Catalysts for Science Policy's In a Perfect Policy

Today we’re talking with Dr. Gregory Nemet, a Professor of Public Affairs at the Wisconsin Energy Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, about the IPCC report.

This episode was produced by Emily Tran, Maia Gumnit, and Isabella Whitworth, with music by John Leja. Thank you to Dr. Gregory Nemet for answering our questions.

Today's episode will focus on Green Gentrification and the unintended consequences of expanding sustainable infrastructure options in Wisconsin.

This episode is based on a policy memo written by CaSP members Julie Davis, Brittany Baur, Sarah Alexander, and Ben Bachman. You can read the full memo here: https://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/article_1038126_jspg180409.html

This episode was produced by Chris Unterberger and Maia Gumnit. Thank you to Julie Davis and Brittany Baur for the interview.

Today we’re talking about the importance of expanding paid sick leave in Wisconsin, from both a public health and racial equity perspective. This episode features an interview on the topic with Wisconsin Rep. Sondy Pope.

This episode was produced by Maia Gumnit, Lauren Schrader, and Chris Unterberger, with help from Katie Pereira. Thank you to Representative Sondy Pope for answering our questions.

Today we’re talking about the early development of COVID-19 tests, and how a major university started its own testing program to reopen their campus in the Fall of 2020.

This episode was produced by Maia Gumnit and Lauren Schrader, with help from Sebastian Manzo, Chris Unterberger, Kevin Lauterjung, and Robbie Frank. Thank you to Dr. Keith Poulsen and Dr. David O’Connor for answering our questions.

In a recent policy memo, four CaSP members provide recommendations for the City of Madison to create incentive programs for residents to implement green infrastructure. These actions will help the city prepare and adapt to changing climate conditions. In this episode, we will hear from the authors of this CaSP policy memo about their recommendations and the memo writing process in general.

This episode was produced by Maia Gumnit and Sarah Alexander. Thank you to Marie Fiori, Laura Borth, and Sarah Alexander for answering our questions today and sharing their recommendations.

In today’s episode of A Perfect Policy, we explore the state of policing in the United States with Seth Stoughton, Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law and expert in policing and how it is regulated. He served as a police officer with the Tallahassee Police Department and spent three years as an Investigator in the Florida Department of Education's Office of Inspector General. Additionally, he has written multiple book chapters on policing issues and his research has appeared in many top law journals. We discuss some of the obstacles facing police reform like lack of data collection and internal resistance to evidence-based policing. We also comment on the different roles of the federal, state and local government in resolving the problem of police brutality and misconduct.

Sources:

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2020/06/america-police-violence-germany-georgia-britain/612820/

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0002716219887372

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/many-americans-are-convinced-crime-is-rising-in-the-u-s-theyre-wrong/

https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/12/police-gun-shooting-training-ferguson/383681/

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/how-actually-fix-americas-police/612520/

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/police-are-killing-fewer-people-in-big-cities-but-more-in-suburban-and-rural-america/

https://fatalencounters.org/

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