Whether you’re looking to change yourself, influence your colleagues, or design more effective and stickier policy, this half-day workshop—created exclusively for SPIA alumni—is one you don’t want to miss. Join us as professors Eldar Shafir ad Anuj Shah and scholars from SPIA’s Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science …
We are excited to bring together a stellar group of scholars in the field of minority representation, both in the U.S. and globally, to present on a range of topics that explore the factors influencing the supply of political candidates from various identity groups—including ethnoracial minorities, women, and the working class…
Melissa Miles (she/her) is an Environmental and Climate Justice advocate who began her career as a community organizer while living in an environmental justice community in Newark, New Jersey. She holds an MA in Anthropology from The New School, yet maintains that her knowledge of EJ is rooted in her lived experience, the…
Two behavioral scientists with extensive experience helping organizations and communities apply the insights of their field to real-world challenges -- Crystal Hall of the University of Washington and Mindy Hernandez of the World Resources Institute -- posit that the ways that most applied behavioral science interventions work…
BiographySara Constantino is an assistant professor at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability in the Department of Environmental Social Sciences and a visiting research scholar at Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs. She has an interdisciplinary background at the intersection of economics, psychology,…
Our state is facing dual public health crises of soaring rates of homelessness and mental health needs.We will be releasing two major reports on the state of mental health services or homeless adults and children in NJ and discussing ways you can take action.Sponsorship of an event does not constitute institutional endorsement…
Dr. Christian Braneon sits on the Board of Directors of The Trust for Governors Island as well as the Advisory Board of Morehouse College's Environmental Justice & Sustainability Program. He leads the Urban Pillar of the Climate Impacts Group at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Dr. Braneon previously served as Co…
