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McCourt Welcomes Renowned Environmental Policy Scholar Aseem Prakash as New McCourt Chair
Professor Aseem Prakash joins the McCourt School of Public Policy with a joint appointment at Georgetown University’s Earth Commons Institute. The McCourt School of Public Policy is pleased to welcome Aseem Prakash to its faculty. Prakash’s globally and nationally recognized scholarship explores environmental policy, climate governance, non-governmental organizations and nonprofits, as well as voluntary and…
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Is All Publicity Good Publicity? Inside the Attention Economy of Presidential Campaigns
A new book by McCourt School Associate Professor Jonathan Ladd and Professor Lisa Singh explores how presidential campaigns compete for attention in a changing media landscape.
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Twenty-Five Years After 9/11: Remembering Professor Leslie Whittington
On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the McCourt community remembers beloved Public Policy Institute Associate Professor and economist Leslie Whittington.
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McCourt Professor Recognized with David N. Kershaw Award and Prize for Outstanding Contributions to Public Policy
Andrea M. Headley, an associate professor at the McCourt School, received the award from the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) for her notable contributions to public policy and the field of safety and justice.
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McCourt Professor Recognized With National Book Award
Ning Leng, assistant professor at the McCourt School, was awarded the American Political Science Association’s (APSA) Theodore J. Lowi First Book Award.
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Nobel Prize-Winning Economist George Akerlof Named as Professor Emeritus at McCourt School
Distinguished University Professor George A. Akerlof retires after more than a decade at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.
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Two McCourt Professors Named to Bipartisan AI and Workforce Commission
McCourt faculty Harry J. Holzer and Michael Strain join the American Enterprise Institute and Urban Institute’s joint Commission on Artificial Intelligence and the American Workforce.
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Policy Insights From McCourt Faculty on Substack
From elections and education to governance and gender, McCourt faculty are offering timely perspectives and scholarship on some of the most pressing topics in public policy on their personal Substacks.
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McCourt School Professor Chris Warshaw Named 2026 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
Chris Warshaw, professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy, is one of 24 fellows selected to study the causes of polarization in the U.S. and how to strengthen American society.
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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.