National Security Project (1992-present): Initiated in 1992, this project has undertaken a series of biennial nation-wide tracking surveys focusing on how the U.S. public and various elite groups (scientists, legislators, security policy elites) have understood the evolution of nuclear security in the post-Cold War environment. This project has provided a solid basis, through the multiple iterations of the nationwide US surveys and the international surveys in Europe, for the study proposed in this grant application. This study has resulted in reports and articles in such leading journals as International Studies Quarterly and the Journal of Conflict Resolution, and a book published in the Security Studies Series of the University of Pittsburgh Press in 2006.

Preference Formation and Elicitation in Valuing Non-Market Goods (1997-present): This project, based on an NSF grant (R824679), has focused on understanding how individuals make choices about costly public strategies to achieve public goods (e.g., greenhouse gas reductions via carbon taxes) when faced with substantial complexity and scientific uncertainty. This project employed a combination of coordinated telephone and internet surveys, and has resulted in a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals (e.g., Political Analysis, the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management).