Sentences with phrase «influenced policy debates»

Several of our research findings have influenced policy debates.

Long Island immigrants facing the threat of deportation soon will have a new resource to aid their defense, as Hofstra University's law school is opening a clinic to help some make their cases before immigration authorities and to craft proposals that could influence the policy debate.

Communications via multiple channels will play a key role throughout, to facilitate stakeholder engagement, extend our reach, and influence policy debates as they occur.

Not exact matches

While this debate has provided fodder for policy wonks, it has not had much influence on Capitol Hill which seems poised to allow federal unemployment benefits to lapse without much of an alternative strategy for getting the long term jobless working again.

Ms Loane said her mandate would include establishing a platform for Australia to develop a retirement outcomes policy, ensuring financial services had a «voice of influence» in the debate on tax and federation white papers, and building the right regulatory architecture so Australia could develop a significant presence in Asia.

He even waded into the debate Friday with a forceful press conference where he questioned NASCAR officiating policies and whether executives were too quickly influenced by what fans said on social media.

Though the SNP MPs are cool on their affection for Westminster, they each see it as a vehicle through which they can influence debate and policy.

Tourism promotion, broadband and infrastructure development and his moderate influence steering land use debates are all policies that will undoubtedly raise the fortunes of a region which has traditionally felt overlooked by Albany.

The purpose of debate is to influence and develop opinion and policy.

Three points stand out: the parliamentary process which led to the defeat, the influence of the Iraq War, and the debate this now creates about the direction of British policy.

De Blasio, who has traveled the U.S. saying he wants to influence national policy debate, for months has resisting calls to decriminalize marijuana.

Parliament should always be truthfully informed of decisions and policy plans as early as possible, and House of Commons debates and scrutiny should influence what gets done.

Public labor unions have drawn heavy influence in New York, both in the form of campaign donations and in public policy debates.

The policy debate between the two main parties — in reality fought on very narrow ground — had only a weak influence on the outcome.

Governments and intergovernmental bodies are the usual suspects, but any organization with an interest in influencing a science - policy debate — including nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), patients» groups, trade associations, professional and learned societies, the industrial sector — also needs people with an understanding of science and policy.

The episode also illustrates how the climate misinformation camp has exploited opportunities to influence climate policy, by targeting those with a direct stake in the policy debate.

«We sit with governments and partners and debate reforms and try to influence policy, but we started to wonder, do we really know how to advocate for UNICEF?»

These titles influence and inform education practice and administration, explore ongoing policy debates, and report on important research in the field.

But both groups acted with the same purpose: to inform and highlight the debate over education in the 2008 presidential campaign and to influence the future of the No Child Left Behind Act and other policies of the next president.

Nearly two decades later, the Delors report and its four pillars of learning have shaped policy debate and practice across numerous countries of the Asia - Pacific region and beyond, and continue to influence the education policies and practices of national governments and the work of international development partners including UNESCO, the World Bank and other international organizations.

His research helps inform and influence national debates over a range of education policies.

In addition to advising prominent politicians like Senator John McCain, Moe is a board member of the Center for Education Reform, a pro-privatization think tank that issues policy papers and ads to influence the debate.

The debate between the two policy analysts, which appears to have influenced both majority and minority opinions of the court, is presented in the upcoming issue of Education Next.

I think it is safe to say that Mike Feinberg and Dave Levin, the founders of KIPP, have had more influence on the school reform debate than any academic or policy wonk over the past 15 years.

Whether deciding school policy for an upcoming year or debating the consequences for an individual student arising from a single incident of misbehavior, educators juggle several factors: striking a balance between an orderly campus and a welcoming climate conducive to learning; protecting the safety of all students while recognizing the rights of individuals; treating students equitably but, when warranted, considering individual circumstances that influence behavior; and, in concert with every school's educative mission, convincing students who are behaving badly to correct their behavior while also standing ready to banish anyone who interferes with the learning of others.

The negative income tax experiments were designed to influence political debate on income support policy in at least two ways.

The main theme to emerge from all the speeches the other night [at the Moynihan award ceremony] was how hard it is to make evidence a part of public debates and to influence public policies with logic and data.

The program ended when Congress failed to appropriate funds for its continuation in the 2015 federal spending bill.14 In some sectors, there is increased debate about whether federal funds for education are best allocated through formulas or competitive processes, with opponents of competitive grants citing a desire to reduce federal influence in favor of state and locally - driven education policies.

Commonly cited concerns include the potential for outsized influence of big money donors on the policy process relative to more traditional voices in public education debates, such as teachers and other education practitioners.

They discuss immigration and the economic choices facing black communities, particularly in the inner city, and lend themselves to ethical debates (questions of what characters believe and how that influences their actions) and issues surrounding racism's depiction in policy and media.

* The role of the US in global efforts to address pollutants that are broadly dispersed across national borders, such as greenhouse gasses, persistent organic pollutants, ozone, etc...; * How they view a president's ability to influence national science policy in a way that will persist beyond their term (s), as would be necessary for example to address global climate change or enhancement of science education nationwide; * Their perspective on the relative roles that scientific knowledge, ethics, economics, and faith should play in resolving debates over embryonic stem cell research, evolution education, human population growth, etc... * What specific steps they would take to prevent the introduction of political or economic bias in the dissemination and use of scientific knowledge; * (and many more...)

Of course, there are quite a few experts in climate science and policy who warn that debating whether the research pointing to a disruptive human climate influence is, or is not, settled is a complete distraction from the reality that the basics are not in dispute (more CO2 = warming world = rising seas and lots of changing climate patterns).

In fact, the debate in this country over land use has become emblematic of American democracy: a struggle between competing special interest groups to influence common laws and policies through elections.

According to the MIT Energy Initiative website: «MIT's energy studies and reports are making a difference, providing both Congress and the executive branch with detailed recommendations to shape and influence energy policy debates, responses, and outcomes.»

Although Gov. Jerry Brown isn't involved in decisions on the five proposed coal facilities, he could lend his influence to the debate as governor of the most economically powerful state in the country and the national leader on clean energy and climate policy.

However, I disagree with the point you seem to be trying to make — i.e. that debating and trying to influence the public, media, scientists and policy makers in the west about the importance of doing rational economic analyses and using CBA is irrelevant.

The episode also illustrates how the climate misinformation camp has exploited opportunities to influence climate policy, by targeting those with a direct stake in the policy debate.

«The context here is that climate activists have long accused Exxon — along with various other large energy companies — of seeking to influence the climate policy debate to their benefit.

But how he chooses to differentiate what he wants to respond to is different than saying that there is a vast asymmetry in the influence of tribalism or political orientation in the climate debate writ large, or in the sausage making of related policies.

Such questions should be welcomed by scientists whose responsibility is to consider all sides of the scientific debate so that their research can influence policy decisions.

Peddlers of this myth push the assumption that climate science can not take place independently of the influence of policy debates, accusing the climate science community and institutions like the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change of having a political agenda, conspiring to fabricate data, and hyping up the science for personal gain.

The data and conclusions in the K15 paper qualify as ISI, because the implications of the conclusions have the potential to influence public policy concerning the politically charged climate change policy debates among various political factions.

My personal politics probably influence this opinion, but that should be noted for all participants in the policy debate.

You're, of course, free to not do so, but if you were genuinely interested in positively influence the climate change policy debate, you might at least consider it.

Their debate is about its magnitude and timing — which influences the associated public policy about what measures (if any) to take in response.

The Team, led by Phil Jones and Michael Mann, in attempts to shape the debate and influence public policy:

Statements given by the novelist Michael Crichton were taken into account when congress debated climate change in 2005 (why should a novelist have any influence on the US policy on climate change?).

These are opportunities to influence climate policy debates with a strong, collective, constructive corporate voice.

I can imagine reading really good treatises 20 years from now on «availability cascade»; and still the majority of influence in public policy debate will be to persuade people that «the other side» is giving in to cognitive fallacies.

This group, often termed climate change skeptics, contrarians, or deniers, has received large amounts of media attention and wields significant influence in the societal debate about climate change impacts and policy (7, 9 — 14).