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Overview

Brent S. Steel is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on topics intersecting social sciences and environmental science, with notable contributions in subfields such as sociology and political science, management, monitoring, policy and law, as well as economics and econometrics.

Their recent scholarly output includes a range of publications addressing environmental education, climate change communication, renewable energy, economic and environmental valuation, and water resource management. Notable papers authored or co-authored by Steel include:

  • Environmental Efficacy, Climate Change Beliefs, Ideology, and Public Water Policy Preferences (2021) published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Ideology and Value Determinants of Public Support for Energy Policies in the U.S.: A Focus on Western States (2020) published in Energies
  • Public Perceptions of Energy Scarcity and Support for New Energy Technologies: A Western U.S. Case Study (2020) published in Energies
  • Public Water Policy Knowledge and Policy Preferences in the American West (2022) published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • The Future of Food: Understanding Public Preferences for the Management of Agricultural Resources (2021) published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Steel's work has appeared in several respected publication venues, including:

  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • California Journal of Politics and Policy
  • Energies
  • Current Alternative Energy
  • Rural and Regional Development

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steel are:

  • Erika Allen Wolters
  • Nicholas P. Lovrich
  • John C. Pierce
  • Muhammad Usman Amin Siddiqi
  • William D. Schreckhise

The main thematic areas covered in their research include:

  • Environmental Education and Sustainability
  • Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
  • Economic and Environmental Valuation
  • Water Resources Management and Optimization
  • Organic Food and Agriculture
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies

Brent S. Steel's body of work intersects environmental and social dimensions, examining how ideology, beliefs, and values influence public support for policies related to energy, water, and agriculture. Their research contributes to understanding public perceptions and policy preferences in the context of western United States environmental and resource management challenges.

Best Publications

  • Thinking Globally and Acting Locally?: Environmental Attitudes, Behaviour and Activism

    Brent S. Steel

  • The Hollow Core: Private Interests in National Policy Making

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  • Conflicting values about federal forests: A comparison of national and Oregon publics

    Brent S. Steel;Peter List;Bruce Shindler

  • Public ocean literacy in the United States

    Brent S. Steel;Court Smith;Laura Opsommer;Sara Curiel

  • The role of scientists in the environmental policy process: a case study from the American west

    Brent Steel;Peter List;Denise Lach;Bruce Shindler

  • Managing federal forests: public attitudes in Oregon and nationwide

    Bruce Shindler;Peter List;Brent S. Steel

  • Advocacy and Credibility of Ecological Scientists in Resource Decisionmaking: A Regional Study

    Denise Lach;Peter List;Brent Steel;Bruce Shindler

  • Job Satisfaction Among Early Labor Force Participants: Unexpected Outcomes in Public and Private Sector Comparisons:

    Brent S. Steel;Rebecca L. Warner

  • CHILD REARING AS A MECHANISM FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: The Relationship of Child Gender to Parents' Commitment to Gender Equity

    Rebecca L. Warner;Brent S. Steel

  • Public judgements of adaptive management: a response from forest communities.

    Bruce Shindler;Brent Steel;Peter List

  • Political culture, postmaterial values, and the new environmental paradigm: A comparative analysis of Canada and the United States

    Mary Ann E. Steger;John C. Pierce;Brent S. Steel;Nicholas P. Lovrich

  • Equality and efficiency tradeoffs in affirmative action—Real or imagined? The case of women in policing

    Brent S. Steel;Nicholas P. Lovrich

  • Sources of variation in attitudes and beliefs about federal rangeland management

    Mark W. Brunson;Brent S. Steel

  • The impact of knowledge and values on perceptions of environmental risk to the great lakes

    Brent S. Steel;Dennis L. Soden;Rebecca L. Warner

  • Correlates and Consequences of Public Knowledge Concerning Ocean Fisheries Management

    Brent Steel;Nicholas Lovrich;Denise Lach;Valentina Fomenko

  • Environmental politics and policy : a comparative approach

    Brent S. Steel;Richard L. Clinton;Nicholas P. Lovrich

  • PROFILE: Sailing the Shoals of Adaptive Management: The Case of Salmon in the Pacific Northwest

    Courtland L. Smith;Jennifer Gilden;Brent S. Steel;Karina Mrakovcich

  • Ecosystem management, decentralization, and public opinion

    Brent S Steel;Edward Weber

  • Contrasting Views of Coastal Residents and Coastal Coho Restoration Planners

    Courtland L. Smith;Jennifer D. Gilden;Joseph S. Cone;Brent S. Steel

  • Opposition “overblown”? Community response to wind energy siting in the Western United States

    Leanne S. Giordono;Hilary S. Boudet;Anna Karmazina;Casey L. Taylor

  • Growth Management Policy and County Government: Correlates of Policy Adoption across the United States:

    Brent S. Steel;Nicholas P. Lovrich

  • Environmental value considerations in public attitudes about alternative energy development in Oregon and Washington.

    Brent S. Steel;John C. Pierce;Rebecca L. Warner;Nicholas P. Lovrich

  • Ideology and scientific credibility: environmental policy in the American Pacific Northwest:

    Brent S. Steel;Denise Lach;Vijay A. Satyal

  • National Public Attitudes toward Federal Rangeland Management

    Mark W. Brunson;Brent S. Steel

  • Knowledge, Culture, and Public Support for Renewable-Energy Policy

    John C. Pierce;Brent S. Steel;Rebecca L. Warner

Frequent Co-Authors

Nicholas P. Lovrich
Nicholas P. Lovrich Washington State University
Michael D. Reisig
Michael D. Reisig Arizona State University
Mark Giordano
Mark Giordano Georgetown University
Aaron T. Wolf
Aaron T. Wolf Oregon State University

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