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Denise Mauzerall

Mauzerall Named American Geophysical Union Fellow

Denise Mauzerall has joined exclusive company. She is one of 53 individuals this year to have been elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union…

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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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…

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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Seeking a Set of Principles to Rebuild the World Order

In 1787, with the nascent United States of America in danger of going broke and falling apart, a group of delegates met in Philadelphia to revise the…

Susan L. Marquis

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…

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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…

Students participating in LISD student-led simulation of Veto Initiative resolution

Liechtenstein Institute’s Student-Led Simulation Holds Promise for U.N. Reform

At SPIA’s Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination (LISD), a student-led simulation is helping diplomats, students, and faculty members envision…

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…

Kenneth Roth

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…

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Profiles in Perseverance: Living With Hope

To commemorate International Women’s Day, the Afghanistan Policy Lab profiled eight Afghan women, highlighting the struggle and the fight of women in…

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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$2.6 Million NIH Grant Awarded to SPIA Professor to Research the Impact of Migration Trends on Life Expectancy

Arun Hendi, an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, was recently awarded…

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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…

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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…