Moynihan Prize

Public Interest Attorney Bryan Stevenson to Receive 2024 Moynihan Prize
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May 23, 2024

Public Interest Attorney Bryan Stevenson to Receive 2024 Moynihan Prize

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Economist Alan Blinder Receives 2023 Moynihan Prize
Recognition
March 2, 2023

Economist Alan Blinder Receives 2023 Moynihan Prize

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AAPSS Seeks Nominations for 2023 Moynihan Prize
Recognition
September 8, 2022

AAPSS Seeks Nominations for 2023 Moynihan Prize

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Marian Wright Edelman to Receive 2022 Moyhnihan Prize
Recognition
September 21, 2021

Marian Wright Edelman to Receive 2022 Moyhnihan Prize

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Watch the Forum: A Turning Point for International Climate Policy

Watch the Forum: A Turning Point for International Climate Policy

On May 13, the American Academy of Political and Social Science hosted an online seminar, co-sponsored by SAGE Publishing, that featured presentations […]

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‘The Idea of ‘Use’ is Important’: AAPSS and the Role of the Moynihan Prize

‘The Idea of ‘Use’ is Important’: AAPSS and the Role of the Moynihan Prize

Social Science Space took this opportunity of a call for nominations to ask Tom Kecskemethy, executive director of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, about the Moynihan prize specifically and career awards more broadly.

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AAPSS Awards Economist William Nordhaus 2020 Moynihan Prize

AAPSS Awards Economist William Nordhaus 2020 Moynihan Prize

William Nordhaus, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who was the first macroeconomist to seriously consider how climate can be influenced by human behavior and that human action and economic policy can influence climate, will receive the 2020 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize.

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Samantha Power on the Nexus Between Academe and Policy

Samantha Power on the Nexus Between Academe and Policy

Just after Samantha Power’s American Academy of Political and Social Science Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize lecture earlier this month, Social Science Space flagged her down to get some advice on navigating these abutting realms.

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AAPSS Names 2018 Fellows

AAPSS Names 2018 Fellows

The American Academy of Political and Social Science will induct the organizer of the American Opportunity Survey and a professor of social work who focuses on how public policy affects children and families as two of the five eminent scholars to be inducted as fellows of the academy this year.

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Nominations Sought for 2019 AAPSS’ Moynihan Prize

Nominations Sought for 2019 AAPSS’ Moynihan Prize

The American Academy of Political and Social Science welcomes nominations for the 2019 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize, with a deadline of October 17 for letters of nomination to be submitted.

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Alan Krueger: Where Does Public Policy Fit in a Gig Economy?

Alan Krueger: Where Does Public Policy Fit in a Gig Economy?

American labor law and social programs were developed in an age where workers labored for a company and could plan to be there for years, if not a lifetime. The velocity of the gig economy’s expansion has left policymakers far behind, says economist Alan Kruger, and he’d like to bring them up to speed.

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Alan Kruger on the Best Recipe for Policy

Alan Kruger on the Best Recipe for Policy

Alan B. Krueger, presently the Bendheim Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Princeton and formerly chairman of President Barack Obama’s Council […]

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