Thomas A. Birkland (born 1961) is a political scientist specializing in the study of

public policy Public policy is an institutionalized proposal or a Group decision-making, decided set of elements like laws, regulations, guidelines, and actions to Problem solving, solve or address relevant and problematic social issues, guided by a conceptio ...

. Books include ''An Introduction to Public Policy'' (2001, 2nd ed., 2005), ''After Disaster'' (1997) (winner of the Aaron Wildavsky Enduring Contribution Award), and ''Lessons of Disaster'' (2006). He began his career at the

University at Albany, The State University of New York The State University of New York at Albany (University at Albany, UAlbany, or SUNY Albany) is a public research university in Albany, New York, United States. Founded in 1844, it is one of four "university centers" of the State University of N ...

. From 2007 to 2017 he was the William Kretzer Distinguished Professor of Public Policy in the School of Public and International Affairs at

North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State, North Carolina State, NC State University, or NCSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1887 and p ...

. His work continues to focus on public policy theory, primarily in the fields of disasters, accidents, and homeland security.

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