How frontline communities are organizing and building power as environmental protections are rolled back.Arif Ullah is Executive Director of A2 (Anthropocene Alliance), a national coalition of frontline groups advocating for environmental health and protection. He is a social and environmental justice advocate, grassroots urban…
Rapid growth in electricity demand from data centers and cryptocurrency mining has already begun to affect the U.S. electricity grid, with impacts likely to grow over the next five years. We use a detailed energy system optimization model to evaluate how projected demand through 2030 may influence electricity generation,…
Seminar Series – Spring 2026The Education Research Section (ERS), an interdisciplinary unit in The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, promotes the use of high-quality research in education decision-making. We conduct, support, and promote education research, and disseminate results to educators, policymakers,…
Noah Zucker is an Assistant Professor of Politics at Princeton University, specializing in international and comparative political economy. He studies the political economy of climate change, with associated interests in bureaucracy, finance, identity, and labor. His work has appeared in the American Journal of Political…
Seminar Series – Spring 2026The Education Research Section (ERS), an interdisciplinary unit in The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, promotes the use of high-quality research in education decision-making. We conduct, support, and promote education research, and disseminate results to educators, policymakers,…
Allison Carruth is a Professor in the Effron Center for the Study of America and the High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton, where she directs the Program in Environmental Studies. She is the co-founder and faculty director of Blue Lab and was the founding director of UCLA’s Lab for Environmental Narrative Strategies…
In this talk, Weila Gong will present findings from her book, Implementing a Low-Carbon Future: Climate Leadership in Chinese Cities. Drawing on comparative case studies, process tracing, and over one hundred interviews with policy practitioners inside and outside the government, Gong opens the “black box” of subnational…
Sociologist Sanyu Mojola, joined in conversation by Tukufu Zuberi and Waverly Duck, presents her new book, "Death by Design: Producing Racial Health Inequality in the Shadow of the Capitol." Sponsorship of an event does not constitute institutional endorsement of external speakers or views presented.
