Director of the Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy and Professor in the Watson School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University.
Providence, RI
Joined April 2015
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Do health services professionals believe it is ever OK to omit research information in their public communication? My new @Health_Affairs study coauthored with Alan Gerber, @haroldpollack @lockhartm presents the results from a national survey.
Ahead of Print | How do health services professionals navigate the complexities of communicating research? 💬 Using national survey data, Alan Gerber @Yale and coauthors examine justifications for omitting research information due to ethical dilemmas. healthaffairs.org/doi/10.137…
Video of @DavidAFrench's recent lecture @BrownUniversity on "How Fundamentalism Perverts Politics and Religion" now available. Link below.
@Watson_School @TaubmanCtr @PPE_Center
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Happy to announce the release of our first curated dataset from @GLL_Brown @Brown_Economics @Watson_School @RhodesCenter We logged every US tariff rate: threats, announcements, signed into law since January 2025. 749 of them, timed to the minute, with the exact quote and source. Only 30% are executive orders. The rest is the noise markets trade on. Free, updated weekly:
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BREAKING WSJ:
The Trump admin's investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar is aimed at building a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and other people familiar with the probe. wsj.com/politics/policy/ilha…
.@Watson_School @TaubmanCtr event tonight on the midterms. I’m excited to moderate. Join us if you are in Providence. Registration link below. The State of the 2026 Midterm Elections events.brown.edu/taubman/eve…
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A Coventry man broke a world record on Saturday after growing the first pumpkin ever weighed at over 3,000 pounds. wpri.com/news/local-news/eas…
A series on Gene Bardach's enduring contributions to the study and improvement of public policy with essays by Michael Barzelay, Robert A. Kagan, John Mendeloff, and Eric M. Patashnik. @GoldmanSchool @APPAM_DC
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Out today: our new @StanfordHAI and @HooverInst report examining a key tech supply chain vulnerability: human talent. We examined decades of data across dozens of datasets covering both domestic and international STEM talent flows. hai.stanford.edu/policy/2026…
Informative update on efforts to address the lack of evidence for many surgical procedures--and an analysis of why changing clinical practice has proved difficult. 1/2
economist.com/science-and-te…
In our book Unhealthy Politics, we provide a detailed case study of the remarkable Moseley study mentioned in @TheEconomist article--and identify the political barriers to reform in the U.S. healthcare system. 2/2
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Huq on Patrimonial Constitutionalism: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11380…
Our team's @Health_Affairs article examines an important question for healthcare experts: Is it ever acceptable to omit research findings in public communication? We report the results of a national survey of health services professionals. @ISPSYale @Watson_School @haroldpollack
Alan Gerber @Yale and coauthors examine a difficult question facing health services researchers and public health professionals:
When, if ever, is it appropriate to omit research findings in public communication? healthaffairs.org/doi/10.137…
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Revolution Wind, the 65-turbine wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island that received national attention after President Trump tried to shut it down, is officially complete.
Details: wpri.com/community/environme…
Originalist legal scholar Caleb Nelson's great new paper "Against the Dictatorial Presidency" is must-reading for political scientists who study American national institutions. I learned so much from reading it.
Caleb Nelson on Against the Dictatorial Presidency: legaltheoryblog.com/?p=11356…
.@TaubmanCtr & @PPE_Center @BrownUniversity
are delighted to cohost @DavidAFrench's John Hazen White, Sr. lecture, "I Know I’m Right: How Fundamentalism Perverts Politics and Religion" on October 1 at 5:00pm. Sign up here:
events.brown.edu/taubman/eve…
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This fall, the Watson School welcomes four leading policy practitioners to @BrownUniversity as Senior Fellows: @GinaRaimondo, @IvanDuque, @rohded and Jaykumar Menon.
Through study groups, public events and student engagement, they’ll bring real-world policy experience to the Watson community.
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Some Republicans are willing to consider tax hikes to save Social Security and avoid big benefit cuts. While economists dismiss the trust fund as an accounting convention, its looming insolvency changes political incentives. 1/3
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The best book on Social Security politics: 2/3
press.princeton.edu/books/ha…
On the politics of federal trust funds: 3/3
amazon.com/Putting-Trust-Bud…
