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East Asian Development Banks are Now Largest Public Financiers of Global Power Sector, Particularly Coal

While the World Bank and other multilateral development banks are increasingly investing in renewable technologies and phasing out coal power financing, several of the world’s largest national-level funders — East Asian development finance institutions — are among the last public financiers supporting coal power plants. An…

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Philippa Haven MPA ’22

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Philippa Haven MPA ’22

“When academics and policymakers employ economic theory, they typically assume a two-parent household, which is not the case for millions of Americans, including me. I was raised by a single mother, and I think this slight difference from the prescribed ‘American norm’ compelled me to critically engage with power structures,…

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Politics & Polls #226: Racism at its Roots (Don Lemon)

As America’s only Black prime-time anchor, Don Lemon's monologues on racism, antiracism, and the nation's systemic flaws speak for his millions of fans. In this episode, Lemon speaks candidly with Julian Zelizer about his new book, "This Is the Fire: What I Say to My Friends About Racism," which currently sits at number on The…

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Consuming Online Partisan News Leads to Distrust in the Media

Slanted media outlets are often blamed for growing polarization, but new research points to another consequence of consuming partisan news: an erosion of trust in the media. A team of researchers combined computational social science techniques and experimentation to study the long-term effects of online partisan media on…

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Politics & Polls #225: Conspiracies in American Politics (Michael Butter and Nancy Rosenblum)

Conspiracy theories are embedded in American history, though today they circulate at speeds we haven't seen before. Qanon, or Q, is a modern-day example of the power of conspiracies in American political discourse. Loyalty to Q is a common theme among those involved in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Julian Zelizer and…

Politics & Polls #224: American Rescue Plan, Vaccines & the Filibuster

Within the first 100 days of Joe Biden’s presidency, he’s already signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package as the vaccine roll-out is accelerating. Meanwhile, the Democrats wrestle with advancing their priorities in the Senate, as Republicans continue to filibuster. There’s even talk of eliminating the filibuster, which…

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Annamie Paul MPA ’01

Annamie Paul is the leader of the Green Party of Canada. She is the first Black Canadian and first Jewish woman to be elected leader of a major federal party in the country. Paul is the daughter of immigrants who arrived in Canada from the Caribbean in the 1960s. She engaged with public policy from an early age. At 12, she…

Research with an Impact

Equitable access to schooling options is a challenge many cities face. Complicated rules intended to make these systems fair also make it difficult for parents to navigate the application and choice process. Families now have a more active role in school choice using information technology innovations funded by the Overdeck…

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Princeton Researchers Awarded Funding for Cross-Disciplinary Education Research Projects

Researchers based at Princeton University will receive funding from the Overdeck Innovation Fund to work on innovative, cross-disciplinary education research projects over the next two years. A total of $240,000 was awarded to Adele Goldberg, Chelsey Clark, Nathan Cheek, Elizabeth Levy Paluck, Claire Willeck, and Tali…

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Chris Neilson

Neilson Named 2021 Sloan Research Fellow

Christopher Neilson is one of 128 early-career scholars to be awarded a fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which honors “the most promising scientific researchers working today.” Neilson joins four other Princeton faculty members who were named 2021 Sloan Research Fellows: Biao Lian, Yakov Shlapentokh-Rothman,…

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