September 21, 2023 | News
Dr. Patti O’Brien-Richardson was a speaker at the 2023 World Afro Day – Workplace on September 15th in the UK. Dr. O’Brien-Richardson provided hair discrimination policy training for corporations and HR professionals, spoke on the need for policies...
September 20, 2023 | In the News
The United States is about to embark on an experiment inspired by one of the New Deal’s most popular programs. On Wednesday, the Biden administration authorized the creation of the American Climate Corps through an executive order. The program would hire 20,000 young...
September 20, 2023 | EJB Talks
With our return to EJBTalks this fall, host and Dean Stuart Shapiro talks to Mark Paul, assistant professor and author of the recently released book, The Ends of Freedom. Mark discusses his journey into economics and environmental policy, sharing how his first working...
September 20, 2023 | In the News
The United States is about to embark on an experiment inspired by one of the New Deal’s most popular programs. On Wednesday, the Biden administration authorized the creation of the American Climate Corps through an executive order. The program would hire 20,000 young...
September 19, 2023 | In the News
New Jersey colleges and universities have seen an average of 40,000 more women than men as undergraduates over just a five-year span ending last fall. Years of enrollment data show that NJ has been part of a nationwide, decades-long trend of notably more female...
September 19, 2023 | Research, Publications, and Reports
Abstract This study examines the role of bystander behavior in cases of sexual harassment within the cultural economy’s fashion industry. Using grounded theory to explore 34 sexual harassment narratives posted on Instagram, this analysis revealed that while some...
September 18, 2023 | Event Recap
9/15 2023 A Conversation with New Jersey’s Flood Experts click to play The New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center and the Rutgers University Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy’s Environmental Analysis and Communications Group hosted a discussion...
September 15, 2023 | Research, Publications, and Reports
Abstract Most practices of professional geography employ a realist ontology of knowledge, seeking accurate representations of an external world that exists in itself, prior to our attempts to know it. Certainty in the accuracy of our interior representations of an...
September 14, 2023 | In the News
Researchers from The Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy recently published a study analyzing the behaviors of individuals riding bicycles and e-scooters in Asbury Park. The study was authored by Hannah Younes, a post-doctoral research...
September 14, 2023 | News
By Dean Stuart Shapiro One of the greatest pleasures of working with the New Jersey State Policy Lab is being able to see so much of the wonderful work being done across the state to improve policymaking in New Jersey. We recently were able to enjoy this...
September 14, 2023 | In the News
After hovering near five-decade lows of around 3.5% for most of 2023, the unemployment rate ticked up 0.3 percentage point in August to 3.8%, according to the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report. On its own, that rise in unemployment isn’t...
September 13, 2023 | In the News
Remember Bernie Sanders? Given the likely upcoming clash of Joe Biden and Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race, it might be easy to forget all that the democratic socialist senator has stood for. But Sanders is still around and the ranks of his allies in the...
September 13, 2023 | News
This past year, Professor Soumitra Bhuyan was a visiting professor at Princeton University’s Center for Health and Wellbeing at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. The following interview was published on their website (September 12, 2023)....
September 12, 2023 | In the News
Is Reducing Car Travel a Wise Policy for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals? California is one of a handful of states that have set targets for reducing the amount of driving, as measured by vehicle miles of travel (VMT). An Aug. 18 Streetsblog article headline...
September 12, 2023 | News
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September 11, 2023 | In the News
Discrimination based on one’s race and ethnicity is alive and well in the workplace, according to research out of Rutgers University. Attitudes among workers today about divided workplaces are similar to decades ago, so companies should use the new data as...
September 10, 2023 | In the News
If we choose to ignore UN studies, formidably persuasive analyses, and the obvious rise in sea levels and temperatures–and what we see with our own eyes and feel, and breathe–how else might we be persuaded to accept the reality of the challenges facing...
September 9, 2023 | In the News
Rents in Australia have risen sharply during the past three years, and it’s become a political issue. The Greens are demanding the introduction of rent controls, but that idea has been rejected by most federal and state leaders. What do we mean when we talk about rent...
