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Standing Panel News Apr 5, 2024

Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change: A Comparative Study of Governance Processes in Australia, China, and the United States

In 2023, UN climate proceedings (COP 28) made clear that challenges of adapting to climate impacts are now a priority comparable to the focus on mitigation (greenhouse gas reduction). Floods, wildfires, drought, and heat…

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General News Mar 22, 2024

Fellow Spotlight: Roderick Hickman

Roderick Hickman is a nationally acclaimed corrections executive, reformer, federal court monitor, and consultant. Professionally he is recognized for his work in leading the historic reorganization of corrections in Cal…

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Standing Panel News Mar 15, 2024

Making AI Better Than Us – What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

It was not until the end of 2022 that ChatGPT entered the public domain, meaning we all had to learn what generative AI was about. Its overnight success was no less amazing as it took just five days to reach a million us…

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General News Mar 15, 2024

Fellow Spotlight: Dr. Karen Hardy

Who or what inspired you to enter into public service? I actually fell into public service full-time after working in banking, even though I spent my freshman and sophomore college years as a Junior Fellow and worked a…

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Standing Panel News Mar 7, 2024

Climate Adaptation Governance Project: Shanghai Forum Roundtable

The initial findings of the Academy co-sponsored Australia/China/U.S. climate adaptation project, and project next steps, were the focus of a Roundtable at the fall 2023 annual Shanghai Forum. The project, co-sponsored w…

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General News Mar 7, 2024

Fellow Spotlight: G.L.A. "Gigi" Harris

An accomplished scholar and consummate "pracademic," Dr. G.L.A. Harris came to the Thunderbird School of Global Management following a successful 17-year career at Portland State University (PSU). She is renowned for her…

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Standing Panel News Mar 3, 2024

What can countries and local governments learn from comparing approaches to climate impact?

Adaptation to climate impacts (flood, fire, heat, drought) is a global challenge. In contrast to “mitigation” (greenhouse gas reduction), adaptation is a quintessentially local challenge; floods or fires may cause disast…

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General News Feb 23, 2024

Fellow Spotlight: Byron Adkins

Byron M. Adkins, Jr. is the Associate Director for Operations at the Farm Credit Administration (FCA) and has nineteen years of federal government experience and military service (U.S. Army). Prior to joining FCA, he ser…

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General News Feb 16, 2024

Fellow Spotlight: David C. Wilson

David C. Wilson, Ph.D. is Dean of the Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy and Professor of Public Policy and Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley. His research investigates the psycho…

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General News Feb 2, 2024

Fellow Spotlight: Edward Montgomery

Who inspired you to enter public service? As a Baby Boomer growing up in the 1960s, I remember the words of President John F. Kennedy: “Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country” serv…

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Standing Panel News Jan 26, 2024

A New Model for Accountability in the Civil Service

A New Model for Accountability in the Civil Service Authored by Jeffrey Neal Few subjects have produced more studies, books, theories, and ideas than employee performance management. The government, private sector, nonpr…

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General News Jan 19, 2024

Fellow Spotlight: Morgan Kinghorn

Who or what inspired you to enter public service? While attending the University of Redlands, I enjoyed a semester in their Washington Semester program learning firsthand about the workings of the Federal government. I …

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