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Eleven of our colleagues and PhD students will be presenting this week in Boston, MA at the APPAM 48th Annual Fall Research Conference.


Here is a sneak peak at our participating faculty and PhD students — Lucy Qiu, Meng Feng, Mel George, Doug Besharov, Juan Pablo Martínez Guzmán, Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz, Peter Reuter, Zheyu Zhang, Salman Alam, Kasey Vangelov and Xiaofeng Ye — who will be in the following panels and sessions.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5


Risk and Insurance in a Changing Environment

  • 10:15 am - 11:45 am | 4th Floor, Vineyard
  • Xiaofeng Ye, chair
  • Meng Feng, presenting author


Advanced Methods for Casual Inference and Power Analysis

  • 10:15 am - 11:45 am | 5th Floor, New Hampshire
  • Mel George, presenting author


Peter H. Rossi Lecture: Addressing the Counterfactual Service "Problem" in Impact Evaluations

  • 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm | 4th Floor, Provincetown
  • Doug Besharov, moderator


Performance Management, Budgeting Reforms and Organizational Design

  • 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm | 4th Floor, Salon J
  • Juan Pablo Martínez Guzmán, presenting author


Revisiting Medicaid Expansion and Work: Labor Supply, Coverage and Economic Adjustment Across Populations

  • 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | 4th Floor, Orleans
  • Shanna Pearson-Merkowitz, non-presenting co-author


What Happens After Legalization? The Role of Cannabis Policy in Markets, Policing, Youth and Patient Health

  • 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | 3rd Floor, Clarendon
  • Peter Reuter, discussant


Lightning Session: Natural Resource, Energy and Environmental Policy

  • 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | 3rd Floor, MIT
  • Zheyu Zhang, presenting author

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6


AI in Public Procurement, Budgeting and Government Operations

  • 8:30 am - 10:00 am | 4th Floor, Salon K
  • Salman Alam, presenting author


Measuring Illicit Fentanyl Markets and Evaluating Overdose Intervention

  • 8:30 am - 10:00 am | 1st Floor/Lobby Level, Columbus
  • Peter Reuter, presenting author
  • Kasey Vangelov, presenting author


New Trump Grants Regulations and the Future of U.S. Policy Research

  • 10:15 am - 11:45 am | 3rd Floor, Wellesley
  • Doug Besharov, organizer and moderator


Infrastructure, Instability and Health: Local Determinants of Community Well-Being

  • 10:15 am - 11:45 am | 3rd Floor, Simmons
  • Lucy Qiu, presenting author


The Infrastructure of Intelligence: Navigating Sting Conflicts, Community Equity and Grid Resilience in the AI Era

  • 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | 3rd Floor, Northeastern
  • Xiaofeng Ye, presenting author

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7


Federalism in Times of Crises: Intergovernmental Coordination and Fiscal Transfers

  • 10:15 am - 11:45 am | 4th Floor, Salon J
  • Salman Alam, chair


How Policy Design and Social Context Shape Energy Behavior and Outcomes

  • 10:15 am - 11:45 am | 4th Floor, Vineyard
  • Lucy Qiu, discussant
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