Peer Reviewed Research

From Climate Crisis to Energy Crisis: Foster Public Support for Renewable Energy Transition Through Framing

Environmental Politics

2025

Author Caezilia Loibl and colleagues find that messaging focused on climate change and energy affordability increases public support for renewable energy policies, while energy independence appeals have more limited and audience-specific effects.

Scarcity Mindset’s Positive Association With Using Alternative Financial Services

PLOS One

2026

Author Caezilia Loibl and colleagues find that a scarcity mindset significantly increases the likelihood of using alternative financial services, regardless of income level.

Journal of Consumer Affairs

2026

Author Caezilia Loibl and colleagues examine how social media use during the COVID-19 pandemic contributed to financial hardship, highlighting fear of missing out as a key factor in worsening financial outcomes.

Investigating the Analytical Robustness of the Social and Behavioural Sciences

Nature

2026

Dr. Gajary contributed to a large-scale international study published in Nature that investigated the extent to which research findings in the social and behavioral sciences hold up across different analyses by examining a stratified random sample of peer-reviewed studies.

Wrestling with Markets in Economic and Community Development

Economic Development Quarterly

2026

The third in a series of four articles derived from my economic development seminar at The Ohio State University is intended for students and entering development professionals. Wrestling with Markets builds on Hill (2023) and Hill, Poland, and Reitz (2025), also in Economic Development Quarterly. A flow-chart model linking the Five Developments (Community, Site, Workforce, Housing, and Economic) to Gross Regional Product and the desired outcomes from development (jobs, income, taxes, and economic mobility) is presented.

The Value of Economic and Community Development Anchors

Economic Development Quarterly

2026

Ned Hill expands and clarifies the concept of development anchor by presenting the collection of anchors as a practical toolkit that planners and economic developers can use.

Public Administration Review

2026

This research by Russell Hassan examines how the “racist cop” stereotype creates identity-based stress among law enforcement officers, contributing to increased burnout and highlighting the need for organizational support to improve officer well-being.

Environmental Science & Policy

2025

Jeffrey M. Bielicki and colleagues examine factors that should be considered in the assessment of participatory modeling projects.

Locked Down or Let Out After COVID-19: Political Systems and Global Incarceration

International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice

2026

Victor St. John examines whether the degree of democracy shapes carceral changes.

International Journal of Commerce and Contracting

2025

Trevor Brown and colleagues analyze global higher education contract management programs and suggest more balanced emphasis on technical, interpersonal and strategic competencies.