Inspiring evidence-based policymaking
A new study co-authored by a University of Wisconsin–Madison professor finds that life expectancy gains made by high-income countries in the first half of the 20th century have slowed significantly, and that none of the generations born after 1939 will reach 100 years of age on average. Published in the journal Proceedings of the National …
President Donald Trump’s massive budget bill makes sweeping changes to the tax code, defense spending, and while also impacting most of the clean energy provisions enacted under President Joe Biden.
A new study published this weekend in Scientific Reports, a Nature Portfolio journal, analyzes the relationship between increasing building electrification and the energy burden for the remaining gas utility customers over time. Whether building electrification is market-driven or policy-driven, this analysis is intended to support energy regulators and planners in proactively considering and avoiding the …
Associate Professor Amber Wichowsky and Director Susan Webb Yackee shared how the Main Street Agenda Project helped bridge political divides in Wisconsin.
A host of emerging methods that remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere can be critical tools to limit global temperature increases, so long as policymakers don’t overestimate the methods’ role in their climate strategies. This is according to research published yesterday in Nature Communications led by PhD student Matilyn Bindl from UW–Madison’s Nelson Institute for …
This spring, Associate Professor Amber Wichowsky capped off an impactful first year at La Follette by debuting a new undergraduate course aimed at getting students to think about public policy as part of everyday life, build critical thinking skills, and encourage civic engagement and dialogue. In PA 230: Advancing Public Policy in a Divided America, …
Professor Manny Teodoro presented his groundbreaking water utility report card project to policymakers at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Associate Professor Yang Wang was named a Vilas Associate. Professor Susan Yackee's paper won the Kenneth J. Meier Award.
La Follette Professor Emeritus Tim Smeeding was announced this March as a prestigious fellow with the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Most of Wisconsin’s water utilities provide safe, healthy drinking water with 92% of the state’s water utilities earning A grades for water quality (health) in a first-of-its-kind water utility report card designed by Professor Manuel P. Teodoro.