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Living with COVID: How the pandemic transformed the workplace in NJ
“The pandemic has really transformed work. It’s transformed lifestyles. It’s transformed how we basically live,” says Rutgers University Professor James Hughes, dean emeritus of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. COVID-19 sparked the Great...
Commentary: The ‘Ed Scare’ takes hold in America
The value of books has been recorded thousands upon thousands of times. Books have espoused freedom and widened horizons, prompted dreams and helped imagine futures. They have mitigated despair and offered hope, relayed history, answered questions and raised more. And...
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.
Strategically Virtual: Long-term Unemployed Older Workers Persist in a Boom Economy
A new Heldrich Center research brief notes concerns for long-term unemployed older workers and offers some strategies to assist this population, which is falling through the cracks of the new boom economy.
New Jersey State Policy Lab: The New Jersey Housing Crisis in a COVID Era
The report explores strategic development and organizational learning in the provision of emergency rental assistance funding during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on five New Jersey municipalities: Camden, Elizabeth, Jersey City, Newark, and Trenton.
Research: Decline-induced displacement: the case of Detroit
A new paper by Eric Seymour and Joshua Akers draws on a case study of Detroit and finds evidence of displacement pressures driven by the collapse of home prices, not their escalation.
N.J. immigrant relief program about to end just as it’s gaining steam. Insiders doubt it will be revived.
Although New Jersey is typically a reliably blue state politically, legislature leaders have been cautiously moderate on many progressive issues, said Associate Rutgers University Professor Julia Sass Rubin, director of the Policy Program at the Edward J Bloustein...
2022: 2/23 Affordable Housing: National, State, and Local Perspectives
2/23 Affordable Housing: National, State, and Local Perspectives click to play Eight decades ago, the landmark 1949 Housing Act declared a national goal of a “decent home and suitable living environment” for all Americans. Half a century ago, the landmark New Jersey...
Empty Spaces: With Office Work Changed Forever Due to COVID-19, Office Parks Will Change, Too
The pandemic has altered the workplace dynamic, and experts say the North Jersey landscape built on officeparks is about to change forever. "In the Northeast, the five-day-a-week in-office is history," said Jim Hughes, a Rutgers professor and dean...
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.
New Jersey State Policy Lab: Emerging transportation modes- what are the implications for policy?
New modes of transportation have the potential to provide better access for all, including people with limitations due to age, physical fitness levels, or disabilities. The secret ingredient is to provide a safe street space that is welcoming to all users.