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Friday, September 16, 2022
SPPA Adjunct Research Professor and Instructor Antoine Dedewanou recently had a research paper, "Peer-induced beliefs regarding college participation," published in Economics of Education Review. Abstract We study the heterogeneity of peer effects on the formation of beliefs regarding college participation. We present a structural model of... More
Thursday, September 15, 2022
For several decades, American private philanthropic foundations have invested extensively in organizations and projects supporting nature conservation and sustainable resource management. In a recently published piece in Conservation Science and Practice, Laurenne Schiller — a Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellow at SPPA — and co-authors examine the... More
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Major efforts are afoot to govern the ethics of artificial intelligence. In a recent paper, Graeme Auld, Amanda Clarke, Ashley Casovan, and Benjamin Faveri offer a dynamic look at pathways along which private governance is engaged to shape future AI governance. Taking lessons from other private governance cases for sustainability, the pathways... More
Monday, August 15, 2022
“We Cause a Ruckus”: Exploring How Indigenous Youth Navigate the Challenges of Community Engagement and Leadership by Robert P. Shepherd1,* and Treena R. Orchard2 1School of Public Policy & Administration, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada 2School of Health Studies, Western University, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada *Author to... More
Thursday, August 11, 2022
Canadian Federalism, Multilevel Politics and the Occupation of Ottawa Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 July 2022 Jerald Sabin Abstract For three weeks in early 2022, the streets of downtown Ottawa were occupied by protestors associated with the so-called Freedom Convoy. The inability of Ottawa's municipal police to end the... More
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
By Phil Ryan 7th June 2022 Transforming Society, Policy Press While there is near-universal agreement concerning the essential facts of the climate emergency, many believe that the question of climate justice is a matter of merely personal opinion. But the intricate interweaving of fact and value beliefs suggests otherwise. “Fairness is always... More
Monday, June 6, 2022
Professor Ted Jackson and Dr. Carolina Robino have co-edited a special issue of the Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment on Growing Gender Lens investing in Emerging Markets. Edited by Edward T. Jackson (Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada and Institute of Development Studies, Brighton, United Kingdom) Carolina Robino (International... More
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
SPPA Prof. Alexandra Mallett have been working with Prosanto Pal from The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi, India on decarbonizing and making the production of steel more sustainable in India. This is part of an initiative (funded by the UK government), Climate Compatible Growth (CCG). The Policy Brief, Climate Compatible Growth... More
Monday, January 31, 2022
In a newly published article in Global Policy, Professor Graeme Auld teamed up with colleagues to examine the uptake of the ecosystem services as a governance concept informing efforts to conserve global biodiversity. Ecosystem services is an idea that offered a way to think about valuing nature in terms of the “services” provided to... More
Sunday, January 16, 2022
The Trudeau government and GIC appointments in Canada Kathy Brock, Robert P. Shepherd International Journal of Public Sector Management ISSN: 0951-3558 Article publication date: 7 January 2022 Abstract Purpose According to the traditional view of public administration, a critical component of good policy formulation is the provision of frank... More
Wednesday, December 22, 2021
Environmental impacts of mining in Brazil and the environmental licensing process: Changes needed for changing times? Alexandra Mallett, Erica Lima, Barros Franca, Italo Alves, and Lisa Mills Abstract Brazil, a key mining producer globally, has a comprehensive system of environmental laws and institutions. Nevertheless, their effectiveness has... More
Thursday, November 18, 2021
Managing pandemics as super wicked problems: lessons from, and for, COVID-19 and the climate crisis Graeme Auld, Steven Bernstein, Benjamin Cashore & Kelly Levin Policy Sciences (2021) Abstract COVID-19 has caused 100s of millions of infections and millions of deaths worldwide, overwhelming health and economic capacities in many countries... More
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