• March 9, 2020
  How sure are you? NIRR recently published an article in the Journal Nature Climate Change that found individual-level climate change beliefs are considerably less stable than previous literature and aggregate survey trends suggest. Contrary to the expectation of rough symmetry in partisan polarization on climate change, OU's study found that partisans on the political right have much more variable beliefs about climate change than do partisans on the left. Therefore, despite polarizing elite rhetoric, public beliefs about climate change maintain the potential to shift toward broader acceptance and a perceived need for action.
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• November 25, 2019
  This week's Washington Post highlighted NIRR affiliates' recent work on the value of a statistical dog's life. Read the Post article here and the full article in the Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis here!
  • Washington Post article )
  • Full artice in the Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis )
• November 11, 2019
  NIRR Director Dr. Hank Jenkins-Smith will be speaking December 10th at an NIRR co-sponsored panel event on science journalism, risk communication, and policymaking at the National Press Club. Dr. Jenkins-Smith will be joined by several prestigious scientists and journalists to speak on the topic “Science Reporting in a Changing Climate: How Can We Do Better?"
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• November 11, 2019
  NIRR Faculty Affiliate Dr. Deven Carlson has co-authored a paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research. In it, he analyzes how low-income college students’ educational outcomes are affected by need-based grant offers. Find the article here: https://www.nber.org/papers/w26419
• November 11, 2019
  NIRR Faculty Affiliate Dr. Deven Carlson (University of Oklahoma) and Dr. Elizabeth Bell (Miami University) recently joined the Hunt Institute’s Intersection Webinar to discuss the effects of implementing socioeconomic integration policies in North Carolina’s largest school district. Find the webinar here: http://www.hunt-institute.org/resources/2019/10/intersection-webinar-recap-blog-socioeconomic-based-school-assignment-policy-and-racial-segregation-levels/
• November 11, 2019
  NIRR Faculty Affiliate Dr. Deven Carlson will be speaking December 10th at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, DC. During the panel, Dr. Carlson will discuss the challenges that lie ahead for the inclusion of Social and Emotional Learning in K-12 education. For more information on the panel discussion, visit: https://www.aei.org/events/what-it-will-take-for-social-and-emotional-learning-to-succeed/
• September 13, 2019
  Researchers at NIRR recently conducted a nationwide survey that measures public reception, understanding, and responsiveness to severe weather forecasts and warnings. Click the link below to see survey details, questions, and topline statistics.
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