Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern
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The Institute for Policy Research is a nonpartisan, interdisciplinary social science research institute at Northwestern. We conduct research to improve lives.
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Economist at @sesp_nu, @NorthwesternU Editor-in-chief @AEAjournals PERSONAL ACCOUNT
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Dr. Justin Zimmerman
@UAlbany Assistant Professor of American Politics. @NorthwesternU and @UofAlabama alum . Studying Black politics, urban politics, and distrust.
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Economist. Executive VP of Criminal Justice, @Arnold_Ventures. Host of @ProbCausation. I study crime & discrimination. Opinions are my own but happy to share!
Michael W. Kraus
Not the German handball player or the historian. The other one. @BerkeleyPsych alum and social psychologist. | he/him
Chicago’s population continued to shrink last year, but the pace of decline slowed significantly. Christine Percheski spoke to Crain's Chicago Business about how migration, fertility, and mortality affect population. spr.ly/6019dfYPZ
📢 Virtual spots still open for TODAY'S Live Free Illinois Decarceration Fellowship Celebration, featuring a keynote from Dr. Quintin Williams of The Joyce Foundation and special guest speaker Desmond Meade of Florida Rights Restoration Coalition.
Register: bit.ly/zoomfellows
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Scholar activism benefits science and society
Comment by José M. Causadias (José M. Causadias, PhD), Leoandra Onnie Rogers (@OnnieRogers), Linda P. Juang (@LindaJuang) & Tiffany Yip
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.Northwestern Economics prof. Molly Schnell investigates how competition influences physician prescribing in light of changes to laws granting nurse practitioners the ability to prescribe controlled substances without physician oversight. #WorkingPaperWednesday
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ONLINE FIRST! Why do people avoid the news, according to journalists? Ruth Palmer and Stephanie Edgerly find that journalists attribute news avoidance to negative or biased news, life circumstances, and the avoiders themselves.
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I'm so grateful to my host, friend, & fellow Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy nutritionist Prof Lindsay Jaacks for inviting me to give a The Leverhulme Trust lecture at U of #Edinburgh next Friday! Come/zoom learn about the many multi-sectoral links between #water #food & #nutrition . forms.gle/Pdp35FYTbcnkmm…
In an election year filled with deepfakes, bad actors, and the hazards of AI, David N. Rapp provides guidance on what we can do to protect ourselves from falling victim to misinformation. spr.ly/6015dtW7b
1 in 7 people globally suffer from mental health conditions. In Nature Mental Health, Robin Nusslock and his colleagues lay out a model to address mental health on a global scale that is targeted, personalized, and scalable. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth spr.ly/6016dSbig
Over the past decade, California workers paid below minimum wage lost nearly $4,000 per worker each year, according to a new report by Northwestern Political Science's Daniel Galvin and Rutgers SMLR's Workplace Justice Lab, featured in Los Angeles Times. spr.ly/6015dZPKz
Join us in Chambers Hall today at noon for a talk by Kellogg School's Brayden King on 'Contention and Collaboration: Insights about Social Movement Tactics and Influence.' spr.ly/6018dZR5i
Does discussing race make children racist? Intelligencer highlighted research by Sylvia Perry showing that when White parents avoid race discussions with their kids, racial bias rises. spr.ly/6015dZ37U
Chicago’s population continued to shrink last year, but the pace of decline slowed significantly. Christine Percheski spoke to Crain's Chicago Business about how migration, fertility, and mortality affect population. spr.ly/6012dZOvj
Join us in Chambers Hall on Monday at noon for a talk by Kellogg School's Brayden King on 'Contention and Collaboration: Insights about Social Movement Tactics and Influence.' spr.ly/6019dZOHt
1 in 7 people globally suffer from mental health conditions. In Nature Mental Health, Robin Nusslock and his colleagues lay out a model to address mental health on a global scale that is targeted, personalized, and scalable. #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth spr.ly/6019dZ3NX
Over the past decade, California workers paid below minimum wage lost nearly $4,000 per worker each year, according to a new report by Northwestern Political Science's Daniel Galvin and Rutgers SMLR's Workplace Justice Lab, featured in Los Angeles Times. spr.ly/6011dZKHD
7/11 New Kaplan Humanities Institute 2024-2025 Fellow!
REBECCA SELIGMAN, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology (@NUAnthro) and Program in Global Health Studies. bit.ly/3WFqDOM.
Project: Conditions of Meaning: An Ethnography of Mind-Body Illness
📢 Less than 1 week until the Live Free Illinois Decarceration Fellowship Celebration! We've added Desmond Meade of Florida Rights Restoration Coalition as a special guest speaker.
Secure your spot (in-person or virtual) and RSVP today -- rb.gy/3s0ebo
📸: Live Free Illinois
We are not in a drug epidemic: We’re in a continuous, evolving drug crisis, according to Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine's Lori Ann Post. A new research center led by Post aims to break the cycle through prevention, treatment, and data sharing. Read more: spr.ly/6014dkydy
