Newsroom Shaping public discourse and understanding on the world’s pressing issues. Subscribe to Updates The Latest News View All News May 07, 2026 Student Volunteers Help the Rehabilitated to Earn a Second Chance Last November, as part of his historic clemency initiative, then-New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy visited Princeton to announce his latest round of clemency grants. In the process, he thanked a team of Princeton student volunteers who had spent the spring of 2025 assisting in the preparation of 32 petitions for executive clemency.Under the direction of Joe Krakora, a Princeton School of Public and International Affairs lecturer affiliated with SPIA in New Jersey, the students interviewed the petitioners, reviewed their court records, and assisted in the preparation of their application materials. By the time Murphy left office in January, he had… News May 06, 2026 SPIAction Newsletter — May 2026 Outside the Classroom, Princeton SPIA Faculty Contribute to a Stronger New Jersey“New Jersey's vibrant and diverse economy, politics, geography, and population afford us at SPIA the opportunity to address most if not all of the major public policy issues of our time, right here in our own backyard,” said Anastasia R. Mann, SPIA in NJ’s founding director. News May 05, 2026 First MPP Day in the Nation’s Capital Shows Students What Comes Next The Master in Public Policy (MPP) program at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs is designed to prepare mid-career professionals to take the next step in their journeys to help shape domestic and international policy. That mission was on full display for the School’s first-ever MPP Day in Washington, D.C., held on March 20 at the SPIA in DC Center. The full-day program brought together current MPP students with Princeton SPIA alumni and senior leaders working in public service, international affairs, national security, and academia for a day of networking and career advice through a series of small discussion panels and informal… News April 29, 2026 SPIAccolades — April 2026 Michael Oppenheimer, the Albert G. Milbank Professor of Geosciences and International Affairs and the High Meadows Environmental Institute, contributed a chapter to Climate Change: What Must Be Done?, which will be published on April 30.The book brings together scholars and experts to examine the urgency of the climate crisis and the range of responses needed to address it.“The book is unusual in drawing on both technocratic and sociocultural perspectives of what a solution to the climate change problem might entail,” Oppenheimer said. “My chapter is about adaptation, specifically a future-looking view on how to limit climate… View All SPIA Reacts View All Features July 07, 2022 Students from Pueblo and Navajo Nations Visit Princeton During Summer Policy Academy The Santa Fe Indian School Leadership Institute’s Summer Policy Academy (SPA) returned to Princeton University as part of a program that exposes high school students and recent graduates of Pueblo and Navajo nations to the power of public policy and law. The agenda included lectures and presentations exploring the last 100 years of federal policies and laws to help students “become familiar with the history and policies and laws that have been conceived to destroy their systems and institutions,” said Regis Pecos, a member of Princeton’s Class 1977 who founded SPA and is co-director. Pecos is a former Princeton trustee, former chief of staff to the… Features June 27, 2022 SAOC Addresses Global Issues of Social and Racial Justice at Annual Symposium Around 70 alumni returned to campus this spring for the annual Students and Alumni of Color (SAOC) Association symposium at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. This year’s theme addressed issues of social and racial justice from a global perspective, shining a spotlight on the global nature of oppression, resistance, and freedom. “Thinking Beyond Borders and About Transnational Solidarity” was held on April 2 and 3 at Robertson Hall and was the first SAOC Symposium held in person since 2019. “There's energy within the SAOC committee that put forward this symposium theme,” said Amina Johari MPA ’22, symposium co-chair. “The… Features November 16, 2021 Emerging Scholars Join CITP’s Community of Tech and Society Researchers A computer scientist and artist. A data journalist. A former intern in the Canadian Parliament. Three recent university graduates with these diverse backgrounds joined Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) this fall as the inaugural class of Emerging Scholars, a program aimed at helping people start careers that combine technology and public policy. Kenia Hale, Klaudia Jaźwińska and Christelle Tessono, are part of a community of nine fellows currently conducting research and policy engagement at CITP, which is a joint initiative of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) and the School of Engineering and… View All Featured Faculty Researchers View all Fatemeh Abasianabyaneh Senior Research Specialist, Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy and Finance (JRCPPF) E-mail: fa9204@princeton.edu Rachael Acheson Visiting Research Collaborator, Program on Science and Global Security (SGS) E-mail: racheson@princeton.edu Alicia Adsera Senior Research Scholar, Lecturer in Economics and International Affairs Office: 609-258-6916 E-mail: adsera@princeton.edu Paolo Agnolin Postdoc Research Associate, The Initiatives on Contemporary European Affairs (ICEA) E-mail: paolo.agnolin@princeton.edu View all Research Records View All Apr 28, 2026 The Latino Health Experience: Past and Future News, Research Briefs Apr 16, 2026 Renewed Interest in People’s Responses to Nuclear Weapons News, Research Briefs Apr 07, 2026 Determining Why Benefits for Women Go Unused News, Research Briefs Mar 17, 2026 Insecurity and Business Displacement in Afghanistan News, Research Briefs Feb 17, 2026 Inside Immigration Court News, Research Briefs Feb 03, 2026 Moderating Text-to-Image Content News, Research Briefs View All Newsmakers See more Medical Tourism Magazine May 6, 2026 Senior Stereotypes: An Age-Old Problem PennLive May 6, 2026 Gaming money designed to aid the public goes to for-profit developers Quoted: Owen Zidar Good Authority May 5, 2026 Did Magyar’s rural tour help him win Hungary’s election? Opinion: Grigore Pop-Eleches Inside Higher Ed May 4, 2026 ‘Vulnerable’ Medical Schools Caught in MAGA’s Crosshairs Quoted: Kim Lane Scheppele Policy Profiles View all Community Profile April 27, 2026 #PolicyProfile: Thomas Emens, MPA ’29 “As mayor of Jamesburg, NJ, I wake up every day thinking about how to make my hometown stronger. I was born and raised here, a small, blue-collar community without wealthy donors or endless resources—just hardworking people who care deeply about where they live. Public service, to me, isn’t politics. It’s about showing up, listening, and getting things done. I was elected to the Borough Council during my first semester as a transfer student at Princeton. A year later, I became Council President, and in 2024, after our mayor resigned, I stepped in as Acting Mayor while finishing my senior thesis. Today, I’m serving a two-year mayoral term focused on… Community Profile April 15, 2026 #PolicyProfile: Cassandra Azumah, MPA ’27 “Being from Ghana, my path to public policy has been shaped by working across countries, sectors, and institutions — and seeing firsthand what it takes to turn good ideas into lasting change. After graduating from the London School of Economics, I spent a year and a half at the South Centre in Geneva, exploring how countries in the Global South can learn from one another’s development experiences. From there, I moved to Senegal, where I worked with IDinsight on monitoring, evaluation, and learning strategies for education and health programs. I later returned to Ghana to support the Ministry of Education through Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA),… Community Profile March 27, 2026 #PolicyProfile: Nudhara Yusuf, MPA ’27 "I grew up between places and histories. My parents raised me in the United Kingdom and India. Growing up hearing stories about my grandfather, a political activist who lost his life advocating for the right to speak against injustice, inspires who I am as a person. When I got to university, I had this self-realization that the spaces where I felt most energized were those focused on politics and civic engagement. That path eventually led me to consult with the United Nations Development Program, which launched my career path. Being inside the U.N. showed me its importance and limitations. I became interested in how global institutions can evolve to… View all Share Your News! Do you have news to submit? Please fill out a brief form. The Communications team will be in touch shortly to share how we plan to elevate your news. Questions? Email spianews@princeton.edu. News Form Get the latest from Princeton SPIA to your inbox Subscribe to updates