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NJSPL – Intelligent Help for the Opioid Crisis Lifecycle

An important line of defense against the opioid problem is the prevention of overdose deaths following abuse and addiction. It is possible to make this happen using informatics, robotics, and AI technologies for prevention, identification, treatment, and rehabilitation.

What Do You Value: Changemaking in an Ever Changing World

(this event was not recorded) In a rapidly evolving world where discord and conflict dominate the public square, policymaking in the public interest is as hard as it has ever been. With 15 years of experience in social policy research, advocacy, and implementation,...

Ralph et al article most viewed on JAPA

Congratulations to Nicholas Klein, Kelcie Ralph, Calvin Thigpen, and Anne Brown on their article "Political Partisanship and Transportation Reform" being the most viewed article from the last Journal of the American Planning Association...

Manchin’s permit bill highlights importance of administrative process

"Last week, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) introduced his long-awaited bill intended to shorten the permitting process for energy projects. A key component of the bill is hastening reviews required by the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) for such projects....

NJSPL – Evaluating Risk Perception: Lessons from Hurricane Sandy

Despite the toll hurricane Sandy took on the state, the majority of long-term coastal homeowners in New Jersey do not consider themselves to be at high risk to coastal hazards. This blog post explores ways to better educate residents to prepare for future natural disasters.

Former Governor James J. Florio, Bloustein School Senior Policy Fellow, Dies

Noting that state and federal governments were in a period of transformational change of policy, Gov. Florio impressed upon his students that rather than marginal modifications — which could be disruptive and dislocating — systemic change was needed to meet citizen expectations.

Christians, please listen. There is no national religion in America.

Senior Policy Fellow Linda Stamato writes about the threat to the separation of church and state in this opinion piece published by nj.com "The Founding Fathers abhorred the concept of a national religion. They believed that state support would in the long run, harm,...

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Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United States

From Flowers to High-Rises: How Planning Experts Shape Greenbelt Land Development and "Information not Provided by Applicant": Missingness in Mortgage Lending Data and its Implications for Assessing Fair Lending Practices. […]

Evaluating sectoral decarbonization pathways for India’s net-zero ambitions

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You are invited to join Professor Mike Lahr for a guest speaker presentation by Professor Kakali Mukhopadhyay, Ph.D. (she/her/elle), McGill University, Montreal, CANADA Associated reading: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667095X22000113 PAPER ABSTRACT: In the first of […]