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,…
Jessica Green is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, with cross appointments at the School of Environment and the Munk School of Public Affairs. She holds a PhD in Public Policy from Princeton University and MPA from Columbia University. Her research is focused on climate governance, including carbon…
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,…
Understanding power remains central to the study of political science, yet many fundamental questions about power in local governance remain unresolved. Who governs municipalities, both small and large? How do local powerholders make decisions about policies that influence everyday life, such as housing, infrastructure,…
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,…
Democratic responses to climate change will be determined by how institutions such as deliberative bodies make sense of decarbonization. In a novel ethnography of the deliberations to achieve New York’s climate target, one of the world’s most ambitious, I show how norms of talk shape how people temporally coordinate action to…
The need to pivot away from fossil-fuel use rapidly is a common concern. But every technological transition is enabled and inhibited by its social and physical environments. I’m interested in small changes that add up, especially the choices that power homes and rely on the behavior of millions of people. How quickly can those…
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…
The Student Affiliates of the Kahneman-Treisman Center for Public Policy & Behavioral Science welcome University of Chicago behavioral economist Alex Imas for a conversation about his book with nobel laureate Richard Thaler, The Winner's Curse. All undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdoctoral fellows, are…
