1–10.

Birkland, T. A. (2009). Disasters, Catastrophes, and Policy Failure in the Homeland Security Era. REVIEW OF POLICY RESEARCH, 26(4), 423–438. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-1338.2009.00393.x

Birkland, T. A. (2009). Disasters, lessons learned, and fantasy documents. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 17(3), 146–156. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5973.2009.00575.x

Birkland, T. A. (2009, October 14). Economics Nobel Sends a Message. Charlotte Observer. Retrieved from http://www.charlotteobserver.com/viewpoint/story/999836.html

Birkland, T. A. (2009). Emergency Management and the Courts in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina. In A. Sarat & J. Lezaun (Eds.), Catastrophe: Law, Politics, and the Humanitarian Impulse. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press.

Birkland, T. A. (2009, May 8). FEMA Again a Victim of Politics. Wilmington Star-News. Retrieved from http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20090508/ARTICLES/905084006?Title=Thomas-Birkland-FEMA-again-a-victim-of-politics.

Birkland, T. A., & Lawrence, R. G. (2009). Media Framing and Policy Change After Columbine. AMERICAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST, 52(10), 1405–1425. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764209332555

Birkland, T. A. (2009, September 22). Still Too Much Risk in the Beach Plan. News and Observer. Retrieved from http://www.newsobserver.com/opinion/columnists_blogs/story/60531.html.

Birkland, T. A., & Waterman, S. (2009). The Politics and Policy Challenges of Disaster Resilience. In C. P. Nemeth, E. Hollnagel, & S. Dekker (Eds.), Resilience engineering perspectives: Vol. 2: Preparation and Restoration. Burlington, VT: Ashgate.

Birkland, T. A. (2008). Disaster policy and politics: Emergency management and homeland security. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Vol. 5. https://doi.org/10.2202/1547-7355.1470

Horton, B., Bird, M., Birkland, T., Cowie, S., Eong, O. J., Hawkes, A., … Yasin, Z. (2008). Environmental and socioeconomic dynamics of the Indian Ocean tsunami in Penang, Malaysia. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 29(3), 307–324. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9493.2008.00342.x

Birkland, T., & Waterman, S. (2008). Is federalism the reason for policy failure in Hurricane Katrina? PUBLIUS-THE JOURNAL OF FEDERALISM, 38(4), 692–714. https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjn020

Birkland, T. A., & Schneider, C. A. (2007). Emergency management in the courts: Trends after September 11 and Hurricane Katrina. Justice System Journal, 28(1), 20–35. Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34147172702&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Schaefer, T. M., & Birkland, T. A. (Eds.). (2007). Encyclopedia of media and politics. Washington, D.C: CQ Press.

Birkland, T. A. (2007). Review of Meeting the Challenge of 9/11: Blueprints for More Effective Government. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.2202/1547-7355.1347

Little, R. G., Birkland, T. A., Wallace, W. A., & Herabat, P. (2007). Socio-technological systems integration to support Tsunami warning and evacuation. Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2007.492

Birkland, T. A. (2007). The Storm. Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Vol. 4. https://doi.org/10.2202/1547-7355.1350

Birkland, T. A. (2006). Agenda Setting. In F. Fischer, G. Miller, & M. S. Sidney (Eds.), Handbook of Public Policy Analysis. New York: Taylor and Francis.

Schaefer, T., & Birkland, T. A. (Eds.). (2006). Encyclopedia of Media and Politics. Washington: CQ Press.

Birkland, T. A., Madden, S., Mapes, J., Roe, K., & Stein, A. (2006). Environmental Policy in New York State. In J. Stonecash & R. Pecorella (Eds.), Chapter in Governing New York State (4th ed.). Albany: State University of New York Press.

Birkland, T. A. (2006). Learning from disaster: The process and politics of learning from earthquakes and other extreme events. 8th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2006, 15, 8752–8761. Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84865856107&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Lessons of Disaster: Policy Change After Catastrophic Events. (2006). In Georgetown University Press.

Birkland, T. A. (2006). Lessons of Disaster: Policy Change after Catastrophic Events. Washington: Georgetown University Press.

Birkland, T. A., Herabat, P., Little, R. G., & Wallace, W. A. (2006). The impact of the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on tourism in Thailand. Earthquake Spectra, 22(SUPPL. 3). https://doi.org/10.1193/1.2207471

Birkland, T. A. (2005). Review of Mark Considine, Making Public Policy: Institutions, Actors, Strategies. Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis, 7(4), 371–372.

Birkland, T. A. (2004). "The world changed today": Agenda-setting and policy change in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Review of Policy Research, 21(2), 179–200. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1541-1338.2004.00068.x

Birkland, T. A. (2004). Emergency Planning and the Judiciary: Lessons from September 11. Retrieved from Center for Court Innovation website: www.courtinnovation.org

Birkland, T. A. (2004). Environmental Successes and Continued Challenges in the Hudson Valley. Albany Law Environmental Outlook, 8(2), 187–211.

Birkland, T. A. (2004). Everything Has Changed—Or Has It? Policy Change in the Months after September 11. Review of Policy Research, 21(2), 177–198.

Lawrence, R. G., & Birkland, T. A. (2004). Guns, hollywood, and school safety: Defining the school-shooting problem across public arenas. Social Science Quarterly, 85(5 SPEC. ISS.), 1193–1207. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0038-4941.2004.00271.x

Dawes, S. S., Birkland, T. A., Tayi, G. K., & Schneider, C. A. (2004). Information, Technology and Coordination: Lessons from the World Trade Center Response. Albany, NY: Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany, SUNY.

Dawes, S. S., Birkland, T., Tayi, G. K., & Schneider, C. A. (2004, June). Information, Technology, and Coordination: Lessons from the World Trade Center Response. Center for Technology in Government, SUNY Albany.

Birkland, T. A. (2004). Learning and policy improvement after disaster: The case of aviation security. American Behavioral Scientist, 48(3), 341–364. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764204268990

Birkland, T. A. (2004). Risk, disaster, and policy in the 21st century: Introduction. American Behavioral Scientist, 48(3), 275–280. https://doi.org/10.1177/0002764204268997

Birkland, T. A., & Krausnick, J. (2003). Information Needs for Sustainable Development. In Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (ELOSS). The United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and EOLSS Publishers.

Birkland, T. A. (2003, February 20). Jokes Aside, The Case for Being Prepared. Times Union (Albany, NY).

Rubin, C. B., Cumming, W. R., Renda-Tanali, I., & Birkland, T. A. (2003). Major Terrorism Events and Their U.S. Outcomes (1988-2001) (Working Paper No. 107). Boulder, Colorado: Natural Hazards Research Applications and Information Center.

Birkland, T. A., Burby, R. J., Conrad, D., Cortner, H., & Michener, W. K. (2003). River ecology and flood hazard mitigation. Natural Hazards Review, 4(1), 46–54. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)1527-6988(2003)4:1(46)

Birkland, T. A. (2002, September 13). New York's Beasts of Burden: Counties are creatures of the state, so mandates come with the turf. Newsday (Long Island).

Fredericks, K. A., Carman, J. G., & Birkland, T. A. (2002). Program evaluation in a challenging authorizing environment: Intergovernmental and interorganizational factors. New Directions for Evaluation, 2002(95), 5–22. https://doi.org/10.1002/ev.55

Birkland, T. A., & Lawrence, R. (2002). The Social and Political Meaning of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. Spill Science and Technology Bulletin, 7(1-2), 3–4. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1353-2561(02)00049-X

Birkland, T. A. (2001). Expertise and policy change after "focusing events". Journal of Urban Technology, 8(3), 121–124. https://doi.org/10.1080/10630730120113840

Birkland, T. A. (2001, September 30). Our Political System Will Keep Doing its Job. Times Union (Albany, NY).

Birkland, T. A. (2001). [Review of Review of Rutherford Platt, Disasters and Democracy]. Environmental Hazards.

Birkland, T. A. (2001). Scientists and coastal hazards: Opportunities for participation and policy change. Environmental Geosciences, 8(1), 61–67. Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-34250198145&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Birkland, T. A., & Lawrence, R. G. (2001). The Exxon Valdez and Alaska in the American Imagination. In S. Biel (Ed.), American Disasters. New York: New York University Press.

Birkland, T. A., & Nath, R. (2000). Business and political dimensions in disaster management. Journal of Public Policy, 20(3), 275–303. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X00000854

Birkland, T. A. (2000, April). Earthquakes and Weather: Lessons for Policy and Science [Guest editorial]. Weatherzone.

Birkland, T. A. (1998). [Review of Economic Consequences of Earthquakes: Preparing for the Unexpected, by B. G. Jones]. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 16(2), 221–222.

Birkland, T. A. (1998). Disasters and the Courts' Agenda. Judges’ Journal, 37(4), 7–11.

Birkland, T. A. (1998). Environmental taxes: China's bold initiative. Environment, 40(7). Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0345451015&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Birkland, T. A. (1998). Focusing Events, Mobilization, and Agenda Setting. Journal of Public Policy, 18(1), 53–74. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0143814X98000038

Birkland, T. A. (1998). In the Wake of the Exxon Valdez: How Environmental Disasters Can Spur Policy Change. Environment, 40(7), 4–9 , 27–32.

Birkland, T. A. (1998). In the wake of the Exxon Valdez: How environmental disasters influence policy. Environment, 40(7). Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0345698799&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Barclay, S., & Birkland, T. (1998). Law, policymaking, and the policy process: closing the gaps. Policy Studies Journal, 26(2), 227–243. Retrieved from http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0032415493&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Birkland, T. A. (1998). [Review of National Earthquake Probabilistic Hazard Mapping Program, by E. Mittler, C. Taylor, & W. Petak]. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 16(3), 371–373.

Birkland, T. A. (1997). After Disaster: Agenda Setting, Public Policy, and Focusing Events. Washington: Georgetown University Press.

After Disaster: Agenda Setting, Public Policy, and Focusing Events. (1997). In Georgetown University Press.

Birkland, T. A. (1997). Factors inhibiting a national hurricane policy. Coastal Management, 25(4), 387–403. https://doi.org/10.1080/08920759709362331

Birkland, T. A. (1996). Natural Disasters as Focusing Events: Policy Communities and Political Response. International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters, 14(2), 221–243.

May, P. J., & Birkland, T. A. (1994). Earthquake risk reduction: an examination of local regulatory efforts. Environmental Management, 18(6), 923–937. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02393621

Bishop-Edkins, C., & Birkland, T. A. (1990). Integrating Strategic Planning and Budgeting: A Case Study at the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Transportation Research Record, 1305, 147–152.

Emergency Management, Climate Change, and Complex Governance in Arctic Alaska. In More than ‘nature’: Research on infrastructure and settlements in the North.