R. Patrick Bixler

R. Patrick Bixler

Assistant Professor

Research Areas:
Climate Change Adaptation
Environmental Governance
Governing/Managing Public and Civic Affairs
Teaching Areas:
Environmental and Energy Policy
Management and Leadership (including Nonprofits)
Research and Empirical Methods

Patrick Bixler is an assistant professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs with a joint appointment in the Community and Regional Planning program in the School of Architecture. His interdisciplinary appointment contributes to the work of Planet Texas 2050 and he serves as a core faculty member of the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service. His current research focuses on climate and environmental governance, urban sustainability and resilience, hazard preparedness and response, and network science. Dr. Bixler is particularly interested in how public, private and nonprofit institutions collaborate to solve complex social and environmental problems and promote social innovation. Through his research and teaching he emphasizes the importance and impact of civic and community engagement.

Dr. Bixler co-leads a Planet Texas 2050 Flagship Project and leads the Austin Area Sustainability Indicators project, which won the 2020 Community Impact Award from the Community Indicator Consortium. His research has recently been published in Cities, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Environmental Science and Policy, Sustainability and Nonprofit Policy Forum.

Recent Publications
Boundary crossing for urban community resilience: A social vulnerability and multi-hazard approach in Austin, Texas, USA
A Process-Oriented Model of Decision-Making toward Landscape-Scale Prescribed Fire Implementation in the Southern Great Plains, USA
Unpacking Adaptive Capacity to Flooding in Urban Environments: Social Capital, Social Vulnerability, and Risk Perception
Fertile soil for organic public sociology: Community-based natural resource management
Pathways to urban sustainability through individual behaviors: The role of social capital


Courses Taught
Spring - 60282 - PA 385D - COLLABORATIVE GOVERNANCE
Spring - 60259 - PA 680PB - ASSESSING AND PREPARING FOR EXTREME WEATHER
Fall - 60050 - P A 680PA - Assessing and Preparing for Extreme Weather & Climate Improvement
Spring - 60155 - P A 384F - COLLABORATIVE GOVERNANCE
Spring - 60175 - P A 384F - SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE, POLICY, AND GOVERNANCE
Fall - 61079 - P A 384F - Mobilizing Communities and Engaging Volunteers
Fall - 61350 - P A 397C - PROGRAM EVALUATION FOR SOCIAL IMPACT
Spring - 59324 - PA 388K - Sustainability Governance
Spring - 59385 - PA 388L - Mobilizing Community and Engaging Volunteers
Fall - 61070 - PA 397C - PROGRAM EVALUATION FOR SOCIAL IMPACT
Spring - 60755 - PA 388L - Mobilizing the Community and Engaging Volunteers
Fall - 61067 - PA 388L - Collaborative Governance
Fall - 61215 - PA 397C - Nonprofit Program Eval
Spring - 58525 - PA 388L - Mobilizing Community and Engaging Volunteers
Fall - 59235 - PA 397C - Program Evaluation for Nonprofit, Public, and Social Impact Initiatives
Spring - 60234 - PA 388L - Mobilizing the Community and Engaging Volunteers
Fall - 59534 - PA 397C - Program Evaluation for Nonprofit, Public, and Social Impact Initiatives
Spring - 60877 - PA 388L - Mobilizing the Community and Engaging Volunteers
Contact Information
Curriculum Vitae
Website:
https://sites.utexas.edu/rpbixler/