On the Breaking Math podcast, Marc Dunkelman discussed how America's historical approaches to concentrated corporate power can inform today's debates over artificial intelligence regulation.
Technology and Policy
Research in technology and policy examines how emerging technologies are reshaping governance, public services, and civic life. It explores both the policies that govern innovation and the ways tools such as AI are transforming what governments and institutions can do.
Technology and Policy
Research in technology and policy examines how emerging technologies are reshaping governance, public services, and civic life. It explores both the policies that govern innovation and the ways tools such as AI are transforming what governments and institutions can do.
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Recent News & Research
With an emphasis on rigorous, data-driven analysis, the new master of public policy program provides students with topical knowledge and tools to tackle today’s most pressing policy problems.
Marc Dunkelman's book "Why Nothing Works" was cited in The Seattle Times.
Andrew Schrank co-authored this op-ed on AI and the future of work.
Commonweal Magazine
Delivery problems (interview with Marc J. Dunkelman)
In this interview, Marc J. Dunkelman discussed the growing frustration with the government’s inability to finish major projects on time and on budget and what can be done about it.
Deborah Gordon will deliver a talk at the next meeting of the New Bedford Science Café on April 7.
Issues in Science and Technology
Can industrial policy still do big things (written by Andrew Schrank)
A year after he left office, President Biden’s industrial policy is widely considered a failure. But the tools his administration developed are still in play and have defied a long-standing consensus about what is possible. In this paper, Andrew Schrank reevaluates the impact of "Bidenomics."
This article references a report by researchers at the Climate Solutions Lab
Timothy Edgar offered commentary on TikTok's algorithm.
News from Watson
Global Climate Politics after the return of President Trump
In this paper, published in International Organization, Jeff Colgan and co-author Federica Genovese explore how Donald Trump's second term has disrupted global climate politics.
Lyle Goldstein recently co-authored a new book examining how growing China-Russia maritime cooperation is reshaping global naval power and challenging U.S. dominance at sea.
How to Fix It with John Avlon
America’s New Crisis: We Can’t Build (interview with Marc Dunkelman)
In an interview with How to Fix It, Marc Dunkelman tells John Avlon that America’s inability to build—from EV chargers to rail projects—stems from a fragmented, veto-heavy system that stalls progress and must be reformed to work again.