Karen Nissen
Biographic Data
| ID | 139949 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen Nissen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen |
| FAMILY NAME | Nissen |
| SIGNATURE | NISSEN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4937-2617 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Climate regulation’s effects on businesses and public support for climate action
How do the effects of climate regulation on businesses impact public attitudes toward climate policy? While emissions intensity is the primary frame for understanding the effects of climate policy on business, theoretical scholarship and public discourse often emphasize that large firms will adjust to climate regulations easily while smaller firms will struggle. Because small businesses are sympathetic and large firms are unpopular, individuals w…
Policymaker environmental communication in the wake of natural disasters
How do natural disasters affect elite policymaker communication about environmental issues? Natural disasters are highly salient events that capture individuals’ attention. As a result, policymakers may increase communication on environmental topics in order to better align with constituent or ideological concerns. Using a novel data set of 88,211 tweets from U.S. Congress members, I find that the occurrence of natural disasters in a policymaker’…
Gender and Violence in International Relations
To what extent does gender impact the level of conflict in an online international relations simulation environment? This article uses a survey of participants in the Statecraft simulation to determine the degree to which gender affects simulation outcomes. The authors worked with the Statecraft company to include a limited number of questions in Statecraft's end-of-simulation survey regarding participants’ gender, the level of conflict in the si…
North America
North America
Gender and Violence in International Relations
To what extent does gender impact the level of conflict in an online international relations simulation environment? This article uses a survey of participants in the Statecraft simulation to determine the degree to which gender affects simulation outcomes. The authors worked with the Statecraft company to include a limited number of questions in Statecraft's end-of-simulation survey regarding participants’ gender, the level of conflict in the si…
North America
North America
Gender and Violence in International Relations
To what extent does gender impact the level of conflict in an online international relations simulation environment? This article uses a survey of participants in the Statecraft simulation to determine the degree to which gender affects simulation outcomes. The authors worked with the Statecraft company to include a limited number of questions in Statecraft's end-of-simulation survey regarding participants’ gender, the level of conflict in the si…
Climate regulation’s effects on businesses and public support for climate action
How do the effects of climate regulation on businesses impact public attitudes toward climate policy? While emissions intensity is the primary frame for understanding the effects of climate policy on business, theoretical scholarship and public discourse often emphasize that large firms will adjust to climate regulations easily while smaller firms will struggle. Because small businesses are sympathetic and large firms are unpopular, individuals w…
Policymaker environmental communication in the wake of natural disasters
How do natural disasters affect elite policymaker communication about environmental issues? Natural disasters are highly salient events that capture individuals’ attention. As a result, policymakers may increase communication on environmental topics in order to better align with constituent or ideological concerns. Using a novel data set of 88,211 tweets from U.S. Congress members, I find that the occurrence of natural disasters in a policymaker’…
Political science (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Citation (2 works) · Economics (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Library science (2 works) · Natural resource economics (2 works) · Politics (2 works)