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How Shale Boom-Era Municipal Debt Could Undermine Community Resilience During the Energy Transition

Brandon Charles

This brief describes how shale boom-era municipal debt could become a long-term fiscal burden for impacted communities and identifies four policy approaches for managing these risks before the transition leaves communities holding the bill.

June 17, 2026

Sicker Americans Are More Likely to Misuse Prescription Medications

Esther Oshaji and Andrew S. London
Prescription medication misuse is a long-term population heath problem in the United States. This data slice explores how the number of chronic health conditions a person has is related to their likelihood of misusing prescription opioids, tranquilizers, sedatives, or stimulants in the past 12 months. 
June 16, 2026

Removing the Shroud: Revealing Cause of Death Patterns among Adults With Down Syndrome and Alzheimer’s Disease

Julia M. Finan, Scott D. Landes, Margaret A. Turk

The article, co-authored by Ph.D. student Julia Finnan and Professor of Sociology Scott Landes, was published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

June 15, 2026

Using an AI Chatbot to Improve Access to Lake Skaneateles Watershed Regulations

Lucas Colleluori and Tomás Olivier
This May 2026 Research to Practice Brief summarizes "Using an AI Chatbot to Improve Access to Lake Skaneateles Watershed Regulations," co-authored by Lucas Colleluori (Syracuse University) and Tomás Olivier (Syracuse University).
June 11, 2026

The Rise and Fall of American Europe

Glyn Morgan

Glyn Morgan, associate professor of political science, has written The Rise and Fall of American Europe (Polity Press, 2026). The book traces how the post-World War II American-led project of European integration—a political order grounded in U.S. military protection and transatlantic trade—came to be, and why it is now unraveling. 

June 11, 2026

The Effect of Export Market Access on Labor Market Power: Firm-Level Evidence From Vietnam

Trang Hoang, Devashish Mitra, Hoang Pham

The article, co-authored by Professor of Economics Devashish Mitra, was published in the Journal of Development Economics.

June 10, 2026

Disability Rates Among South Asian Immigrants in the U.S. Vary by Country of Origin

Sobia Mushtaq and Marc A. Garcia
Health data in the U.S. often groups South Asian immigrants into a single pan-ethnic category, masking important differences across subgroups. This brief describes how disability rates vary by country of origin among immigrants from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, and what gets hidden when these populations are combined. 
June 9, 2026

Heterogeneous Impairment Patterns Among Midlife Latinos in the United States

Courtney E. Boen, Elise M. Parrish, Catherine García, Marc A. Garcia

The article, co-authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Marc Garcia, was published in the Journals of Gerontology: Series B.

June 5, 2026

Natural Disasters, Property Reappraisal, and Fiscal Outcomes

Meri Davlasheridze, Yilin Hou, Qing Miao

Co-authored by Yilin Hou, professor of public administration and international affairs, the study was published in the Journal of Housing Economics.

June 4, 2026

Equities and Inequities Inherent in Wastewater Surveillance Systems for Public Health: New York State, 2020–2024

Milagros Neyra Blatz, Nicole Pulido, Michelle Asiedu-Danso, Dustin T. Hill, Margaret G. Rose, Yifan Zhu, Keshia M. Pollack Porter, David A. Larsen

The study, co-authored by Public Health Department researchers Milagros Neyra Blatz, Nicole Pulido and Dustin Hill, along with Professor of Public Health David Larson, was published in the American Journal of Public Health.

May 22, 2026

The State Made the System and the System Made the State

Ryan D. Griffiths, Michael C. McCall

The article, co-authored by Professor of Political Science Ryan Griffiths, was published in the European Journal of International Relations.

May 22, 2026

Partisanship, Party Systems, and Understandings of Democracy Across Africa

Erin Hern

Authored by Associate Professor of Political Science Erin Hern, the article was published in Party Politics.

May 22, 2026

Genetic Variability of SARS-CoV-2 in Wastewater and Associations With Community Transmission

Dustin T. Hill, Rafael Schulman, Ian Vasconcellos Caldas, Christopher Dunham, Yifan Zhu, Daryl Lamson, Lindsey Rickerman, Kirsten St. George, Yasir Ahmed-Braimah, David A. Larsen

The study, co-authored by Postdoctoral Scholar Dustin Hill and Professor of Public Health David Larsen, was published in Science.

May 21, 2026

Forum: Bridging the Gap between Academics and Policymakers in Africa

Jok Madut Jok, ‘Dapo Oyewole, Folashadé Soulé, Thomas Kwasi Tieku, Emmanuel Balogun, Haley Swedlund

The article, co-authored by Professor of Anthropology Jok Madut Jok, was published in International Studies Perspectives.

May 15, 2026

Property Tax Protection and Municipal Bond Valuation

Yunjoo An
This report, by Yunjoo An, tudies how downside protection for local property tax revenue affects local governments’ ability to commit to bondholders, and in turn their borrowing costs and human capital investment.
May 8, 2026

US State Policy Index for Population Health Analyses

Jennifer Karas Montez, Iliya Gutin, Shannon Monnat

The article, co-authored by Maxwell professors Jennifer Karas Montez, Iliya Gutin and Shannon Monnat, was published in The Milbank Quarterly.

May 4, 2026

Partisanship, Deservingness, and the Attitudinal Policy Feedback Process for Social Policy

Chris Faricy, Christopher Ellis

The article, co-authored by associate professor of political science Chris Faricy, was published in Policy Studies Journal.

May 1, 2026

Under the Same Umbrella: Public Health Insurance Expansions and the Uniformity of Insurance for Families

Sarah Hamersma, Daniel Grossman, Sebastian Tello-Trillo

Co-authored by Sarah Hamersma, associate professor of public administration and international affairs, the article was published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization.

April 16, 2026

Does Crisis Lending Help China Win Friends and Influence People?

David A. Steinberg, Selim Erdem Aytaç, Daniel McDowell

The article, co-authored by Maxwell Advisory Board Professor of International Affairs Daniel McDowell, was published in World Development.

April 13, 2026

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Reducing Transaction Taxes on Housing in Highly Regulated Economies

Christian Bontemps, Frederic Cherbonnier, and Thierry Magnac
This report, by Frederic Cherbonnier, uses the institutional and data setting of France, where transactions taxes are some of the highest in Europe, and evaluate the counterfactual impact of reducing transaction taxes from 14% to 6%, similar to US levels.
April 10, 2026

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