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Zerunyan offers lessons in governance, leadership to Armenia’s Defense Ministry
USC Price School of Public Policy Professor Frank Zerunyan returned to Armenia for the third consecutive year to provide his expertise in governance to senior officials of the relatively new democracy. Governance skills related to leadership and negotiation are much needed in former Soviet Union countries that are still transitioning […]
The Invisible Cost of College: Students Who Can’t Afford a Secure Home
by Raphael Bostic I love teaching. I love getting to know my students, challenging them to think in new ways, and engaging them in a conversation centered around important questions. I love seeing their passion to solve great problems, and I love sharing what I’ve learned to help them solve those […]
Faculty Highlights Spring 2016
By Susan Wampler Assistant Professor Emma Aguila, whose research spurred reforms to improve the financial security of millions of people in Mexico, has won the USC Price School of Public Policy’s inaugural High Impact Research Award. Dean Jack H. Knott presented the prize to Aguila at this year’s Price School […]
Faculty Highlights Spring 2016
By Susan Wampler Assistant Professor Emma Aguila, whose research spurred reforms to improve the financial security of millions of people in Mexico, has won the USC Price School of Public Policy’s inaugural High Impact Research Award. Dean Jack H. Knott presented the prize to Aguila at this year’s Price School […]
Jody David Armour
Jody David Armour Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law J.D., Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley School of LawA.B. Sociology, Harvard University Gould School of LawLos Angeles, California 90089-0071 [email protected] LinkedIn @NiggaTheory personal website Jody David Armour is the Roy P. Crocker Professor of Law at the University of Southern California. […]
5 Things to Know About Water Desalination
by Patricia Quintero Estades 1. It’s growing in popularity Worldwide use of water desalination has been growing in the past years. Countries in the Middle East (such as Saudi Arabia and Israel) have made impressive advances and significant investments in desalination technology in the last decade. Israel opened its first large-scale […]
Evicted
Evicted is written by Harvard sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Award winner Matthew Desmond. It is being hailed as a “landmark work of scholarship and reportage that will forever change the way we look at poverty in America.”
5 Things to Know About Water On #WorldWaterDay
by Patricia Quintero Estades It’s World Water Day so it seems only fitting we take some time to think about water and how it affects everything and everyone. In previous water posts I’ve stressed the importance of prioritizing water in policy when talking about the Flint water crisis, and about sustainable […]
Bedrosian Faculty at 2016 ASPA
The 2016 ASPA (American Society for Public Admininstration) Conference is taking place March 18-22, 2016, in Seattle. Terry Cooper wins the Ethics Lifetime Achievement Award from ASPA’s Section on Ethics and Integrity of Governance, see Page 49, https://www.aspanet.org/PUBLIC/ASPADocs/Annual%20Conference/2016ProgramFinal-ForWeb.pdf Robert Denhardt, ASPA conference honorary co-chair William G Resh wins, along with his co-authors, […]
Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist
Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist imagines what it means to be empathetic within the institutional violence of our system and the violence humans can commit against each other. Listen to our discussion about power and the necessity of protest within our democratic structure, and how protests should, and can, peacefully engage to solve the world’s “wicked problems.”
How You Work or Why? The Persistence of Altruistic Work Efforts as a Function of Mission Match—a Real-Effort Experiment
Bedrosian Center Research Seminar The Bedrosian Center funds several grants for USC Price faculty research on governance issues. Preference for the awards is given to research focused on collaborative governance, relationships between governance and planning, and government accountability issues. As a condition of the grant, each principal investigator is asked […]
The “Earthquake Lady” joins us next week!
by Robyn Burleson On November 30, the Bedrosian Center is excited to welcome Dr. Lucy Jones to USC Price for our last Lunch with a Leader event of the semester! A seismologist who has worked with the US Geological Survey (USGS) for more than 30 years, Dr. Jones conducts leading research on […]
Paula Daniels: Championing environmental sustainability
by Justine Dodgen Paula Daniels has long been an advocate for environmental causes. Raised in Hawaii, Daniels has said she’s cared about water from a young age, and remembers learning about the importance of malama aina – stewardship of the land- from her grandfather. In a LA Weekly interview in 2012, […]
Detroit: The Movers, Shakers, and Place Makers . . .
by Donnajean Ward I’ve written a lot about Detroit these past few months. It’s my home town so almost every media mention gets my click and it seems like everyone from Jamie Dimon to National Geographic has weighed in on its rise, its fall, its hipsterization… On Thursday, October 15 […]
Between the World and Me
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates is ostensibly a letter to his son about growing up a black male in America. This prize winning correspondent of The Atlantic tackles the very big questions of our time.
What’s in it for me?
by William G. Resh Bedrosian Faculty Research Award: In the Face of Failure: The Persistence of Pro-Social Motivations under Conditions of Negative Feedback, Awarded January 2015 __________________________ What motivates individuals to not only work hard but to go above and beyond their job requirements when working for organizations that deliver social […]
What’s in it for me?
What motivates individuals to not only work hard but to go above and beyond their job requirements when working for organizations that deliver social goods?
Zerunyan helps shape public leadership from South Africa to Armenia
USC Price School of Public Policy Professor Frank Zerunyan furthered his efforts to impart lessons in effective governance and public-sector leadership across the globe with recent speaking engagements and workshops in the nations of South Africa, Armenia and Georgia. Local lessons, global impact In May, Zerunyan, director of executive […]
Urban Farms, Gardens, and Food Desert Myths
by Donnajean Ward Detroit is famous for a lot of things and more and more the city is becoming known for urban farming. During our week-long visit as part of the Price School’s LEAP Detroit Lab, we saw the range of urban farming and gardening first hand. Lafayette Greens was just […]
Conscious Evolution
by Peter Robertson The debate, such that it is, between creationists and evolutionists regarding the legitimacy of their contrasting theories of the origins of man juxtaposes two alternative worldviews that have exerted a strong influence on Western civilization. Creationists derive their beliefs from the Bible, the foundational text for the Christian […]
Policy at the Playhouse
Policy at the Playhouse started as a creative project in 2015. USC Bedrosian Center recognized that conversations about governance take place in many different fora and are voiced by many different communities. The project has grown over the years and is now a partnership between the USC Sol Price School of Public […]
The FEVS is sexy
An article in the May/June issue (V75.3) of Public Administration Review, is garnering media and more importantly, professional attention. Assessing the Past and Promise of the Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey (FEVS), authored by Sergio Fernandez, William G. Resh, Tima Moldogaziev, and Zachary W. Oberfield, has already been getting some professional notice. Fernandez was interviewed […]
Bedrosian represents at MPSA 2015
Bedrosian Faculty and their research were widely represented at the 73rd annual Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Conference this past week. Kathleen Doherty presented two papers: Private Sector Experts and Policymaking in the FDA The paper examines whether incorporating private sector experts into drug approval decisions affects agency policy choices and […]