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What are the most pressing global challenges of our times? What is good governance? What do we mean by shared public purpose? These are some of the questions we ask at the McCourt School, for every policy topic, across every region of the world. Our community of faculty, researchers, practitioners, and students are actively working towards shaping policy outcomes and improving people’s lives.
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Discovery & Impact, Faculty Research
Full-Spectrum Propaganda, Explained: A Conversation with Renée DiResta and Josh Goldstein
Renée DiResta and Josh Goldstein offers a framework for analyzing how nation-states wage propaganda campaigns in the social media era.
April 22, 2026
Discovery & Impact, Faculty Research
Why do healthcare costs continue to rise? A policy expert weighs in.
Jack Hoadley, Research Professor Emeritus at the McCourt School of Public Policy’s Health Policy Institute, explains what’s contributing to rising healthcare expenses — and how policy can be part of the solution.
March 16, 2026
Discovery & Impact, Faculty Research
Americans are Lonely and Isolated. Here’s How Public Policy Could Help.
For Georgetown University’s Ask a Professor series, assistant teaching professor Bradley Holst explains how we might mitigate social isolation with public policy.
February 27, 2026