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Policymaking on managing Canada’s fisheries could be improved by including provincial authorities and Indigenous stakeholders in more decision-making.

Even if you don’t live near farm country, you’ve got a stake in the upcoming farm bill – including what kind of farms your tax dollars support.

Four years after Colorado passed a law requiring county jails to provide medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and to publish their policies for MOUD care, researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz have found that many jails still lack publicly available policies explaining how they provide this lifesaving treatment.

After more than a decade of fieldwork and activism, we have finally been able to access the official records showing how deforestation is authorized in the Argentine Chaco. This is how we discovered why policies such as the EU Deforestation Regulation might have blind spots in protecting forests.

The UW Climate Impacts Group has an outstanding opportunity to join our team as an early career social scientist. We are seeking a candidate with a social science or policy background and project management experience who can add breadth to the work we do and support CIG’s senior researchers on climate change adaptation projects with our federal, tribal, state, and local partners. 

ASPPH will host the next ASPPH Presents webinar, Advancing Public Health: Advocacy and Policy in Challenging Times, on June 11 from 2:30–3:30 PM ET. The webinar will bring together leaders The post ASPPH Presents Webinar to Examine Advocacy and Policy in Challenging Times appeared first on Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) .

Nature Human Behaviour, Published online: 15 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41562-026-02461-0 Vaping regulation is a global challenge. We discuss evidence on health risks, smoking impacts and policy goals, and advocate for pragmatic, proportionate regulation that reduces smoking harms while minimizing youth uptake and unintended consequences.

The race to control America's most sensitive data is already underway, and most people have no idea. The post The US AI health data collision: Charting the future of US cross-border data flow policy, health data, and health and biopharma AI policy appeared first on Atlantic Council .

A Social Science Matters article by Saira Mirza & Dr. Laura De Pretto, authors/editors of Migration Psychology, Volume I: Identity Dynamics, Belonging & Resilience in the UK & Migration Psychology, Volume II: Global Dynamics of Family, Policy & Inclusion.

Through a British Academy Fellowship, Dr Katie Jenkins is exploring how we can better understand social vulnerability and embed it in climate adaptation policy – bridging the gap between academic research and real-world decision-making.

Book: Observability for LLM Applications — paperback and hardcover on Amazon · Ebook from Apr 22 Also by me: Thinking in Go (2-book series) — Complete Guide to Go Programming + Hexagonal Architecture in Go My project: Hermes IDE | GitHub — an IDE for developers who ship with Claude Code and other AI coding tools Me: xgabriel.com | GitHub This week, the Trump administration released the first comp…

On December 10, join COSSA for the final Headlines webinar of the year. We will cover key policy developments and Congressional activity that affected the social and behavioral sciences in… The post REGISTER NOW: Headlines Webinar on December 10 appeared first on Consortium of Social Science Associations .

Storytelling strategies for policy change by: Diana Guardado posted on Thursday, September 18, 2025 Heart racing. Hands trembling. The room was cold and still. All I could see were tiny dust particles catching the light. In that moment, I found myself face-to-face with the elected leader I had voted for, supported, and believed in, now seated across from me in a quiet office on the sixth

✍️ By Tasneem Ahmed. Tasneem is an Undergraduate Student in Political Science and a Research Assistant at the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL), Purdue University. 📌 Editor’s Note: This article is part of our AI Policy Corner series, a collaboration between the Montreal AI Ethics Institute (MAIEI) and the Governance and Responsible AI Lab […] Source

Executive orders reflect the administration’s expansive view of executive authority.

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are a powerful tool for understanding what works in development and anti-poverty programs. They provide insights to guide practitioners and policymakers in improving and scaling interventions. But for RCT findings to inform these decisions, they must be communicated clearly and systematically—something that’s easier said than done. Good reporting isn’t just abo…

CSET’s Cole McFaul was quoted in an article published by GZERO Media. The article discusses the Trump administration’s forthcoming AI Action Plan, which is expected to shape U.S. policy on artificial intelligence through the remainder of the term. The post Inside the fight to shape Trump’s AI policy appeared first on Center for Security and Emerging Technology .