News & Research
October 19, 2021
Jeff Colgan and co-author Miriam Hinthorn (Brown University) recently published a piece in Energy Research and Social Science on the relationship between fuel prices and the global obesity epidemic using data spanning 145 countries between 1998 and 2016.
October 12, 2021 The Hill
Brian Atwood co-authored this opinion piece on Covid-19 and the inequality to access the vaccine around the world.
October 8, 2021 Reason
This review covers "The Family Firm," the latest book by Emily Oster.
October 5, 2021 USA Today
In this article, Deborah Gordon provides commentary on antiquated emergency response systems in the U.S. when it comes to hazardous releases.
October 4, 2021 Washington Post
Jonathan E. Collins penned this column on his research that found Americans are far more likely to comply with orders that come from the president than those that come from governors or mayors.
September 27, 2021 Washington Post
Emily Oster offered commentary on a new CDC analysis, which found that pediatric cases of COVID-19 rose more sharply in places without school mask requirements. "For the people that don’t support mask mandates in schools, they won’t be convinced by this," Oster said. "There is such polarization."
September 23, 2021 Providence Journal
Neil Thakral provided commentary in this article on the housing crisis in Rhode Island.
September 23, 2021 The New Yorker
This article cites Emily Oster's Covid-19 newsletter.
September 21, 2021 Illinois Public Media
In this podcast interview, Emily Oster discusses her latest book, “The Family Firm" and the Covid-19 pandemic.
September 20, 2021 Foreign Affairs
Jeff Colgan co-authored this piece on climate policy requiring action from countries across the globe, recommending they take bold steps toward decarbonization without seriously damaging domestic industries and generating tremendous political resistance.
September 20, 2021 NPR
This article features clips of Emily Oster responding to parenting questions submitted in an online forum for "Dear Life Kit" by NPR.
September 15, 2021 New York Times
This article cites Emily Oster and the brand new launch of a Covid-19 School Data Hub, a site that includes data from about 56,000 schools across 31 states.
September 14, 2021
Nitsan Chorev and coauthor Salma Mutwafy (Brown University) recently published a piece in SECTORS: Newsletter of the American Sociological Association's Sociology of Development Section, on the impact that international contests over innovation, vaccine diplomacy, and health nationalism have on both the availability of vaccines and their perception in low-income countries.
September 9, 2021 The Guardian
Timmons Roberts provided commentary on the marketing and communications practices of oil and gas companies.
September 2, 2021 Boston Globe
Adam Levine provided commentary in this article on his support for businesses implementing their own vaccination requirements.
September 1, 2021 Providence Journal
Michael Kennedy offers commentary in this article on the influence of COVID-19 on the younger generation, specifically students he's taught at Brown.
August 25, 2021 Wall Street Journal
This article cites a study co-authored by Emily Oster and four others in which they analyze student Covid rates in Florida, New York and Massachusetts during the 2020-21 school year.
August 23, 2021 The Guardian
Wendy Schiller provided commentary in this article stating, "This president has clearly decided that his mission, his set of goals is very much focused on improving conditions in the United States of America and essentially avoiding loss of life."
August 20, 2021 The Hill
Brian Atwood penned this piece on the troubled aftermath in Haiti resulting from a recent earthquake, hurricane, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
August 19, 2021 NBC News
This article cites Emily Oster's weekly newsletter and the idea of creating a “data force” to gather information on breakthrough infections in fully vaccinated people and Covid cases in children.