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April 01, 2016
Program in Law and Public Affairs Announces 2016-2017 Fellows
The Woodrow Wilson School’s Program in Law and Public Affairs (LAPA) at Princeton University has announced its fellows for the 2016-2017 academic year. The fellows were selected in a competitive process from a large interdisciplinary and international applicant pool.Each class of LAPA fellows brings expertise in law and legal…
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March 01, 2016
Program in Law and Public Affairs Announces 2016 Liman Fellows
Princeton University's Program in Law and Public Affairs, which is based at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, has named five undergraduates and one graduate student as 2016 Arthur Liman Fellows in Public Interest Law. This fellowship will enable the students to spend eight to 10 weeks during the…
January 04, 2016
New Website to Bridge the Gap Between Microeconomics and Public Policy
Distilling microeconomics research into direct policy implications will be the focus of a new website developed by researchers at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs; Harvard University; London School of Economics; Northwestern University; University of California, San Diego;…
December 17, 2015
WWS Reacts: Looking Back and Forward from the Fed's Rate Increase
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates from record lows on Dec. 16, beginning what many expect to be a period of further increases. The change itself was small – lifting the rate banks charge each other for overnight loans from between zero and 0.25 percent to a range of 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent. But the move drew wide…
December 17, 2015
WWS Reacts: Looking Back and Forward from the Fed's Rate Increase
The Federal Reserve raised interest rates from record lows on Dec. 16, beginning what many expect to be a period of further increases. The change itself was small – lifting the rate banks charge each other for overnight loans from between zero and 0.25 percent to a range of 0.25 percent to 0.5 percent. But the move drew wide…
December 09, 2015
“Impassioned Debate” Results in Noteworthy Journal
While producing the annual Journal of Public and International Affairs (JPIA) is no small task, a review of this year’s 26th edition clearly reveals a publication worthy of the time and effort involved.Preparing the journal necessitated bringing together, over the course of a long winter “reading weekend” on the Princeton…
December 08, 2015
Nancy Duff Campbell: A Path to Public Service
Nancy Duff Campbell is the founder and co-president of the National Women's Law Center. This fall, she visited the Woodrow Wilson School in October as the Judith H. Rawson and Robert Rawson Distinguished Visitor. A recognized expert on women's law and public policy issues for more than 40 years, Campbell has participated in the…
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December 08, 2015
Currie Wins Carolyn Shaw Bell Award
Janet M. Currie, Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs and the director of the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, has been selected to receive the 2015 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award by the American Economic Association’s Committee on…
December 07, 2015
More Aggressive Climate Policies Are Needed to Save the Future Poor
People often believe that future generations will be better off than their predecessors, but that may be a dangerous assumption when it comes to climate change, according to new Princeton research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.Past research shows the poor bear the brunt of climate change impacts,…
November 23, 2015
WooCast: Paul Volcker and the Importance of Public Service
Paul Volcker has spent most of his professional life in public service. In this WooCast, he discusses the importance of public service, its role in good governance and his advice for students charting career paths in public service. He also talks about the papers he donated to Princeton’s Seely G. Mudd Manuscript Library. FULL…