Center for Policy Research

The official feed for the Center for Policy Research (CPR) at @MaxwellSU of @SyracuseU. We conduct a range of interdisciplinary research on public policy. 🍊

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Shale boom communities took on 26% more municipal debt than their peers. As the energy transition unfolds, that debt could become a long-term burden for the residents who stay. Learn more in this new @MaxwellSU #CPR policy brief: https://t.co/BtYHv6DtYT

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Congrats to University Professor @jennkarasmontez on her appointment as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, a flagship @ASAnews publication. 🎉@CAPS_research @SULernerCenter @CPRMaxwell https://t.co/HgV75k5GJi

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Sociologist Gabriela Kirk-Werner has been named a 2026-27 visiting scholar at the Russell Sage Foundation, a highly selective social science fellowship program. She examines how alternatives to incarceration shape the lives of the people assigned to them. https://t.co/ka7D1OUDrX

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Hurricane Harvey led to a 1.5% decline in assessed property values in Harris County, TX, averaging $4,927 per property and a $2.6 billion reduction in the local tax base.

Learn more in this new study co-authored by Yilin Hou: https://t.co/A2DpB2KJcp

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“It’s not good for Americans that there is an outbreak of an infectious disease that we’re not boots-on-the-ground going to because it makes us less safe,” says CPR Senior Research Associate David Larsen in @RollingStone.

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Via @TIME: “An opening chapter of an AI cold war is emerging,” Professor of Sociology Yingyi Ma wrote in a @BrookingsInst piece ahead of the Trump-XI summit. @CPRMaxwell https://t.co/k25kDR4hiJ

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Congratulations to CPR Research Affiliate Ethan Coffel, who received the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research! This award is the school's highest honor for untenured faculty.

Learn more:
https://t.co/C1z6d0Iu5g

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Wrapping up #PAA2026! Today at 11:30am, CPR's Iliya Gutin and Colleen Heflin will be participating in the session "State Policies and Demographic Outcomes." Gutin will serve as session chair and Heflin will be presenting her work.

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More from #PAA2026! @jennkarasmontez, Iliya Gutin, and @smonnat are presenting their work, "U.S. State Policy Index for Population Health Analyses" this morning. Check out their session!

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Today at #PAA2026! CPR Research Affiliate Emily Wiemers and CPR Senior Research Associate Colleen Heflin will be presenting their work on frontline worker time use and food insecurity among older adults. Check out their sessions below!

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“Large state drops in SNAP caseloads represent a fundamental restructuring of the food-assistance safety net. We should expect to see a surge in food insecurity and its related negative consequences at new levels,” says Prof. Colleen Heflin. @CPRMaxwell https://t.co/s5nSCErdlL

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Day 1 at #PAA2026! Several CPR faculty and graduate students are participating as presenters and discussants on population health, education, and policymaking topics. Swipe through to see today's sessions!

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"The core of the U.S.-China technology competition is not chips or subsidies," writes CPR Senior Research Associate Yingyi Ma. The real gap, she argues, is in the cultural and structural conditions that produce technical talent. @BrookingsInst @MaxwellSU
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But the ways that people seek support in times of need are evolving quickly. “Going forward, 988 will need to compete not just for attention but for trust and [positive] perception,” says Professor Michiko Ueda-Ballmer. @CPRMaxwell

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More than 1 in 3 US adults use AI tools weekly for mental health support. A study by Michiko Ueda-Ballmer found nearly 30% of those who had previously seen a therapist reported fewer visits after starting to use AI for the same purpose. @MaxwellSU https://t.co/NSozfZ7FaS

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An article led by CPR Senior Research Associate Sarah Hamersma titled, "Under the Same Umbrella: Public Health Insurance Expansions and the Uniformity of Insurance for Families" was published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization! @MaxwellSU
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David Larsen served as an editor for a special Epidemics issue titled, "Wastewater Surveillance: From COVID-19 Emergency Response to a Pillar of Continuous Public Health."

He also co-authored the introduction to the issue. Learn more: https://t.co/7wS6KQzQk3

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Adults with #ADHD reported worse #COVID19 experiences than adults without ADHD. Learn more in this study by Nastassia Vaitsiakhovich, CPR Director Shannon Monnat, CPR Research Affiliate Andrew London, and Scott Landes. @MaxwellSU

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An article led by CPR Senior Research Associate Badi Baltagi titled, "Two Special Spatial Weight Matrices and Their Effects on Estimation and Testing in Spatial Regressions" was published in Economics Letters! @MaxwellSU

Read the article:
https://t.co/F4X9GkPPOX

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In one week! Join us for the Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics with this year's lecturer, Alison Buttenheim. Dr. Buttenheim will present, "Better, Sooner, Stronger: Chasing Behavioral Science Impact Through Design."

RSVP: https://t.co/keuZuNnlB5