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Experts Provide Insights on the Future of Congress, State Legislatures, and Governorships PRINCETON, NJ – As the November midterm elections concluded, faculty from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs discussed the impact of those results – from the role that Congress will play in the next two years to the opportunity for Democrats to gain political footing and the overall implications for American democracy.Amb. Daniel C. Kurtzer, Professor of the Practice and S. Daniel Abraham Professor of Middle East Policy Studies:“While this election was decided on pocketbook issues – affordability of food, fuel, and basic needs – the foreign…

Artificial intelligence fails to accurately answer a series of questions on easily verified voting information between 4% and 13% of the time, depending on the platform queried, potentially disenfranchising voters who get misinformation on eligibility or time, manner, and place of voting, according to a new project co-led by Princeton School of Public and International Affairs researchers.Over the course of eight weeks in September and October, Kevin T. Greene, Jacob N. Shapiro, and their partners at the University of Pennsylvania asked Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Claude, ChatGPT, and Google’s AI summaries 57 critical questions about where, when, and how…

What Policy Students Need to Know About AI TodayWith artificial intelligence unlocking a new level of potential efficiency for government, as well as unprecedented risks around safety and privacy, the stakes for future policy leaders to understand and manage technology are higher than ever.More SPIA Headlines

Earlier this semester, a handful of first-year graduate students gathered for a potluck featuring food from countries such as Kosovo, Peru, and Fiji. All Americans, they had one thing in common: Peace Corps service that preceded their time at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. Six of the 61 Class of 2028 master in public affairs (MPA) students are former Peace Corps volunteers, as are many Princeton SPIA students and graduates in general.It shouldn’t be a surprise that the two mission-driven, cohort-based programs see so much overlap, noted Jen Daum MPA ’12, the School’s associate dean for graduate admissions, career development…