Climate change, pollution, greenhouse gasses, and other environmental factors of fossil fuels have led to research about renewable energy and its viability. Transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy has become increasingly innovative and efficient within the past couple of decades. The European Union is one of the leading advocates, which this study aims…
Category: Population studies
IOP@FSU Field-Advancing Research: Do Twitter Bans Matter? Political Influencers and the Quality of Information they Share Before and After Account Suspensions
The Institute of Politics at Florida State University (IOP@FSU) is a world-class, nonpartisan, and nationally renowned institute that promotes engagement in politics by students and citizens. Housed within the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, the IOP@FSU supports applied political research by a cadre of world-class scholars and mobilizes the talents of our alumni, students, faculty,…
Graduate Student Spotlight: Austin Cutler from the Department of Political Science
What department are you a graduate student in? I am in the Political Science Department! Why did you decide to go to graduate school? I decided to go to graduate school to pursue a career as a professor and researcher. Did your interests change throughout your program? As I have gone through grad school, I…
Research Quick Take: Strategy Adjustments in Games with a Dynamic Public Bad: Experimental Evidence
Economists see environmental contamination and climate change as a social dilemma among polluting industries. A company in a polluting industry has to make a decision. They can profit more in the short term by engaging in more industrial production, but they generate a potentially costly “social bad” that all actors have to deal with in…
IOP@FSU Field-Advancing Research: Concede or Resist? Experimental Evidence of U.S. Local Officials
The Institute of Politics at Florida State University (IOP@FSU) is a world-class, nonpartisan, and nationally renowned institute that promotes engagement in politics by students and citizens. Housed within the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, the IOP@FSU supports applied political research by a cadre of world-class scholars and mobilizes the talents of our alumni, students, faculty,…
Graduate Student Spotlight: Kristin Gladwin from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning
What department are you a graduate student in? I am a PhD. candidate in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP). Why did you decide to go to graduate school? Working as a practicing planner for the Florida Department of Transportation, I felt that I had many questions concerning transportation options for older non-driving…
Research Quick Take: Spatializing the Municipal Bond Market: Urban Resilience under Racial Capitalism
The number of majority-Black cities and towns in the United States has more than doubled in the past 50 years, including 21 cities of more than 100,000 people. An ongoing and dynamic process of “white flight” is mainly responsible for this trend. While many US cities are global cities, hubs of wealth, power, information, and…
IOP@FSU Field-Advancing Research: Does a Female World Exist Within the Indian Trade Union Movement?
The Institute of Politics at Florida State University (IOP@FSU) is a world-class, nonpartisan, and nationally renowned institute that promotes engagement in politics by students and citizens. Housed within the College of Social Sciences and Public Policy, the IOP@FSU supports applied political research by a cadre of world-class scholars and mobilizes the talents of our alumni, students, faculty,…
Honors Thesis Spotlight: Will the Demographic Dividend Affect South Asia?
As fertility rates drop, it is evident that there are major economic and demographic consequences across the world. According to the researcher Melissa Pregasen, the replacement level of fertility at which the population will become stable is 2.1 children per woman given typical contemporary mortality levels. In other words, the average amount of births is…
Research Quick Take: Postpartum Depressive Symptoms during the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Examination of Population Birth Data from Central New Jersey
Between nine and thirteen percent of women report symptoms of depression during pregnancy or the postpartum period, constituting a significant public health problem. Studies have found that postpartum depression is correlated with many forms of stress, including divorce, the death of a loved one, poverty and financial strain, and overall poor health. During the first…
Wicked Problems, Wicked Solutions 