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‘We Need Help to Get Ahead’

In 2015, Kathryn Edin, the William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs and co-director of SPIA’s Center for Research on Child and…

Seema Jayachandran

Whose CO2 is it Anyway? Seema Jayachandran’s Research Explores Alternate Mitigation Efforts

As CO2 emissions continue to climb globally, Seema Jayachandran, a professor of economics and public affairs and co-director of the Research Program…

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DOJ Declares Accountability is “Essential to Our Democracy” With New Trump Indictments

“CBS Sunday Morning” host Jane Pauley sat on a white chair, flanked by blue-green video boards, and perched in front of a purple background as she…

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SPIA Reacts: The United States’ Credit Rating Takes a Hit

Last week, Fitch Ratings downgraded the United States’ credit rating from AAA to AA+. The agency cited the recent standoff over raising the country’s…

Alyssa Sharkey

Alyssa Sharkey Keeps a Finger on the Pulse of Health Equity Amid Historic Report

For the first time, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the United Nations Population Fund have produced a joint report analyzing global…

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…

SPI 402D Junior Policy Task Force students and faculty

Policy Task Force Explores Reparations for African Americans in New Jersey

How should New Jersey repair the historic and ongoing harms caused by slavery, segregation, and racial subjugation?

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Assessment of How Climate Scientists Communicate Risk Shows Imperfections, Improvements

Scientists have long struggled to find the best way to present crucial facts about future sea level rise, but are getting better at communicating…

Zia Mian addresses the First Meeting of State Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna.

SPIA Researchers Named to Pioneering U.N. Nuclear Treaty Scientific Advisory Group

Three members of the Program on Science and Global Security (SGS) in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs have been appointed to…

Denise Mauzerall

Behind the Research: Denise Mauzerall Takes On Worldwide Ecological Problems

Denise Mauzerall wasn’t sure whether she wanted to become a scientist or a lawyer. All she knew was that she wanted to have the biggest impact on the…

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From Princeton to Policymakers: Tigers at the State Department Are Helping to Forge International Agreements Around Climate Change

When the last session of week one ended at the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27), held November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, most diplomats…

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SPIA Reacts: Bank Bailouts – No Bank Is Too Small to Matter

The Silicon Valley Bank bailout was necessary. But was it timely or fair? If the intervention itself was timely, the decision to intervene was by all…

Alan Blinder

Princeton Economist Alan Blinder to Receive 2023 Moynihan Prize for Scholarship and Public Service

Alan Blinder, the Gordon S. Rentschler Memorial Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, will receive the 2023 Daniel…

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UK Substantially Underestimates Its Methane Emissions From Oil and Gas Production — And Many Other Countries Probably Do Too

A newer, more accurate method for calculating methane emissions from offshore oil and gas production suggests that the United Kingdom severely…

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Social Media and Aerial Mapping of Sea Floor Reveal That Tourists Love Hawaiian Coral Reefs Just a Little Too Much

A new analysis combining web-scraped social media data and high-resolution reef mapping in Hawaii shows that live coral cover is both a driver of –…

The Fox Point Hurricane Barrier

Two Rhode Island Coastal Flood Defense Projects Provide Lessons for Making Future Infrastructure Projects More Successful

More than ten years have passed since Hurricane Sandy exposed New York City to devastating coastal flooding. Several cost-effective flood…

Dean's Dialogue: COP27 - Students and Faculty Discuss Climate Policy

Recently, a group of our Princeton students and faculty traveled to Sharm El Sheik, Egypt for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…

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Europe’s Proposed Climate Plan Will Outsource Deforestation and Harm Biodiversity

Europe’s “Fit for 55” climate plan, through its bioenergy rules, outsources deforestation and sacrifices Europe’s opportunity for a beneficial land…

Dean's Dialogue: Influencing Public Policy Firsthand

Public policy influences all aspects of our lives, yet few people give much thought to how policy is made, let alone experience the policymaking…

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SPIA Students Explore the World’s Climate Challenges at COP27

Recognizing the importance of introducing the next generation to some of the world’s most important policy conversations, the Princeton School of…

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Princeton Researchers Tackle Infectious Disease, Climate, and the Link Between the Two

As experienced in the recent COVID pandemic, the outbreak and rapid spread of infectious disease has potential to dramatically impact human morality,…

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Michael Oppenheimer Writes Chapter in Greta Thunberg’s New Book

Princeton climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer first came to the attention of climate activist Greta Thunberg in 2019, the year of the children’s…

Dean's Dialogue: Low-carbon Buildings From Plastic Waste (Kidus Asfaw MPA ’14)

Within 30 years, Africa will be home to nearly 25% of the global population. As such, it’s poised to become a global power and is the focus of…

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Princeton Dissociates From Segments of Fossil Fuel Industry

The Board of Trustees of Princeton University voted earlier this month to dissociate from 90 companies pursuant to a fossil fuel dissociation…

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$1 Million Grant Awarded to Program on Science and Global Security by MacArthur Foundation to Tackle Rising Nuclear Dangers

The Program on Science and Global Security (SGS), based at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, was awarded a $1 million grant…