University of Colorado Denver
School of Public Affairs
P.O. Box 173364 - Campus Box 142
Denver, CO 80217 - 3364
Phone: (303) 315 - 2010
Fax: (303) 315 – 2229
E-mail: chris.weible@ucdenver.edu
BACKGROUND
Chris Weible received his Ph.D. in Ecology with an emphasis in Environmental Policy Analysis from the University of California Davis. He earned a Master in Public Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Statistics from the University of Washington. He is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer.
SERVICE
Chris Weible serves as a co-editor with Dr. Peter deLeon for the Policy Studies Journal.
Policy Studies Journal
He is also a representative for the School of Public Affairs in UC Denver’s IGERT: Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Program and an assistant co-director for UC Denver's Center for Sustainable Infrastructure Systems (CSIS). He participates in the Environmental Affairs Working Group.
TEACHING
Dr. Weible teaches courses in environmental policy and politics, public policy, policy processes, policy analysis, and research methods and design. He received the Teaching Award in 2010 from the School of Public Affairs.
Syllabi:
PUAD 5320/7320 Public Policy Analysis (Fall 2010)
PUAD 5634/7634 Theories of Change in Sustainable Infrastructure Management (Fall 2010)
PUAD 8070 Doctoral Seminar on Advanced Research Methods (Spring 2010), Doctoral Seminar on Advanced Research Methods (Spring 2011)
PUAD 5005 The Policy Process and Democracy (Fall 2009)
RESEARCH
Dr. Weible studies policy change, learning, political behavior, coalitions and networks, institutions and collective action, collaborative governance, and the role of scientific and technical information in the policy process. His theoretical specialization involves both the advocacy coalition framework and the institutional grammar tool, as part of the institutional analysis and development framework. In 2011, he received the Research Award from the School of Public Affairs and the Outstanding Research and Creative Activity Award from the University of Colorado Denver.
He participates in the Workshop on Policy Process Research (WOPPR), a group of faculty and students dedicated to studying the development of public policy over time and the events, context, and people surrounding its development. Along with research projects, the WOPPR supports bi-weekly seminar series (Fall 2010 Seminar Schedule, Spring 2011 Seminar Schedule)
His most current research involves policy capacity of the State of Colorado and of the city of Denver on the topic of climate and energy policies. Recent papers from this project were presented at the 2011 meeting of the Western Economic Association International annual conference with co-authors PhD students Dallas Elgin and Andy Pattison.
Research efforts in collaboration and learning have involved the study of aquaculture partnerships with Dr. Bill Leach, John Calanni, Saba Siddiki, and Scott Vince. Additional work on the topic of aquaculture can be found in a study of state aquaculture coordinators (see a recently published report with Saba Siddiki).
He has investigated disaster preparedness of organizations in Memphis Tennessee, public-private partnerships, environmental policy in the Lake Tahoe Basin, watershed partnerships in California and Washington, and California marine protected area policy.
Dr. Weible has helped organize several seminars:|
2011. Seminar on the Meaning of Crises in Policy Processes
2010. Institutional Analysis and Development Symposium
2010. The Advocacy Coalition Framework Workshop (at the University of California Davis)
2010. American and European Public Administration in Comparison."
2009. Social Construction Workshop,
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
Weible, Christopher M., Siddiki, Saba, and Pierce, Jonathan. Forthcoming 2011. "Foes to Friends: Changing Contexts and Changing Intergroup Perceptions." Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis.
Weible, Christopher M. Forthcoming 2011. "Political-Administrative Relations in Collaborative Environmental Management." International Journal of Public Administration.
Siddiki, Saba, Weible, Christopher M., Basurto, Xavier, and Calanni, John. 2011. "Dissecting Policy Designs: An Application of the Institutional Grammar Tool." Policy Studies Journal. 39(1): 79-103.
deLeon, Peter and Weible, Christopher M. 2010. "Policy Process Research for Democracy: A Commentary on Lasswell's Vision." International Journal of Policy Studies. 1(2):23-34.
Basurto, Xavier, Kingsley, Gordon, McQueen, Kelly, Smith, Mshadoni, and Weible, Christopher M. 2010. "A Systematic Approach to Institutional Analysis: Applying Crawford and Ostrom’s Grammar." Political Research Quarterly. 63(3):523-537.
Weible, Christopher, M. and Moore, Richard H. 2010. “Analytics and Beliefs: Competing Explanations for Defining Problems and in Choosing Allies and Opponents in Collaborative Environmental Management.” Public Administration Review. 70(5):756-766. Read review by Mark Davis.
Weible, Christopher, M., Sabatier, Paul A., and Pattison, Andrew. 2010. “Harnessing Expert-Based Information for Learning and the Sustainable Management of Complex Socio-Ecological Systems.” Environmental Science and Policy. Supplemental Material.
Nohrstedt, Daniel and Weible, Christopher, M. 2010. “The Logic of Policy Change after Crisis: Proximity and Subsystem Interaction.” Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy. 1(2).
Sadiq, Abdul-Akeem and Weible, Christopher, M. 2010. “Obstacles and Disaster Risk Reduction: A Survey of Memphis Organizations.” Natural Hazards Review. 11(3): 110-117.
Weible, Christopher, M. and Sabatier, Paul, A. 2010. "The Advocacy Coalition Framework." In Bertrand Badie, Dirk Berg-Schlosser, and Leonardo Morlino (eds) Encyclopedia of Political Science. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
Meyer, Shaunette, L., Weible, Christopher, M., and Woeber, Kate. 2010. “Perceptions and Practice of Waterbirth: A Survey of Georgia Midwives.” Journal of Midwifery & Women’s Health 55(1):55-59.
Weible, Christopher, M. 2009. "Collaborative Institutions, Functional Areas, and Beliefs: What are their Roles in Policy Networks." In John T. Scholz and Richard Feiock (eds) Self-Organizing Governance. Cambridge University Press.
Weible, Christopher, M. and Sabatier, Paul, A. 2009. "Coalitions, Science, and Belief Change: Comparing Adversarial and Collaborative Policy Subsystems." Policy Studies Journal 37(2): 195-212.
Weible, Christopher, M., and Sabatier, Paul A. 2009. "Themes and Variations: Taking Stock of the Advocacy Coalition Framework." Policy Studies Journal 37(1): 121-140.
Weible, Christopher, M. 2008. "Expert-Based Information and Policy Subsystems: A Review and Synthesis" Policy Studies Journal 36(4): 615-635.
Weible, Christopher, M,, Sabatier, Paul, A., and Flowers, Jim. 2008. "The Advocacy Coalition Framework." Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy. Taylor & Francis.
Weible, Christopher, M. 2008. "Caught in a Maelstrom: Implementing California Marine Protected Areas." Coastal Management Journal 36(4): 350-373.
Weible, Christopher, M. 2008. "A Collective Interest Model Approach to Explain the Benefit-Cost Expectations of Participating in a Collaborative Institution." Environment and Behavior 40(1): 24-45.
Sabatier, Paul A., and Weible, Christopher, M. 2007. "The Advocacy Coalition Framework: Innovations and Clarifications". In Paul A. Sabatier (ed.) Theories of the Policy Process. 2nd Edition. Boulder, Co: Westview Press.
Weible, Christopher, M. 2007. "Scientists and Environmental Politics: Examining Trends in the Lake Tahoe Basin from 1984 to 2001." Environmental Management 40(6): 853-865.
Weible, Christopher, M. 2007. "An Advocacy Coalition Framework Approach to Stakeholder Analysis: Understanding the Political Context of California Marine Protected Area Policy." Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 17(1):95-117.
Weible, Christopher, M. and Sabatier, Paul, A. 2006. "A Guide to the Advocacy Coalition Framework: Tips for Researchers." In Frank Fischer et al. (eds.) Handbook of Public Policy Analysis: Theory, Politics, and Methods. New York: CRC Press.
Weible, Christopher, M. 2005. "Beliefs and Policy Influence: An Advocacy Coalition Approach to Policy Networks." Political Research Quarterly 58(3):461-477
Sabatier, Paul, A., Weible, Christopher, M., and Ficker, Jared. 2005. "Eras of Watershed Management in the United States: Implications for Collaborative Watershed Approaches," In Paul Sabatier et al., eds. Swimming Upstream: Collaborative Approaches to Watershed Management. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Weible, Christopher, M. and Sabatier, Paul, A. 2005. "Comparing Policy Networks: Marine Protected Areas in California." Policy Studies Journal 33(2):161-180.
Weible, Christopher, M., Nechodom, Mark, and Sabatier, Paul, A. 2005. "No Sparks Fly: Policy Participants Agree on Thinning Trees in the Lake Tahoe Basin." Journal of Forestry 103(1).
Weible, Christopher, M., Sabatier, Paul, A., and Lubell, Mark. 2004. "A Comparison of a Collaborative and Top-Down Approach to the Use of Science in Policy: Establishing Marine Protected Areas in California." Policy Studies Journal 32(2): 187-207.
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