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Chamberlin: Lax conflict-of-interest regulation fosters ethical problems in MI legislature

Mar 16, 2017

Quotes from Professor Emeritus John Chamberlin were featured heavily in the March 13 MLive article, "For Michigan lawmakers, conflicts of interest go self-policed and undisclosed," by Emily Lawler. The article examines examples of state legislators...

Ivacko: Michigan state legislature should make emergency manager reform a top priority

Mar 15, 2017

An op-ed by CLOSUP program manager, Tom Ivacko (MPP '93), was published by the Detroit Free Press on March 11. In "Fixing EM law should be legislators' top priority," Ivacko makes the case that Michigan's laws regarding the appointment of emergency...

Axelrod publishes study on strategic aspects of cyberattack, attribution and blame

Feb 27, 2017

A new study by Benjamin Edwards, Alexander Furnas, Stephanie Forrest, and Robert Axelrod, titled “Strategic aspects of cyberattack, attribution and blame” was published on February 27 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...

MPP students talk contemporary politics, news, and policy on “Michigan PolicyCast”

Feb 16, 2017

At the beginning of the winter term and new year, Master of Public Policy candidates Shawn Danino and Matthew Hillard launched “The Michigan PolicyCast,” a radio show-style podcast on the driving political, policy, and media issues of the...

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Student-led activism and advocacy surge in wake of Presidential transition

Feb 16, 2017

Ashley Wilson (BA '18) speaking on behalf of Students for Choice at the Ann Arbor Women's March (photo credit: Ashley Wilson (BA '18)) While Fordies have been active in politics since the beginning of time (or, more...

Barr speaks about Dodd-Frank roll back on CNN, NBC, NPR, CBS, and more

Feb 8, 2017

On Friday, February 3, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders rolling back provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, a signature achievement of the Obama administration that was passed in response to the financial crisis that began in 2008....

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Greetings from the dean, Susan M. Collins, for the winter 2017 Ford School feed

Jan 26, 2017

The first few days of President Trump’s administration have seen our faculty appear in newspapers and media outlets around the world. Professor Marina v.N. Whitman, a nationally regarded expert on the U.S. auto industry, is quoted in an AP story...

Stevenson: To measure Trump’s success, use working-class men’s employment as benchmark

Jan 24, 2017

Bloomberg View columnists, including Betsey Stevenson, issued an article on “17 metrics to watch in the Trump era” on January 20. Columnists each submitted benchmarks to watch for a sense of President Trump's performance. “His success, he...

Former Towsley Policymaker in Residence first to file for 2018 gubernatorial race

Jan 4, 2017

Gretchen Whitmer, a former Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence at the Ford School, has filed the paperwork required to launch her Michigan gubernatorial campaign. Governor Rick Snyder steps down from the post due to term limits in 2018,...

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Read "The Last Word" with Dr. John J.H. (Joe) Schwarz: Fall 2016 State & Hill

Jan 2, 2017

Former U.S. Congressman Dr. John J.H. "Joe" Schwarz is celebrating his 10th year of teaching at the Ford School as he scales back to a slightly less frenetic pace. In this column, he reflects on partisan politics, local governance, and his time at...

Thacher examines potential of focused deterrence model for policing and criminal justice reform

Dec 30, 2016

In December 2016, David Thacher's "Channeling Police Discretion: The Hidden Potential of Focused Deterrence" was published in the 2016 volume of University of Chicago Legal Forum. Abstract The breadth of the criminal law and the unfettered...

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More a spectrum than a switch: John Ciorciari talks shared sovereignty

Dec 25, 2016

John Ciorciari's office is neat as a pin, but a towering stack of books looms by his keyboard. Ciorciari has just earned tenure. He's just been appointed director of the Ford School's International Policy Center. He's just returned from a...

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Engaged learning in Ford School classrooms--beyond the big-ticket experiences

Dec 23, 2016

The Ford School has a long history of emphasizing engaged learning. Many of the big-ticket experiences, like the Integrated Policy Exercise (IPE), Applied Policy Seminar (APS) now called Strategic Public Policy Consulting (SPPC), International...

Seefeldt pens op-ed for Newsweek: “Meet the real ‘left behind’ voters: Black women”

Dec 13, 2016

Kristin Seefeldt's (MPP '96, PhD '10) December 9 op-ed, published by Newsweek, describes "the real ‘left behind’ voters: black women.” After the 2016 election, Seefeldt says, common wisdom among pundits was that Donald Trump won because of the...

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Wolfers on market responses to the ebb and flow of Presidential candidate fortunes

Dec 8, 2016

As Trump gained strength on election night, the prices of Clinton securities on political betting markets fell sharply. By midnight, stock market futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Index had fallen by 4 percent. Both movements reflected what...

Schwarz urges national unity, support for successful Trump transition post-election

Nov 18, 2016

Joe Schwarz was interviewed on WBCK’s The Richard Piet Show on November 26 regarding the election. A recording of the segment can be found on WBCK’s website: “Schwarz: The election is over, support Trump.”While the outcome of the election was...

Students, community members pack into overflow rooms for post-election analysis

Nov 10, 2016

Over 600 people filled the Annenberg Auditorium, Betty Ford Classroom, Great Hall, and at least three other classrooms around the Ford School on Wednesday, November 9 to watch a panel of professors and policymakers unpack the results of the 2016...

Gerber develops "Policymaker" to simulate stakeholder engagement, policy decision-making

Nov 4, 2016

People disagree. When they do, decision makers are charged with weighing feedback from multiple parties to draw a conclusion about how best to move forward. “You have decision makers who need to deal with that disagreement," says Elisabeth...

Ford School PhD student receives 2016 Weiser Emerging Democracy Fellowship

Nov 1, 2016

Ford School PhD student Eitan Paul was awarded a Weiser Emerging Democracy Fellowship for the 2016-17 academic year for his work on emerging democracies in the Global South.The fellowship is sponsored by the Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies,...

Media on Wolfers' research: “What financial markets think of the 2016 election”

Oct 25, 2016

According to most polls, public opinion shifted in marked favor of a Clinton presidency during the first Presidential debate of 2016, which took place on September 26. Justin Wolfers, who watched the debate while observing the real-time reactions of...

Wolfers for Brookings: “What do financial markets think of the 2016 election?”

Oct 20, 2016

The Brookings Institution published a paper by Justin Wolfers and Eric Zitzewitz on October 20: “What do financial markets think of the 2016 election?”ABSTRACTOn September 26, 2016, Hillary Clinton was regarded by post-debate polls to have defeated...

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"Redline with Bankole Thompson," airs live from the Ford School's great hall

Oct 7, 2016

Bankole Thompson, host of “Redline,” a public affairs program that airs daily on 910 AM Super Station Detroit, delivered a live broadcast from the Ford School on October 7. Thompson interviewed a number of guests, including Josh Rivera (MPP...

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Whitman in Detroit Free Press, “How to make trade policies work for all Americans”

Oct 3, 2016

In an October 2 Detroit Free Press op-ed, Marina v.N. Whitman outlines how trade policies can work for all Americans. Addressing polling data and the policy positions of both presidential candidates against free trade agreements, Professor...

Look to prediction markets for better political insight, says Wolfers in NYT Upshot

Sep 28, 2016

In his most recent column for the New York Times’ Upshot, Justin Wolfers explains how and why political prediction markets may provide more unbiased assessments of presidential debate performances this fall than pundits. Wolfers writes about two...

Alan Deardorff speaks with CNN Money about Trump’s position on NAFTA

Sep 28, 2016

Following the first presidential debate on Monday evening, Professor Alan Deardorff spoke with CNN Money writer Patrick Gillespie about Trump’s characterization of NAFTA.Trump has repeatedly called NAFTA a “terrible deal” that is responsible for the...

Michigan Journal of Public Affairs publishes 2016 volume on constitutional rights, freedoms

Sep 20, 2016

The editorial board of the Michigan Journal of Public Affairs (MJPA) is pleased to announce the 2016 edition and thirteenth volume of the student-run journal of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.This year’s call for papers established the...

Graphic with text "Michigan Journal of Public Affairs in Solidarity with Black lives"

New MSU/U-M policy survey will track attitudes, opinions of Michigan political insiders

Sep 14, 2016

Michigan State University’s Institute for Public Policy and Social Research (IPPSR) and the University of Michigan's Center for Local, State and Urban Policy (CLOSUP) are launching a new public policy survey designed to tap the attitudes and...

Internship field report, Kate Reinertson (BA '18) @ The Advance Group, New York City

Sep 13, 2016

Kate Reinertson (BA '18) offers this field report from her summer 2016 internship at The Advance Group, a political consulting firm in New York City.I left for work early on my first morning at The Advance Group. I had never taken the subway before,...

Internship field report, Jill Rosenfeld @ Violence Policy Center, Washington, D.C.

Aug 22, 2016

Jill Rosenfeld (BA '18), a University of Michigan sophomore who will join the Ford School as a bachelor's student this fall, is submitting this field report from her summer 2016 internship at the Violence Policy Center in Washington, D.C.This summer...

Tamar Mitts in The Journal of Economic Perspectives: "Can war foster cooperation?"

Jul 31, 2016

“Can War Foster Cooperation?” Michal Bauer, Christopher Blattman, Julie Chytilová, Joseph Henrich, Edward Miguel and Tamar Mitts pose this question in the summer 2016 volume of The Journal of Economic Perspectives. Introduction Warfare leaves...