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Zia Mian

Zia Mian Appointed to UN Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters

Zia Mian, a physicist and co-director of Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security (SGS), has been appointed to the U…

End of World

Virtual Reality Project on Nuclear Threats to Premiere at Sundance Film Festival

A virtual reality project executive produced by researchers at Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security (SGS) and…

Polarization

People Unknowingly Group Themselves Together Online, Fueling Political Polarization Across the U.S.

As people curate their online news feeds, they may be unwillingly sorting themselves into polarized networks, according to a study led by…

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Like a Natural System, Democracy Faces Collapse as Polarization Leads to Loss of Diversity, Series of Interdisciplinary Studies Find

Much like an overexploited ecosystem, the increasingly polarized political landscape in the United States — and much of the world — is…

Private Equity

Understanding Private Equity's Economic Impacts

ZOOM MEETING REGISTRATION This will be a virtual panel discussion. Open to the public. Join us for a virtual panel discussion about the…

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Policy Interventions Could Help Farmers Economically Survive in Vulnerable Regions

In the grasslands of Nepal’s Chitwan Valley, local farmers rely on the production of rice and other grains to generate household income…

Endnotes

Endnotes: Indebted Societies (Andreas Wiedemann)

Whether it be earning a college degree, buying a house, or addressing income shortfalls, access to credit is essential for many people’s…

Zia Mian

Zia Mian Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society

Zia Mian, a physicist and co-director of the Program on Science and Global Security (SGS), has been elected a fellow of the American…

Felten

Felten Advocates for Enhanced Data Security Before the U.S. Senate

On Oct. 6, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing to discuss consumer privacy and data…

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Mas, Mian Elected Fellows of the Econometric Society

Two Princeton University faculty members are among the 51 new fellows elected to The Econometric Society (ES).

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Like China, Japan and the U.S. Continue to Finance Overseas Fossil Fuel Power Technologies

Stepping away from carbon-intensive power systems and investing in renewable technologies is critical to decarbonizing the global power…

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Debt Crises: Politics Determine How Developing Countries Borrow

Interest payments on bilateral official debt were frozen in some of the world’s poorest countries this year and in 2020 to alleviate the…

Rally

Princeton & Mozilla Launch Technology Policy Research Initiative

Data-driven public policy depends on data. And, in the area of technology policy, access to data has been a significant barrier to…

Rob Gordon

Robert L. Gordon III MPA ’89

Using new technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) to improve humanity is at the core of Robert L. Gordon MPA '89's work. As chief…

toxique

Toxique: The Aftermath of French Nuclear Testing in the South Pacific

Between 1966 and 1996, the French government conducted 193 nuclear weapon tests in the islands of the South Pacific. These explosions…

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“Nerdy Girl” Princeton Alumni Battle Covid-19 “Infodemic”

As new variants of the novel coronavirus emerge and people consider whether to get vaccinated, it can be confusing to know where to turn…

Politics & Polls #23: Democrats in Trump’s America

Since Donald Trump’s election, there has been considerable debate about what the Democratic party should do next. While some Democrats…

Book by Brunnermeier, James, Landau Named to Financial Times’ Best Books of 2016: Economics List

A book co-authored by professors based at Princeton University and SciencesPo has been named to the Financial Times’ Best Books of 2016:…

WWS Reacts: How Facebook Influenced the US Presidential Election

Facebook — which has been raked over the coals for allowing the dissemination of fake news stories about the 2016 election — is now…

Schools Remain a Potential Hotspot for Measles Transmission, Even in the Vaccine Era

Measles, one of the world's most contagious diseases, can spread more quickly in schools than previously thought, according to Princeton…

Politics & Polls #21: Asymmetric Politics

Political polarization is the worst it’s been since the Civil War, some experts argue. How did we get here? How have America’s ideologies…

Q&A: Online Health Care Records to Automated Cars – Privacy and Economic Policy Needed to Keep Up with Our Rapidly Evolving World

Phil Weiser, founder of the Silicon Flatirons Center for Law, Technology and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado, works hard…

Q&A: Protection from DDoS Attacks

Twitter experienced a global distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in October, causing the social media site to temporarily go dark…

Princeton-Fung Global Forum in Berlin to Focus on Cybersecurity

The fourth Princeton-Fung Global Forum will convene researchers, scientists, policymakers, officials from nongovernmental organizations…

Politics & Polls #15: Down Ticket: House & Senate Races

While it may be hard to look away from the steel cage match between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, it’s time to start looking "down…