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March 23, 2016
Policy Workshop Examines Lessons Learned from the U.S. Civilian Surge in Afghanistan
Enlisting in the U.S. Military usually entails a temporary move across the globe, often to a conflict zone. However, workers in other government offices don’t often expect to move to such regions; how often are civilian employees needed in overseas conflict?On Feb. 12, 2016, four graduate students from Princeton University’s…
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February 03, 2016
Shapiro Receives 2016 Karl Deutsch Award
Jacob Shapiro, associate professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, has been named winner of the 2016 Karl Deutsch Award by the International Studies Association.Named for Karl Deutsch, this award was established in 1981 to recognize scholars in international relations under…
January 04, 2016
New Website to Bridge the Gap Between Microeconomics and Public Policy
Distilling microeconomics research into direct policy implications will be the focus of a new website developed by researchers at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs; Harvard University; London School of Economics; Northwestern University; University of California, San Diego;…
December 17, 2015
WWS Reacts: Looking Back and Forward from the Fed's Rate Increase
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates from record lows on Dec. 16, beginning what many expect to be a period of further increases. The change itself was small – lifting the rate banks charge each other for overnight loans from between zero and 0.25 percent to a range of 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent. But the move drew wide…
December 17, 2015
WWS Reacts: Looking Back and Forward from the Fed's Rate Increase
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates from record lows on Dec. 16, beginning what many expect to be a period of further increases. The change itself was small – lifting the rate banks charge each other for overnight loans from between zero and 0.25 percent to a range of 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent. But the move drew wide…
December 09, 2015
“Impassioned Debate” Results in Noteworthy Journal
While producing the annual Journal of Public and International Affairs (JPIA) is no small task, a review of this year’s 26th edition clearly reveals a publication worthy of the time and effort involved.Preparing the journal necessitated bringing together, over the course of a long winter “reading weekend” on the Princeton…
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December 08, 2015
Currie Wins Carolyn Shaw Bell Award
Janet M. Currie, Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and the director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, has been selected to receive the 2015 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award by the American Economic Association’s Committee on…
December 07, 2015
More Aggressive Climate Policies Are Needed to Save the Future Poor
People often believe that future generations will be better off than their predecessors, but that may be a dangerous assumption when it comes to climate change, according to new Princeton research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Past research shows the poor bear the brunt of climate change impacts,…
November 23, 2015
WooCast: Paul Volcker and the Importance of Public Service
Paul Volcker has spent most of his professional life in public service. In this WooCast, he discusses the importance of public service, its role in good governance and his advice for students charting career paths in public service. He also talks about the papers he donated to Princeton’s Seely G. Mudd Manuscript Library. FULL…
November 18, 2015
WWS Reacts: Do the Paris Attacks Signal a Change in ISIS Strategy?
Following the Nov. 13 shooting rampage in Paris by the Islamic State group, French police are conducting raids to hunt down suspects. Now, the French Parliament is grappling with the decision of whether to extend the state of emergency for three months. And a consensus has yet to be reached globally on how to defeat Islamic…