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Bloomberg Law
Antitrust Deal Cops to Peek at Worker Abuses, Stirring Backlash

A paper cowritten by SP2’s Ioana Marinescu is cited as an example of scarce research on a correlation between labor market concentration and labor law violations.

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The Washington Post
Addicted to Cool

An examination of the role of air conditioning in human life cites a study coauthored by SP2’s R. Jisung Park, which predicts that rising temperatures could cause U.S. students to learn 10 percent less each year on average by 2050.

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Penn Today
Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields

Penn Today highlights SP2 Dean Sara S. Bachman’s participation in a Climate Week at Penn panel alongside deans and leaders from Penn’s four other health schools.

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Wired
This Is Your Kid’s Brain on Extreme Heat

SP2’s R. Jisung Park estimates that air conditioning in schools could prevent PSAT score gaps of up to 7 percent and $1,060 in future earnings loss per student.

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Fast Company
She went to the hospital for a few days. The state kept her kids for 4 years

SP2’s Johanna Greeson discusses the importance of organizations that assist families with relatively small expenses in order to prevent children from being separated from their parents due to conditions of poverty.

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The Wall Street Journal
Why More Baby Boomers Are Sliding Into Homelessness

SP2’s Dennis Culhane speaks about elderly homelessness, a phenomenon not seen since the Great Depression.

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WHYY
‘Why is there no air?’: An inside look at Philly’s early school dismissals amid extreme heat

SP2’s R. Jisung Park offers perspective on the impact of extreme heat on learning, a significant issue due to both climate change and unequal access to air conditioning in schools.

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The New Yorker
A Journey from Homelessness to a Room of One’s Own

A New Yorker article about modern homelessness written by Pulitzer Prize – winning author Jennifer Egan prominently features the research of SP2’s Dennis Culhane.

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American Association for Cancer Research
Engaging in Administrative Payment Tasks May Correlate With Treatment Delays and Nonadherence in Cancer Care

Engaging in administrative tasks to estimate costs or pay for care was associated with an 18% increase in cost-related cancer treatment delays or nonadherence, according to SP2’s Meredith Doherty and coauthors.

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Technical.ly
This Penn researcher is exploring how ChatGPT fits into the social sciences

SP2’s Desmond Patton speaks about ethical approaches to using ChatGPT in social science research.

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Check your mailboxes! 📬 

As part of #PennSP2's Center for Public Service & Policy led by former Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter, a survey will arrive in approximately 24,000 randomly selected city mailboxes between late September and December of this year. 

Sent by the Center's Philadelphia Economic Equity Project (PEEP), the survey is designed to explore the economic and social challenges that Philadelphians face and to identify ways in which Philadelphians are economically mobile. 

“With this survey, we’re inviting a group of Philadelphia residents to tell us about their experiences over the next 36 months,” said Candice Dias, PhD, PEEP project director. “It’s the first stage of our journey to understand the challenges of Philadelphians who face economic instability and to learn from them about what works to achieve stability. We don’t want to guess about what works, we want to hear directly from Philadelphians.”

🔗 Learn more at the link in bio!

[Image description: View of a Philadelphia street flanked by murals. The Comcast Center and other tall buildings can be seen in the distance.]

Check your mailboxes! 📬

As part of #PennSP2`s Center for Public Service & Policy led by former Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter, a survey will arrive in approximately 24,000 randomly selected city mailboxes between late September and December of this year.

Sent by the Center`s Philadelphia Economic Equity Project (PEEP), the survey is designed to explore the economic and social challenges that Philadelphians face and to identify ways in which Philadelphians are economically mobile.

“With this survey, we’re inviting a group of Philadelphia residents to tell us about their experiences over the next 36 months,” said Candice Dias, PhD, PEEP project director. “It’s the first stage of our journey to understand the challenges of Philadelphians who face economic instability and to learn from them about what works to achieve stability. We don’t want to guess about what works, we want to hear directly from Philadelphians.”

🔗 Learn more at the link in bio!

[Image description: View of a Philadelphia street flanked by murals. The Comcast Center and other tall buildings can be seen in the distance.]
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It’s Climate Week at @uofpenn! This week, events across campus will highlight the many ways the Penn community is working to understand and combat the climate crisis. 🌎 🌱 

At #PennSP2, climate inequality is a growing area of focus. The climate crisis is a significant social justice issue, brought on by structural oppression, resulting in human vulnerabilities and inequities. 

Meet three SP2 faculty members committed to addressing climate justice:

🔵 Assistant Professor Dr. R. Jisung Park
Dr. Park is an environmental and labor economist interested broadly in how environmental factors shape economic opportunity.

🔵 Assistant Professor Dr. Alice Xu 
Dr. Xu studies the comparative political economy of development with a focus on the politics of inequality and social policy, urban and distributive politics, and environmental politics in the Global South. 

🔵 Research Assistant Professor Dr. Chenyi Ma
Dr. Ma’s research aims to contribute to interdisciplinary knowledge of disaster risk reduction and sustainable development. 

Click the link in bio to read more about climate inequality research at SP2.

#ClimateWeekatPenn
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[Image description: Headshots of Drs. R. Jisung Park, Alice Xu, and Chenyi Ma]

It’s Climate Week at @uofpenn! This week, events across campus will highlight the many ways the Penn community is working to understand and combat the climate crisis. 🌎 🌱

At #PennSP2, climate inequality is a growing area of focus. The climate crisis is a significant social justice issue, brought on by structural oppression, resulting in human vulnerabilities and inequities.

Meet three SP2 faculty members committed to addressing climate justice:

🔵 Assistant Professor Dr. R. Jisung Park
Dr. Park is an environmental and labor economist interested broadly in how environmental factors shape economic opportunity.

🔵 Assistant Professor Dr. Alice Xu
Dr. Xu studies the comparative political economy of development with a focus on the politics of inequality and social policy, urban and distributive politics, and environmental politics in the Global South.

🔵 Research Assistant Professor Dr. Chenyi Ma
Dr. Ma’s research aims to contribute to interdisciplinary knowledge of disaster risk reduction and sustainable development.

Click the link in bio to read more about climate inequality research at SP2.

#ClimateWeekatPenn
@pennsustainability
@penn_environment

[Image description: Headshots of Drs. R. Jisung Park, Alice Xu, and Chenyi Ma]
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“[At SP2,] we believe that social policy and practice are effective tools to advance strategies to mitigate, anticipate, and respond to the human dimensions of environmental injustices. We’re doing groundbreaking, transdisciplinary research that explores the root causes of oppression and inequality, and we work to advance innovative, effective solutions. Included in our agenda in this regard, is research and practice to mitigate the unevenly distributed social consequences of climate change."

– SP2 Dean Sara S. Bachman, Collaborating on Climate and Health: A Discussion with Deans

Today, Dean Bachman joined health leaders at Penn to discuss the critical challenges arising from the impact of #ClimateChange on human well-being. Deans across the University provided insight into the ways in which climate is felt in their discipline and how they are addressing it across their education, research, and clinical missions. 

#ClimateWeekatPenn #environmentaljustice #climatejustice

“[At SP2,] we believe that social policy and practice are effective tools to advance strategies to mitigate, anticipate, and respond to the human dimensions of environmental injustices. We’re doing groundbreaking, transdisciplinary research that explores the root causes of oppression and inequality, and we work to advance innovative, effective solutions. Included in our agenda in this regard, is research and practice to mitigate the unevenly distributed social consequences of climate change."

– SP2 Dean Sara S. Bachman, Collaborating on Climate and Health: A Discussion with Deans

Today, Dean Bachman joined health leaders at Penn to discuss the critical challenges arising from the impact of #ClimateChange on human well-being. Deans across the University provided insight into the ways in which climate is felt in their discipline and how they are addressing it across their education, research, and clinical missions.

#ClimateWeekatPenn #environmentaljustice #climatejustice
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