July 15, 2021
Ambidexterity in Cross-Sector Collaborations Involving Public Organizations
Page, S., Bryson, J., Crosby, B., Seo, D., & Stone, M. (2021). Public Performance & Management Review.
This article extends the concept of organizational ambidexterity to encompass knowledge exploration and exploitation in cross-sector collaborations. Collaborations are frequently charged to devise or implement innovative solutions to longstanding complex…
Women and Men Municipal Managers Doing and Undoing Gender
Bishu, S., & Heckler, N. (2020). Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory.
Drawing on the literature from critical gender studies and feminist critiques of bureaucracy, we explore the demands for gender work created when women occupy traditionally masculine roles in municipal government…
June 30, 2021
Can transparency and accountability programs improve health? Experimental evidence from Indonesia and Tanzania.
Arkedis, J., Creighton, J., Dixit, A., Fung, A., Kosack, S., Levy, D., & Tolmit, C. (2021). World Development.
This study assesses the impact of a transparency and accountability program designed to improve maternal and newborn health outcomes in Indonesia and Tanzania. Co-designed with local partner organizations to be community-led and non-prescriptive, the program sought to encourage community participation to address local barriers in access to high quality care for pregnant women and infants.…
June 15, 2021
The Spatial Context of Food Assistance: Examining Local Food Assistance Environment in the Context of SNAP
Allard, S., Wathen, M., & Danziger, S. (2021). Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition.
We develop the concept of the local food assistance environment to examine how spatial access to different local food assistance resources might shape food assistance program participation. Using unique survey…
May 31, 2021
Public Matters 2021: Transforming Public Service
Evans School Events
We heard from six amazing and dynamic storytellers as they shared their own reflections on this year’s theme, “Transforming Public Service.” Attendees were invited to listen and learn, and called upon to engage and commit to a new vision for anti-racist public service. The inaugural Public Matters was a true celebration of the knowledge of…
Nutritional Quality of Crops In A High CO2 World: An Agenda For Research And Technology Development
Ebi, K., Anderson, L., Hess, J. J., Kim, S., Loladze, I., Neumann, R. B., Singh, D., Ziska, L., & Wood, R. (2021). Environmental Research Letters.
In this study, researchers review the possible impacts of rising CO2 concentrations on human health, highlight uncertainties, and propose a research agenda to maintain the nutritional quality of C3 plants. We also synthesize options for addressing this critical challenge to nutritional safety and security.
April 30, 2021
Supplying the Pandemic Response: The Importance of Public Procurement
Abutabenjeh, S., Anguelov, L., Brunjes, B., Dimand, A., & Rodriguez-Pleza, E. (2021). Journal of Emergency Management.
The rapid global transmission of COVID-19 has demonstrated many weaknesses in government procurement of essential supplies. In the United States, these problems have been particularly evident, as systemic fragmentation through federalism has frustrated a coordinated response. Rather than working together, states and localities are competing over limited medical resources, while the federal government has not…
State Earned Income Tax Credits and Suicidal Behavior: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study
Morgan, E.R., DeCou, C.R., Hill, H., Mooney, S., Rivara, F.P., and Rowhani-Rahbar, A. (2021). Preventative Medicine.
Suicide is an increasingly common cause of death in the United States and recent increases in suicide rates disproportionately impact low-income individuals. This study sought to assess the impact of income support in the form of state earned income tax credit policies on suicide-related behaviors.
Dean’s Forum on Race & Public Policy: Leading and Managing Anti-Racist Organizations
Evans School Events
Grounded in the Evans School’s purpose to inspire public service and democratize public policy, this convening focuses on ways to lead and manage anti-racist organizations, so that we can dismantle the historical legacies in the United States of policy reflecting racial assuptions and perpetuating inequities.
Developing capacity and reducing risk? An analysis of federal international contracting
Harris, A. B., & Brunjes, B. (2021). International Public Management Journal
The US federal government outsources much of its work abroad, spurring a large and competitive industry to implement these contracts. This study explores the extent to which federal agencies select locally owned versus externally owned contractors, and the factors that predict whether a contract will be given to a locally owned firm. Findings indicate that…
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