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Interdisciplinary Approach Fuels New SPIA Programs Linking Law, Criminal Justice, Public Policy

The School of Public and International Affairs has launched two new initiatives designed to bring an interdisciplinary approach to issues of law, criminal justice, and public policy: the Criminal Justice @ SPIA faculty cluster and the Program in Law & Public Policy, also known as P*LAW, which is part of the revamped Law…

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December 13, 2023

SPIA Political Scientist Delivers Detailed Account of Nuremberg’s Asian Counterpart

A SPIA political scientist’s sprawling, detailed history of the Nuremberg trials’ lesser-known Asian counterpart has earned glowing reviews and a spot on numerous year-end best-of lists.Gary J. Bass’s “Judgment at Tokyo: World War II on Trial and the Making of Modern Asia” (Alfred A. Knopf) was named one of the 10 best books of…

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Robertson Hall

December 12, 2023

A Shift in Perception after SCOTUS’ ‘Dobbs’ Decision

Adults in the United States were more likely to perceive that people in America favored legal access to abortion after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade than before it, according to new research from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. The finding appeared in “Effects of a US Supreme…

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December 06, 2023

SPIA Reacts: Sandra Day O’Connor and Her Supreme Court Legacy

On December 1, Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court, died. Members of the Princeton SPIA community offered their analysis of O’Connor’s legacy, her decision to vacate her seat when she did, and her barrier-breaking nomination.“It is hard to overstate what her arrival on the Supreme…

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October 30, 2023

Monitoring Nuclear Weapons Stockpiles With Radio Waves

Monitoring whether states are complying with nuclear disarmament treaties is not an easy task. An international team that includes a pair SPIA researchers has been exploring remote monitoring with the help of two antennas and a couple of mirrors.The team, comprising IT security experts, developed a mechanism that uses radio…

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October 20, 2023

Policy Advocacy Clinic Team Formally Submits Report to U.N. Human Rights Committee

Two months after traveling to Geneva, Switzerland, to present before the United Nations Human Rights Committee (CCPR) regarding U.S. compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), a Princeton Policy Advocacy Clinic team joined the American Civil Liberties Union in formally submitting their…

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CITP’s “Digital Divide” Course Brings Attention to Broadband Inequities

CITP Communications – When she was director of digital services in the Sao Paulo city government, Martina Bergues and her team regularly strategized to ensure that the digital transformation projects they launched benefitted all residents of their city. “I recognized the vital importance of addressing digital inequalities,…

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Social Media, Polarization, and the 2020 Presidential Election

The 2016 U.S. presidential election raised significant concerns among academics, political observers, policymakers, and much of the general public about the role social media played in the spread of misinformation during the campaign and the concurrent rise in polarization. So when SPIA’s Andrew Guess was given the chance to…

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New Report Highlights Benefits of Worker-Driven Social Responsibility

Myriad solutions within the social responsibility sector have emerged in response to the increased attention around human rights abuses facing low-wage workers around the globe. These corporate social responsibility campaigns, multi-stakeholder initiatives, and transparency legislation. Among many such social responsibility…

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Former Human Rights Watch Leader Roth to Join SPIA Faculty for 2023-24 Academic Year

A former longtime head of Human Rights Watch will join the faculty of the School of Public and International Affairs this fall. Kenneth Roth, who led the international NGO from 1993 until last year, will serve as SPIA’s Charles and Marie Robertson Visiting Professor and Visiting Lecturer for the 2023-2024 academic year. “Ken…

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