What department are you a graduate student in? Sociology Why did you decide to go to graduate school? As someone deeply passionate about pursuing a more equitable society, I wanted a tangible way to impact public discourse and, hopefully, even public policy. Graduate school gives me the tools to do this. Did your interests change…
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Research Quick Take: Taking Stock of What We Know About Large-Scale Urban Development Projects: A Review of Existing Theoretical Frameworks and Case Studies
Large urban development projects (UDPs) such as stadiums, convention centers, waterfront, and downtown redevelopments are conspicuous in many cities today. These projects have become common enough to inspire an extensive literature of urban planning case studies in recent decades. Planning scholars have examined, for instance, the public-private partnerships that often make them possible, the tension…
Research Quick Take: Rethinking Regulatory Capture
The capture theory of regulation, popularized in an article by Nobel laureate George Stigler, concludes that regulatory agencies become “captured” by the firms they regulate. Regulatory agencies act in the best interest of the firms they regulate, rather than serving the general public interest. This occurs partly because regulated firms have a concentrated interest in regulatory outcomes whereas the general…
Research Quick Take: Limited effects of tree planting on forest canopy cover and rural livelihoods in Northern India
Many countries have started ambitious tree planting programs to recognize the benefits of forests to mitigate climate change by sequestering carbon to support rural livelihoods. Restoration ecologists caution us, however, that planting trees is not always the same as restoring a forest. India has been continuously committed to planting trees on a large scale for…
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…
Honors Thesis Spotlight: The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Puerto Rico’s Tourism Industry
Tourism is one of the primary businesses which attracts external investment to the island of Puerto Rico, while also furthering pro-business interests in place of those from the general public. It has set the bar for Puerto Rico’s urban economy today, especially that of its capital, San Juan, and has developed around the influx of…
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…
Wicked Problems, Wicked Solutions 