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Globalization — Good Politics, Bad Policy? (Layna Mosley, B. Peter Rosendorff)

Governments around the world are limiting their countries' engagement with the global economy. These anti-globalization attitudes are…

Andreas Wiedemann's new book "Indebted Societies"

“Indebted Societies” Wins Two Awards From American Political Science Association

A book by Andreas Wiedemann, assistant professor of politics and international affairs, received two awards from the American Political…

group of members in Tokyo

SPIA and University of Tokyo Strengthen Ties Through Academic Workshop

The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs’ Center for International Security Studies recently co-hosted a workshop with…

Helene Benveniste

#Changemakers: Hélène Benveniste Ph.D. ’21

Climate-driven migration is having global impacts, something Hélène Benveniste Ph.D. ’21 is acutely aware of thanks to her research…

Fixing Social Security

Fixing Social Security (R. Douglas Arnold)

Social Security remains beloved and holds bipartisan support among American citizens. Yet the program faces an insolvency crisis. It pays…

Elke Weber

Weber Named Director of Fung Global Fellows Program

Elke Weber will be the next director of the Princeton Fung Global Fellows Program, an international effort based at the Princeton…

Callout

Q&A: Defining the Age: Daniel Bell

The sociologist Daniel Bell was described as one of the leading American intellectuals of the post-war era. He acutely defined the…

Hydraulic Fracturing Negatively Impacts Infant Health

From North Dakota to Ohio to Pennsylvania, hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, has transformed small towns into energy…

Satellite Imagery Reveals Decline in ISIS Oil Production

Oil production by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) steadily declined between 2014 and 2016, indicating that the group was…

Are the Grandkids Worth It? Climate Change Policy Depends on How We Value Human Population

If the human population continues to grow, more pressure will be put on carbon dioxide emissions — leaving future generations vulnerable…

Air Pollution Cuts Solar Energy Potential in China

China is rapidly expanding its solar power supply, hoping to meet 10 percent of the nation’s electricity needs with solar energy by 2030…

Booms & Busts: How the 1980s Could’ve Predicted the Great Recession

Many argue the Great Recession could have been ameliorated through strategic policies, but the government ignored warning signs of coming…

Boost in Collateral, Rather Than “Feeling Richer,” Drives Consumers to Borrow as Home Prices Rise

When home prices rise, households tend to borrow and spend more. But economists have had trouble identifying exactly what causes that…

WWS Reacts: Trump’s Tax Proposal

President Donald Trump released a nine-page outline of a tax plan last week, which included proposed tax cuts for corporations and…

Funding Available for Creative Quantitative Research Projects in Education

A fund offered through Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs will focus on cross-disciplinary…

Balance Forgiveness Programs More Effective at Reducing Credit Card Debt Than Lowering Monthly Minimum Payments

According to data recently released by the Federal Reserve, the amount of outstanding debt that Americans hold — often in the form of…

Felten, Krueger Join Rework America Task Force

Princeton professors Edward Felten and Alan Krueger will serve on a new task force aimed at transforming America’s labor market to a 21st…

To Predict How Climate Change Will Affect Disease, Researchers Must Fuse Climate Science and Biology

Predicting how climate change will affect the incidence of infectious diseases would have great public health benefits. But the…

Orange is the New Green: How Orange Peels Revived a Costa Rican Forest

In the mid-1990s, 1,000 truckloads of orange peels and orange pulp were purposefully unloaded onto a barren pasture in a Costa Rican…

Princeton Professor Calls for Federal Guarantee of Quality Education for Kids

American children, no matter where they live or what school they attend, deserve to be guaranteed a quality education, much as we…

Lower-Income Children Raised in Counties With High Upward Mobility Display Fewer Behavioral Issues, Perform Better on Cognitive Tests

Children who grow up in urban counties with high upward mobility exhibit fewer behavioral problems and perform better on cognitive tests,…

Exposure to Violence Hinders Short-Term Memory, Cognitive Control

Being exposed to and actively remembering violent episodes — even those that happened up to a decade before — hinders short-term memory…

Connecting Information Technology and Policy

How to effectively regulate and oversee the internet has become increasingly complicated for policymakers. Today’s information revolution…

Research

Climate Change to Damage U.S. Economy, Increase Inequality

Unmitigated climate change will make the United States poorer and more unequal, according to a study published June 29 in the journal…

Research

Revitalizing Detroit Requires Development of Specific Neighborhoods

Despite the relatively large number of employees working in downtown Detroit, the city continues to be afflicted by urban blight,…