Carbon capture, utilization, and storage: Technologies and costs in the U.S. context
The Biden administration has set a goal of reaching net zero economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Research
Urban Mobility and the Experienced Isolation of Students and Adults
Do urban children live more segregated lives than urban adults? Using cellphone location data and following the ‘experienced isolation’ methodology of Athey et al.
RCTs to scale: Comprehensive evidence from two nudge units
Nudge interventions have quickly expanded from academic studies to larger implementation in so-called Nudge Units in governments.
The 2021 Digital Services Convening
In June 2021, the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the digital transformation consultancy Public Digital hosted the fourth annual Digital Services Convening.
Spaceship or Stewardship: Imaginaries of Sustainability in the Information Age
This paper contrasts two approaches to implementing the notoriously ambiguous ideal of sustainability: one driven by the centralized, managerial metaphor of Spaceship Earth, and the other by a notion
Knowledge for a just climate
First, science generated without regard to questions about whose purposes it serves is not likely to persuade those who feel that their needs and interests were not heeded by the knowledge-makers.
Transnational families and technology: trends, impacts and futures
The digital age presents a complex array of opportunities and threats for transnational families.
Probability Paths and the Structure of Predictions over Time
In settings ranging from weather forecasts to political prognostications to financial projections, probability estimates of future binary outcomes often evolve over time.
The Great Tech Rivalry: China vs the U.S.
To mark the arrival of the 21st century, in 1999 the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine offered an Olympian preview of the decades ahead.
New urban challenges: Shared spaces in smart places – Overview and positioning
Modern cities face many new challenges as a result of the ‘digital age’, in particular the uncertain promise of high urban benefits from the widespread use of communication technology in a smart city
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