EJB Talks
Join our faculty and staff experts, as well as some of our alumni and students, as we talk about topics within the disciplines of public policy, urban planning, public health, health administration, and informatics.
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Bloustein Local Government Research Center: Serving New Jersey and its Communities
A discussion of the current critical work the center is doing, includig impact of the digital economy on tax policy, the increasing risk of cybersecurity threats, and the consolidation of the multitudes of municipalities.
Center For Green Building: Promoting Healthy Buildings and Healthy Communities
A discussion of many aspects of green buildings from the design of the physical space to all of the components of its total operation, including how public policy could work in favor of more green and better building practices.
New Jersey State Policy Lab: Addressing the State’s Needs Effectively, Innovatively, and Equitably
Elizabeth Cooner, Executive Director of the New Jersey State Policy Lab talks about the Lab’s mission of conducting rigorous evidence-based research to help inform New Jersey’s policymakers on solutions to important policy questions that are effective, innovative, and always have a focus on equity.
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Putin’s Path to War
Bloustein doctoral candidate and Russian native Sergei Kostiaev discusses his previous academic research and study, what led to his study of Russian lobbying in the U.S., and a firsthand account of how life in Russia changed under Putin. (transcript now available)
The War in Ukraine: A Ukranian Family Member’s Perspective
In this timely, special edition of EJB Talks, Stuart Shapiro speaks with two members of the Bloustein community who are personally touched by the war– undergraduate public health major Solomiya Mykolyk, and public policy professor Andrea Hetling.
Building Better Communities: Bloustein’s Environmental Analysis and Communications Group
Jeanne Herb gives the history of EAC and an overview of its vision of community-based environmental planning, its connection to health and equity, and their growing focus on the intersection of environment and people in both the natural and built environments.
The Voorhees Transportation Center: A Leader in Transportation Research, Education and Training
VTC’s core strengths relate to transportation in the built environment and its work in transit-oriented development, pedestrian and bicycle mobility and safety, healthy community design, smart growth, and transportation and social equity.
The Heldrich Center: A National Center of Workforce Development, Policy, and Scholarship
The Heldrich Center is one of the nation’s foremost research and policy organizations dedicated to strengthening the American workplace during an era of rapid global economic change.
Wrapping it up: 2021 politics with Stuart Shapiro
Wrapping up the year with a discussion about the Biden Administration, the Build Back Better bill, and the administration’s improved COVID response.
Conflict, collaboration and consensus: How democracy happens
Linda Stamato and Sandy Jaffe reflect on the current state of democracy and why conflict is necessary, and how their work in conflict resolution fits into policy and planning.
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“Work Trends RU” Podcast with Aaron Fichtner, Ph.D.
Listen to the latest episode of the Heldrich Center's “Work Trends RU” podcast, featuring Aaron Fichtner, Ph.D., President of the New Jersey Council of County Colleges. Dr. Fichtner discusses the role New Jersey’s 18 community colleges play in expanding access to...
Dr. O’Brien-Richardson Wins Cultural Impact and Empowerment Award
From the Daily Targum, November 18, 2025 Patricia O'Brien-Richardson, associate professor of public health and chief diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, recently received the Cultural Impact...
EJB Talks: Uncovering Inequality Through Design
Uncovering Inequality Through Design: A Conversation with Carmelo Ignaccolo This week on EJB Talks, assistant professor Carmelo Ignaccolo shares with Stuart Shapiro how his path into urban design was both inevitable and accidental. A native of Sicily, he explains how...
New Jersey is Now in a Recession and it May Get Worse, Moody’s Analyst Says
After years of recession fears, it appears New Jersey may finally be experiencing an economic slowdown. The Garden State is in a recession, according to Moody's Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi. New Jersey and 21 other states, plus Washington, D.C., are...
Report: New Jersey’s Rising Seas and Changing Coastal Storms
New Jersey's Rising Seas and Changing Coastal Storms: Report of the 2025 Science and Technical Advisory Panel Read Report Abstract The 2025 STAP Report represents the findings of the third New Jersey Science and Technical Advisory Panel on Sea-Level Rise and Coastal...