Faculty/Staff

Research Spotlight: The Minimum Marriageable Age Policy Process in the United States: An Advocacy Coalition Framework Analysis

Published: | 11:03 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, Research That Works

Florida State University Assistant Professor of public administration Ene Ikpebe, Ph.D., authored “The minimum marriageable age policy process in the United States: An advocacy coalition framework analysis.”  

“By identifying the subjects of debate, the paper helps us understand why the formal discussion of child marriage and minimum marriageable age policy in the US has had a relatively late start, compared to similar developed countries. The article also contributes to our understanding of advocacy coalition formation, i.e., the types of beliefs that allow policy actors to organize productively as they seek to influence policymaking,” said Dr. Ikpebe. “Finally, by applying the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) to a policy area to which the lens had not previously been applied, the paper deepens scholarly confidence in the usefulness of the theory.”

Urban and Regional Planning Students Hear Insights from Mayor Dailey on City Leadership and Development

Published: | 9:46 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Students

Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey visited Florida State University’s URP 4022: Collective Decision-Making class to discuss public health, city planning, and to answer students’ questions on urban issues.

“Mayor John Dailey, an alumnus of COSSPP, continues to be a dear friend of the college. My urban planning students are always captivated by his engaging, behind-the-scenes take on collective decision-making and how urban planning outcomes are achieved in practice,” said Chris Coutts, Ph.D., professor of urban and regional planning, who teaches URP 4022. “My students are often surprised to learn that Tallahassee is, in many ways, ahead of the curve in working towards sustainable development.”

FSU Planning Team Win Award for Innovative Work on Hillsborough County Land Use Plan

Published: | 10:00 am | Posted in: Faculty/Staff, News, Research That Works, Students

Florida State University students and faculty from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning’s (DURP) The Mark & Marianne Barnebey Planning & Development Lab won a 2025 Florida Planning and Zoning Association (FPZA) award in the Education category: Plans or efforts that effectively promote planning and zoning best practices.

“The Barnebey Lab worked alongside Plan Hillsborough to deliver innovative, context-specific recommendations for updating Hillsborough County’s Future Land Use Map,” said Dennis Smith, AICP, Planner-in-Residence & Director of the Barnebey Lab. “Through research, engagement with planning practitioners, and scenario planning across four key urban areas, the Lab helped advance a more connected, inclusive, and sustainable vision for the County’s future growth.”