W Henry Lambright

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Harry Lambright is professor of political science and public administration and director of the Center for Environmental Policy and Administration. His research interests include federal decisionmaking on space technology, environmental policy, transboundary issues, national security, the integration of science with policy, ecosystem management, biotechnology, technology transfer, and leadership issues. Lambright has written scores of articles and has written or edited seven books, including Powering Apollo: James E. Webb of NASA (Johns Hopkins, 1995). His most recent book, which he edited, is Space Policy in the 21st Century (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003). He earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1966.

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Selected Papers and Abstracts since 2000

• Governing Energy Innovation: The Case of New York State, W Henry Lambright, Sarah Pralle and Jessica Widay, in Dianne Rahm (ed.), Sustainable Energy And the States : Essays on Politics, Markets And Leadership, McFarland, October 2006.
• NASA and the Environment: Science in a Political Context, W. Henry Lambright, September 2006.
• NASA and the Environment: The Case of Ozone Depletion, W. Henry Lambright, Monographs in Aerospace History No. 38, NASA SP-2005-4538, May 2005.
• The Political Context of Technology Transfer: NASA and the International Space Station, W. Henry Lambright and Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Comparative Technology Transfer and Society, 2(1), pp. 1-30, April 2004.
• The Challenge of Coordinating 'Big Science', W. Henry Lambright, IBM Center for the Business of Government, New Ways to Manage Series, Washington, DC, July 2003.
• Catalyzing Research Competitiveness: The Georgia Research Alliance, W. Henry Lambright, Prometheus, 18(4), April 2000.

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