EJB Talks
Join our faculty and staff experts, as well as some of our alumni and students, as we talk about topics within the disciplines of public policy, urban planning, public health, health administration, and informatics.
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Bloustein Local Government Research Center: Serving New Jersey and its Communities
A discussion of the current critical work the center is doing, includig impact of the digital economy on tax policy, the increasing risk of cybersecurity threats, and the consolidation of the multitudes of municipalities.
Center For Green Building: Promoting Healthy Buildings and Healthy Communities
A discussion of many aspects of green buildings from the design of the physical space to all of the components of its total operation, including how public policy could work in favor of more green and better building practices.
New Jersey State Policy Lab: Addressing the State’s Needs Effectively, Innovatively, and Equitably
Elizabeth Cooner, Executive Director of the New Jersey State Policy Lab talks about the Lab’s mission of conducting rigorous evidence-based research to help inform New Jersey’s policymakers on solutions to important policy questions that are effective, innovative, and always have a focus on equity.
The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Putin’s Path to War
Bloustein doctoral candidate and Russian native Sergei Kostiaev discusses his previous academic research and study, what led to his study of Russian lobbying in the U.S., and a firsthand account of how life in Russia changed under Putin. (transcript now available)
The War in Ukraine: A Ukranian Family Member’s Perspective
In this timely, special edition of EJB Talks, Stuart Shapiro speaks with two members of the Bloustein community who are personally touched by the war– undergraduate public health major Solomiya Mykolyk, and public policy professor Andrea Hetling.
Building Better Communities: Bloustein’s Environmental Analysis and Communications Group
Jeanne Herb gives the history of EAC and an overview of its vision of community-based environmental planning, its connection to health and equity, and their growing focus on the intersection of environment and people in both the natural and built environments.
The Voorhees Transportation Center: A Leader in Transportation Research, Education and Training
VTC’s core strengths relate to transportation in the built environment and its work in transit-oriented development, pedestrian and bicycle mobility and safety, healthy community design, smart growth, and transportation and social equity.
The Heldrich Center: A National Center of Workforce Development, Policy, and Scholarship
The Heldrich Center is one of the nation’s foremost research and policy organizations dedicated to strengthening the American workplace during an era of rapid global economic change.
Wrapping it up: 2021 politics with Stuart Shapiro
Wrapping up the year with a discussion about the Biden Administration, the Build Back Better bill, and the administration’s improved COVID response.
Conflict, collaboration and consensus: How democracy happens
Linda Stamato and Sandy Jaffe reflect on the current state of democracy and why conflict is necessary, and how their work in conflict resolution fits into policy and planning.
News
BEAT Students Participate in PATH Track Tunnel Tour
Graduate and undergraduate students who are part of the student group Bloustein Enthusiasts and Advocates for Transportation (BEAT) took part in an exclusive after-hours PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) tour on Thursday, November 20 through Friday, November 21. The...
Marc Pfeiffer Ranked 47 in Insider NJ’s Top 100 Power List
The InsiderNJ.com list reflects the backbone of government and political power in the state of New Jersey, minus judges, former governors, and current elected officials. In its compilation, they paid particular attention to the consequences of this year’s statewide...
Van Horn, Foglio MCRP ’86 Named to Gov-Elect’s Transition Actions Team
Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill announced an ambitious and collaborative initiative to chart a bold course for New Jersey’s future and ensure the Governor-elect’s commitment to hit the ground running on Day One priorities. The first phase of this initiative is comprised...
The Rise and Fall of the H-1B Visa
In this article, the author argues that the H-1B visa, originally created to bring in highly skilled, elite foreign professionals, has been gradually hijacked by big business to drive down labor costs. The effect of this has been the displacement of U.S. workers and...
Alum Austin Lee MCRP ’10 Publishes New Memoir
Austin Lee MCRP ‘10 worked for over a decade in the transportation sector at the city, special district, county, and state levels. Crediting the “excellent education he received at the Bloustein School,” he served in various roles, from administrative to...