Podcasts about regional science

In this episode we'll hear from Vidal Marquez, Edna Ely-Ledesma and Adrian Diaz about their successful mobile workshop at this year's national planning conference which took place back in may in Minneapolis Minnesota. The workshop, Puentes: Bridging Healing and Revitalization in Latine neighborhoods, took participants to the East Lake Street Corridor, the largest Hispanic/Latinx neighborhood in the twin cities and a diverse community with immigrants from all over the world. Check out the photos posted on LAP's Instagram page Check out the route and stopping points along East Lake Street A special thank you to La Loma Tamales in Minneapolis for the delicious tamales! Vidal F. Márquez is an urban planner born and raised in the Highland Park community of Los Angeles, California. He is the immediate Past Chair of the APA Latinos and Planning Division. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban Studies and Planning from the California State University Northridge in Los Angeles. A division member since 2009, Vidal assisted in creating programming and educational opportunities within the Division beginning in 2012. During the fall of 2020, Vidal was proud to lead and produce the Division's inaugural multi-part conference event entitled L.U.G.A.R.E.S.: Latinidad, Unity, Gente, Advocacy, Resiliencia, Equity, Spaces. A key objective of the conference was to highlight ways in which planners within and outside of formal planning processes are addressing challenges and issues in their communities. Vidal is excited to showcase more resources and achievements for Latine planners who are working to make their communities a better place for all. Adrian Diaz Jr, is a Planner and Public Engagement Specialist with Short Elliot Hendrickson Inc, has worked with dozens of urban and rural communities throughout the Midwest. He earned two Bachelors of Science in Sustainable Community Development and Sociology with emphasis on social justice and sustainability. Adrian has focused on developing plans that provide equitable solutions and address community needs. Additional to his planning career, he has designed and launched multiple youth programs focused on career development, secondary education, community leadership, and cultural empowerment for Latine youth. Adrian was awarded the United States Presidential Environmental Youth Award for a stewardship project he led in his hometown, Waukegan, Illinois. Edna Ely-Ledesma is an assistant professor in the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she directs the Kaufman Lab for the Study and Design of Food Systems and Marketplaces. The corpus of her research, teaching, and mentoring focuses on understanding the development of the smart, green, and just 21st century city. Her work seeks to bridge the gap between communities and city governments to help define the planning and design agency of Latinos, a traditionally under-represented group. She holds a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Science from Texas A&M University, a Master of Architecture and a Master of Urban Design from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Bachelor of Environmental Design from Texas A&M University. She was a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellow. She served as a lecturer in the Urban Design program at the University of Texas School of Architecture (UTSOA) from 2014-2018. In 2017, she was the Emerging Scholar of Race & Gender Fellow in the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin, and in 2018 she was the Carlos E. Castañeda Postdoctoral Fellow for the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Plan Dulce is a podcast by the ⁠Latinos and Planning Division⁠ of the American Planning Association. Latinos and Planning Social media handles:  https://www.facebook.com/LatinosandPlanning/ https://www.youtube.com/@laplatinosandplanningdivis2944 https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4294535/

La rassegna stampa europea a cura del Centro Europe Direct dell'Università di Roma Tre. (03-06-2024)

"Smartness is dependent on the performance of the city." Are you interested in resilience as thinking in activities? What do you think about the city as the place of innovation? How can we the sustainability pillars – economic, environmental and social aspects in a concentric way? Interview with Professor Rudolf Giffinger, urban and regional development expert. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, smart cities, resilience, sustainability, thinking in activities, and many more. Professor Dr. Rudolf Giffinger is a renowned expert in urban and regional development. With a background in Geography from the University of Vienna and further specialization in Regional Science and Urban Studies, Rudolf has extensively contributed to the study of urban decay, smart city development, and housing market dynamics. His work, emphasizing sustainable and resilient urban planning through ICT, has been published in numerous books and journals, establishing him as a leading figure in his field. He has held prestigious roles, including the head of the Centre for Urban and Regional Research at the Vienna University of Technology, and garnered international recognition with his publications on smart city and resilient urban development. Despite retirement, his influence continues through teaching and ongoing scholarly contributions. Find out more about Rudolf through these links: Rudolf Giffinger on LinkedIn; Rudolf Giffinger on Google Scholar; Rudolf Giffinger at the Vienna University of Technology; Rudolf Giffinger at the European Smart Cities; Connecting episodes you might be interested in: No.001 - Smart Cities – Ranking of European medium-sized cities; No.090 - Interview with Matthew McCartney about urban externalities; No.156 - Interview with Fanni Melles about urban differences; No.207R - Defining indicator systems for liveable cities; What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@WTF4Cities⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or on the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wtf4cities.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ website where the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠shownotes⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ are also available. I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in. Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Lesfm ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pixabay⁠

Join us for a special live on-location episode with our host Michael Unger as he interviews some of the bright young minds at the Yukon-Stikine Regional Science Fair.Check out the 2023 Canada-Wide Science Fair results: https://www.sciencefairs.ca/news/2023/cwsf-finalists/Learn more about the Science Fair Foundation of BC on our website: https://www.sciencefairs.ca/

32 students from Ignacio Middle and High Schools attended the San Juan Basin Regional Science Fair at Fort Lewis College. A handful of students joined the competitive portion of the event, like Sophomores Evan Perkins and Max Montoya. Judges awarded Montoya and Perkins third place for their A.I.-based voice recognition project. The fair is a collaborative effort to encourage learning and exploration through the scientific process. By Connor Shreve.  Watch this story at www.durangolocal.news/newsstories/ignacio-students-win-at-regional-science-fair This story is sponsored by Happy Pappy's Pizza & Wings and Dunkin' Donuts. Support the show

The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act was introduced in 2016 to protect consumers who had invested in residential real estate projects from malpractices by real estate developers. After the law was passed, most states established real estate regulatory authorities to register and oversee the conduct of real estate developers. What changes did this act try to bring in, and how has this regulatory change benefited consumers? Is the increased information about property litigation that the Maharashtra RERA provides affecting housing prices? Does RERA reduce information asymmetry in the housing market?In this episode of Interpreting India, Vaidehi Tandel and Sahil Gandhi join Anirudh Burman to give us insights into these issues and more. They discuss their recent working paper, co-authored with Anupam Nanda and Nandini Agnihotri. Their study analyses how housing prices change in response to mandatory disclosures under the RERA. The paper is titled, “Do Mandatory Disclosures Squeeze the Lemons? The Case of Housing Markets in India.”Episode ContributorsVaidehi Tandel is an economist working in the areas of urban economics, political economy, and public finance, with a focus on India. Currently, Dr. Tandel is a lecturer in real estate and urban economics at the University of Manchester, UK. Her research has been featured in The Financial Times, The New York Times, The Straits Times, Livemint, and others. Her papers have been published in the Journal of Development Economics, the Journal of Urban Economics, the Journal of Regional Science, Environment and Urbanization, Cities, and BMJ Open, among others. Her current work looks at the politician-builder nexus in Mumbai, agglomeration economies in India, and climate change and adaptation across cities in developing countries.Sahil Gandhi is an urban and real estate economist. Dr. Gandhi is a lecturer at The University of Manchester's School of Environment, Education and Development. His research is in the fields of urban economics, real estate, and land economics. His recent papers are on vacant housing in India, migration and tenure choice, housing supply in Mumbai, and so on. His research has been published in the Journal of Urban Economics, the Journal of Development Economics, the Journal of Regional Science, Environment and Urbanization, and Cities, among others. He has also led a report on affordable housing in India. Dr. Gandhi has bylines in international and Indian media outlets such as The Washington Post, The Hindu, Hindustan Times, The Economic Times, and Livemint, among others. His research has also been cited in The Financial Times, The BBC, The Straits Times, Livemint, and more.---Key Moments(0:00); Introduction(2:39); Chapter 1: The Context Behind RERA(9:56); Chapter 2: Key Regulatory Changes(15:21); Chapter 3: The Case of Maharashtra's RERA(17:27); Chapter 4: Mumbai's High Proportion of Litigated Projects(23:04); Chapter 5: The Aim and Findings of the Study(27:35); Chapter 6: Variations Across Housing Submarkets (32:35); Chapter 7: Luxury Housing and Mandatory Disclosures(35:02); Chapter 8: Non-Luxury Housing and Litigation Costs(36:10); Chapter 9: RERA's Impact on Low- and Middle-Income Consumers(40:36); Chapter 10: Types of Litigation Faced by Projects(43:44); Chapter 11: Future Research in Urban Economics(48:22); Outro---Additional ReadingsDo Mandatory Disclosures Squeeze the Lemons? The Case of Housing Markets in India by Vaidehi Tandel, Sahil Gandhi, Anupam Nanda, and Nandini AgnihotriToo Slow for the Urban March: Litigations and the Real Estate Market in Mumbai, India by Sahil Gandhi, Vaidehi Tandel, Alexander Tabarrok, and Shamika RaviView: Time to Make RERA Roar by Nandini Agnihotri and Sahil GandhiIndia Has to Attack Causes of Land Litigation. Modi's Ease of Doing Business Depends on It by Anirudh Burman Making Land Titles in India Marketable: Using Title Insurance as a Viable Alternative to Conclusive Titling by Anirudh Burman--Carnegie India Socials:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carnegieindia/ (@CarnegieIndia)Twitter: https://twitter.com/CarnegieIndiaWebsite: https://carnegieindia.orgYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CarnegieIndia/

The Ocean Doctor - Dr. David E. Guggenheim is a marine scientist, conservation policy specialist, submarine pilot and ocean explorer. He is president of 1planet1ocean, a project of The Ocean Foundation where he is a Senior Fellow and director of its Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Program. He is currently leading a major project to elevate collaboration in marine science and conservation among Cuba, Mexico and the U.S. to a new level and leading the first-ever comprehensive research and conservation program in Cuba's Gulf of Mexico region, a joint effort with the University of Havana. Also known as the "Ocean Doctor" and host of the ExpeditionCasts podcast series, Dr. Guggenheim is currently engaged in a special "expedition" to all fifty U.S. states visiting schools and bringing special programs about ocean exploration and conservation to young students. So far he has traveled more than 35,000 miles, visited 13 states, made 39 speeches and reached more than 10,000 students in schools ranging from the northernmost community in North America, Barrow, Alaska, to Macksville, Kansas, close to the geographic center of the lower 48 states, to the southern tip of Florida. In 2007 he served as a scientific advisor to Greenpeace for its expedition to map deepwater corals in the Bering Sea where he piloted the first-ever manned submersible dives into the Bering Sea's largest underwater canyons. Guggenheim played a lead role in building the recently-formed Gulf of Mexico Alliance, a partnership among the U.S. Gulf states and 13 federal agencies and Mexico. Guggenheim is also working to introduce cutting-edge technologies for sustainable aquaculture practices to the Americas to reduce pressure on overfished wild fish stocks. Guggenheim previously served as Vice President at The Ocean Conservancy, President & CEO of The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, co-chair of the Everglades Coalition and president of the Friends of Channel Islands National Park. Guggenheim holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Public Policy from George Mason University in Virginia, a Master's in Aquatic and Population Biology from University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Master's in Regional Science and Bachelor's in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. For additional information, please see: www.1planet1ocean.org and www.OceanDoctor.org.

Jessica Holden & Debbie Johnson/Gwinnett County Public Schools The Gwinnett Regional Science, Engineering + Innovation Fair will be held on Friday, February 24, 2023 at the Gas South Convention Center. This event highlights student innovations in STEM and collaboration with community professionals as judges to ensure the best and brightest students represent Gwinnett at the […] The post 2023 Gwinnett Regional Science, Engineering + Innovation Fair appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Dr. David E. Guggenheim is a marine scientist, conservation policy specialist, submarine pilot and ocean explorer. He is president of 1planet1ocean, a project of The Ocean Foundation where he is a Senior Fellow and director of its Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Program. He is currently leading a major project to elevate collaboration in marine science and conservation among Cuba, Mexico and the U.S. to a new level and leading the first-ever comprehensive research and conservation program in Cuba's Gulf of Mexico region, a joint effort with the University of Havana. Also known as the "Ocean Doctor" and host of the ExpeditionCasts podcast series, Dr. Guggenheim is currently engaged in a special "expedition" to all fifty U.S. states visiting schools and bringing special programs about ocean exploration and conservation to young students. So far he has traveled more than 35,000 miles, visited 13 states, made 39 speeches and reached more than 10,000 students in schools ranging from the northernmost community in North America, Barrow, Alaska, to Macksville, Kansas, close to the geographic center of the lower 48 states, to the southern tip of Florida. In 2007 he served as a scientific advisor to Greenpeace for its expedition to map deepwater corals in the Bering Sea where he piloted the first-ever manned submersible dives into the Bering Sea's largest underwater canyons. Guggenheim played a lead role in building the recently-formed Gulf of Mexico Alliance, a partnership among the U.S. Gulf states and 13 federal agencies and Mexico. Guggenheim is also working to introduce cutting-edge technologies for sustainable aquaculture practices to the Americas to reduce pressure on overfished wild fish stocks. Guggenheim previously served as Vice President at The Ocean Conservancy, President & CEO of The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, co-chair of the Everglades Coalition and president of the Friends of Channel Islands National Park. Guggenheim holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Public Policy from George Mason University in Virginia, a Master's in Aquatic and Population Biology from University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Master's in Regional Science and Bachelor's in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. For additional information, please see: www.1planet1ocean.org and www.OceanDoctor.org.******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

This week we are talking to Martim Smolka, the man who has been the director of the Latin American and Caribbean program at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy since it was made, 27 years ago. This is no minor thing: four of our guests on this podcast have worked or published with the Lincoln Institute, and its impact on Latin American land policy is profound - Martim has truly played an important role in the history of land policy in Latin American cities. In this episode, Flavia Leite and I talk with Martim about the Georgist theoretical underpinnings of progressive land policy, the history of these policies in Latin American cities, and why TIF may well be understood as the “anti-christ” of land value capture. On the subject of TIF, check out Flavia and Bridget Fisher's critical analysis of the camouflaged risks and costs of TIF in Hudson Yards that we mention in the episode: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264275122001007 Martim is a Brazilian economist, with a Ph.D. in Regional Science from the University of Pennsylvania (1980). He was the director of the Program on Latin America and the Caribbean at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy for 27 years. At the LILP he developed (and lectured in) many educational programs for high-level public officials, members of academia, NGOs leaders and other professionals throughout Latin America. Flávia is a PhD student in City & Regional Planning at UC Berkeley. Her research interest revolves around the relationship between formal and informal housing markets, with a specific focus on housing financialization, access to credit, and housing policy in Latin America.

Special Series on History and Urban Economics - Part III This episode is the third and final in a series based on a new special issue on Urban Economics and History in Regional Science and Urban Economics. It contains a series of short conversations with authors and concludes Season 2 of the show. Today's Guests: Ed Glaeser is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and Chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard University. Leah Brooks is an Associate Professor at George Washington University's Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration. Ting Chen is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Hong Kong Baptist University. David Nagy is a Junior Researcher at Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI), an Adjunct Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), and a Barcelona School of Economics Affiliated Professor. Yanos Zylberberg is an Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol. Jason Barr is a Professor of Economics at Rutgers University-Newark. Papers Discussed in Today's Episode: What Can Developing Cities Today Learn from the Urban Past? by Ed Glaeser What if You Build It and They Don't Come? How the Ghost of Transit Past Haunts the Transit Present by Leah Brooks and Genevieve Denoeux War Shocks, Migration, and Historical Spatial Development in China by Ting Chen and James Kung Quantitative Economic Geography Meets History: Questions, Answers and Challenges by David Nagy Urban Economics in a Historical Perspective: Recovering Data with Machine Learning by Pierre-Philippe Combes, Laurent Gobillon, and Yanos Zylberberg Viewing Urban Spatial History from Tall Buildings by Gabriel Ahlfedlt and Jason Barr Firms, Fires, and Firebreaks: The Impact of the 1906 San Francisco Disaster on Business Agglomeration by James Siodla Follow us on the web or on Twitter: @denselyspeaking, @jeffrlin, @greg_shill. Hosts: Jeff Lin and Greg Shill. Special thanks to our outgoing producer Schuyler Pals (Schuyler, you'll be greatly missed - thank you and good luck on the bar exam!) Our theme music is by Oleksandr Koltsov. Sounds from Ambience, London Street by InspectorJ. The views expressed on the show are those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System, or any of the other institutions with which the hosts or guests are affiliated.

Special Series on History and Urban Economics - Part II This episode is the second in a series based on a forthcoming special issue on Urban Economics and History, to be published in the journal Regional Science and Urban Economics. It contains a series of short conversations with multiple authors. Guests: Brian Beach is Assistant Professor of Economics at Vanderbilt University and Dan Bogart is Professor of Economics at the University of California Irvine. Robert Margo is Professor of Economics at Boston University. Alexander Whalley is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Calgary Haskayne School of Business. Katherine Eriksson is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of California Davis and Allison Shertzer is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh. Papers Discussed in Today's Episode: Water Infrastructure and Health in U.S. Cities by Brian Beach. Infrastructure and Institutions: Lessons from History by Dan Bogart. Industrialization and Urbanization in Nineteenth Century America by Jeremy Atack, Robert Margo, and Paul Rhode. 150 Years of the Geography of Innovation by Michael Andrews and Alexander Whalley. Immigrants and Cities during the Age of Mass Migration by Katherine Eriksson and Zachary Ward. Zoning and Segregation in Urban Economic History by Allison Shertzer, Tate Twinam, and Randy Walsh. Follow us on the web or on Twitter: @denselyspeaking, @jeffrlin, @greg_shill. Hosts: Jeff Lin and Greg Shill. Producer: Schuyler Pals. Our theme music is by Oleksandr Koltsov. Sounds from Ambience, London Street by InspectorJ. The views expressed on the show are those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System, or any of the other institutions with which the hosts or guests are affiliated.

Dr. David E. Guggenheim is a marine scientist, conservation policy specialist, submarine pilot and ocean explorer. He is president of 1planet1ocean, a project of The Ocean Foundation where he is a Senior Fellow and director of its Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Program. He is currently leading a major project to elevate collaboration in marine science and conservation among Cuba, Mexico and the U.S. to a new level and leading the first-ever comprehensive research and conservation program in Cuba's Gulf of Mexico region, a joint effort with the University of Havana. Also known as the "Ocean Doctor" and host of the ExpeditionCasts podcast series, Dr. Guggenheim is currently engaged in a special "expedition" to all fifty U.S. states visiting schools and bringing special programs about ocean exploration and conservation to young students. So far he has traveled more than 35,000 miles, visited 13 states, made 39 speeches and reached more than 10,000 students in schools ranging from the northernmost community in North America, Barrow, Alaska, to Macksville, Kansas, close to the geographic center of the lower 48 states, to the southern tip of Florida. In 2007 he served as a scientific advisor to Greenpeace for its expedition to map deepwater corals in the Bering Sea where he piloted the first-ever manned submersible dives into the Bering Sea's largest underwater canyons. Guggenheim played a lead role in building the recently-formed Gulf of Mexico Alliance, a partnership among the U.S. Gulf states and 13 federal agencies and Mexico. Guggenheim is also working to introduce cutting-edge technologies for sustainable aquaculture practices to the Americas to reduce pressure on overfished wild fish stocks. Guggenheim previously served as Vice President at The Ocean Conservancy, President & CEO of The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, co-chair of the Everglades Coalition and president of the Friends of Channel Islands National Park. Guggenheim holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Public Policy from George Mason University in Virginia, a Master's in Aquatic and Population Biology from University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Master's in Regional Science and Bachelor's in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. For additional information, please see: www.1planet1ocean.org and www.OceanDoctor.org. ****************************************************************** To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Dr. David E. Guggenheim is a marine scientist, conservation policy specialist, submarine pilot and ocean explorer. He is president of 1planet1ocean, a project of The Ocean Foundation where he is a Senior Fellow and director of its Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Program. He is currently leading a major project to elevate collaboration in marine science and conservation among Cuba, Mexico and the U.S. to a new level and leading the first-ever comprehensive research and conservation program in Cuba's Gulf of Mexico region, a joint effort with the University of Havana. Also known as the "Ocean Doctor" and host of the ExpeditionCasts podcast series, Dr. Guggenheim is currently engaged in a special "expedition" to all fifty U.S. states visiting schools and bringing special programs about ocean exploration and conservation to young students. So far he has traveled more than 35,000 miles, visited 13 states, made 39 speeches and reached more than 10,000 students in schools ranging from the northernmost community in North America, Barrow, Alaska, to Macksville, Kansas, close to the geographic center of the lower 48 states, to the southern tip of Florida. In 2007 he served as a scientific advisor to Greenpeace for its expedition to map deepwater corals in the Bering Sea where he piloted the first-ever manned submersible dives into the Bering Sea's largest underwater canyons. Guggenheim played a lead role in building the recently-formed Gulf of Mexico Alliance, a partnership among the U.S. Gulf states and 13 federal agencies and Mexico. Guggenheim is also working to introduce cutting-edge technologies for sustainable aquaculture practices to the Americas to reduce pressure on overfished wild fish stocks. Guggenheim previously served as Vice President at The Ocean Conservancy, President & CEO of The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, co-chair of the Everglades Coalition and president of the Friends of Channel Islands National Park. Guggenheim holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Public Policy from George Mason University in Virginia, a Master's in Aquatic and Population Biology from University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Master's in Regional Science and Bachelor's in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. For additional information, please see: www.1planet1ocean.org and www.OceanDoctor.org. ****************************************************************** To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Dr. David E. Guggenheim is a marine scientist, conservation policy specialist, submarine pilot and ocean explorer. He is president of 1planet1ocean, a project of The Ocean Foundation where he is a Senior Fellow and director of its Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Program. He is currently leading a major project to elevate collaboration in marine science and conservation among Cuba, Mexico and the U.S. to a new level and leading the first-ever comprehensive research and conservation program in Cuba's Gulf of Mexico region, a joint effort with the University of Havana. Also known as the "Ocean Doctor" and host of the ExpeditionCasts podcast series, Dr. Guggenheim is currently engaged in a special "expedition" to all fifty U.S. states visiting schools and bringing special programs about ocean exploration and conservation to young students. So far he has traveled more than 35,000 miles, visited 13 states, made 39 speeches and reached more than 10,000 students in schools ranging from the northernmost community in North America, Barrow, Alaska, to Macksville, Kansas, close to the geographic center of the lower 48 states, to the southern tip of Florida. In 2007 he served as a scientific advisor to Greenpeace for its expedition to map deepwater corals in the Bering Sea where he piloted the first-ever manned submersible dives into the Bering Sea's largest underwater canyons. Guggenheim played a lead role in building the recently-formed Gulf of Mexico Alliance, a partnership among the U.S. Gulf states and 13 federal agencies and Mexico. Guggenheim is also working to introduce cutting-edge technologies for sustainable aquaculture practices to the Americas to reduce pressure on overfished wild fish stocks. Guggenheim previously served as Vice President at The Ocean Conservancy, President & CEO of The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, co-chair of the Everglades Coalition and president of the Friends of Channel Islands National Park. Guggenheim holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Public Policy from George Mason University in Virginia, a Master's in Aquatic and Population Biology from University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Master's in Regional Science and Bachelor's in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. For additional information, please see: www.1planet1ocean.org and www.OceanDoctor.org.******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Dr. David E. Guggenheim is a marine scientist, conservation policy specialist, submarine pilot and ocean explorer. He is president of 1planet1ocean, a project of The Ocean Foundation where he is a Senior Fellow and director of its Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Program. He is currently leading a major project to elevate collaboration in marine science and conservation among Cuba, Mexico and the U.S. to a new level and leading the first-ever comprehensive research and conservation program in Cuba's Gulf of Mexico region, a joint effort with the University of Havana. Also known as the "Ocean Doctor" and host of the ExpeditionCasts podcast series, Dr. Guggenheim is currently engaged in a special "expedition" to all fifty U.S. states visiting schools and bringing special programs about ocean exploration and conservation to young students. So far he has traveled more than 35,000 miles, visited 13 states, made 39 speeches and reached more than 10,000 students in schools ranging from the northernmost community in North America, Barrow, Alaska, to Macksville, Kansas, close to the geographic center of the lower 48 states, to the southern tip of Florida. In 2007 he served as a scientific advisor to Greenpeace for its expedition to map deepwater corals in the Bering Sea where he piloted the first-ever manned submersible dives into the Bering Sea's largest underwater canyons. Guggenheim played a lead role in building the recently-formed Gulf of Mexico Alliance, a partnership among the U.S. Gulf states and 13 federal agencies and Mexico. Guggenheim is also working to introduce cutting-edge technologies for sustainable aquaculture practices to the Americas to reduce pressure on overfished wild fish stocks. Guggenheim previously served as Vice President at The Ocean Conservancy, President & CEO of The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, co-chair of the Everglades Coalition and president of the Friends of Channel Islands National Park. Guggenheim holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Public Policy from George Mason University in Virginia, a Master's in Aquatic and Population Biology from University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Master's in Regional Science and Bachelor's in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. For additional information, please see: www.1planet1ocean.org and www.OceanDoctor.org.******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Special Series on History and Urban Economics - Part I This episode is the first in a series based on a forthcoming special issue focused on Urban Economics and History, to be published in the journal Regional Science and Urban Economics. It contains a series of short conversations with multiple authors. Guests: Walker Hanlon is Associate Professor of Economics at Northwestern University and Stephan Heblich is Associate Professor and Munk Chair of Economics at the University of Toronto. Maarten Bosker is Professor of International Trade and Development at Erasmas University of Rotterdam. Noel Johnson is Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University. Treb Allen is Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College Papers Discussed in this Episode: History and Urban Economics by Walker Hanlon and Stephan Heblich City Origins by Maarten Bosker Medieval Cities Through the Lens of Urban Economics by Remie Jedwab, Noel Johnson, and Mark Koyoma Persistance and Path Dependence: A Primer by Treb Allen and Dave Donaldson What Future for History Dependence in Spatial Economics by Jeffrey Lin and Ferdinand Rauch Follow us on the web or on Twitter: @denselyspeaking, @jeffrlin, @greg_shill. Hosts: Jeff Lin and Greg Shill. Producer: Schuyler Pals. Special theme music for this series: Oleksandr Koltsov Ambience, London Street, A by InspectorJ. The views expressed on the show are those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System, or any of the other institutions with which the hosts or guests are affiliated.

All four Regional Science Fair winners joined us to discuss their amazing projects that are nothing short of impressive. We learn about Dhyan Patel's enhanced recycling project, Manorama Joshi's sophisticated cane to help guide those with deaf blindness, Nishka Rai with her smart bandage, and Sparsh Patel's headband that can sense when someone's attention is elsewhere.

Professor Marccus Hendricks and Angela talk about what it means to be a scholar, public servant and city planner when you're working towards social equity and community partnership.Marccus Hendricks works with the public and every level of government to get the most from stormwater infrastructure data.In Data Dialogues, we highlight two people working with environmental data and then put them in conversation with each other. Listen to Marccus' conversation on its own or pair it with Shelby Green's conversation in Episode 1 or Shelby & Marccus' dialogue together in Episode 3.  You can access a transcript of this episode and Show Notes on our website and join in the conversation on Twitter @OpenEnviroData and Instagram @OpenEnviroData!Marccus Hendricks (he) is an Assistant Professor of Urban Planning and the Director of the Stormwater Infrastructure Resilience and Justice Lab (SIRJ)  at the University of Maryland. He holds a Masters in Public Health and a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Science both from Texas A&M University. Angela Eaton (she) is the Director of Data Inclusion at Open Environmental Data Project and host of Data Dialogues

Taxes fund many important services, such as education, transportation, parks, and healthcare that benefit us all and our society. But does it make sense to tax groceries? Today, we're exploring research on the impact of grocery taxes, particularly, on low income families. We have two guests today who have collaborated on a really interesting project. Agricultural economist, Yuqing Zheng, of the University of Kentucky, and Norbert Wilson of Duke University. They're co-authors on a research paper entitled Putting Grocery Taxes on the Table, Evidence for Food Security Policy Makers. Interview Summary Why do we need to care about grocery taxes? Yuqing - For low income populations, it matters a lot. For example, if you're paying $8,000 a year on grocery bill and you are paying 10%, that's about $800. And especially for low income population, we are concerned that grocery taxes could be very regressive. That means low income populations are paying a higher share of the burden. That concerns us quite a bit, and we would like to see if the grocery tax is hurting the low income populations the most. Let me ask a follow up question to that. So, it's been a while since I've seen these numbers, but I know at one point, people in the United States paid the lowest amount per capita of any country in the world for food. So how does that figure into your thinking about this? Yuqing - For middle income population, they are paying very reasonable share of income, but for low income populations, the burden is much higher. So for some states, if taxes are high, then it can be quite big percentage of a total income. So Norbert, let's turn to you. Could you explain why your research team wanted to study grocery taxes? Norbert - I lived in Alabama for a number of years and there were grocery taxes in the state and they still exist. I had heard a number of community groups express concern about the grocery tax and argue that it was hurting people who were struggling to make ends meet. And so I wondered, were the grocery taxes really that important? Part of the motivation as Yuqing has already made very clear, the grocery tax is a regressive tax that may be a heavy burden on lower income consumers. And the question is, was this really a problem? Do we see a relationship between the grocery tax and one of the measures that we think is really important, food insecurity? And so that's what motivated this original project. So where do grocery taxes exist and who gets to decide if groceries are taxed and how large are these taxes in general? Yuqing - Grocery tax is a sales tax imposed on the grocery food you purchase. So it could be in the form of a county or a state tax. It also could be in the form of combined. Overall, 16 of the U.S. states have grocery taxes. And if you look at these 16 states, the average of grocery tax percentage is about at 4.2%. So I lived in four states before, North Carolina, Alabama, New York and Kentucky. In Alabama, we are paying about a 4% state level taxes and another 4% county level and up to 2% of city taxes. So that's easily 10% of grocery tax. In North Carolina, in the county where I used to live, it's about a 2.7, 5% of county grocery taxes. There's no state level grocery taxes at all. In New York and Kentucky, there are no grocery taxes at all. In Kentucky, I'm paying 6% sales taxes on general merchandise but not food. That's very helpful to know, and that's pretty startling how wide the variability is. So Norbert, what are your main findings from this study? Norbert - We see that there's a relationship between the grocery tax and food insecurity. For every 1% increase in the grocery tax, we see a 0.84% increase in the probability of a household being food insecure. So, given the average of a 4.2% grocery tax across the U.S., we would argue that it increases the probability of a household being food insecure a little more than 3%. And so this is a substantial result in that, we are seeing more households that are food insecure in communities where there are grocery taxes. And as you have had on previous podcasts, food insecurity is an important indicator of wellbeing. There are a number of studies that showed that food insecurity is linked to various negative health outcomes. And it's also associated with issues around behavior, especially among children. And so managing food insecurity can be an important way of helping reduce inequalities in a society. And we're finding evidence that this grocery tax, at least, is related to the probability of a household being food insecure. Those are pretty startling numbers and highly impactful, I think. In places where these taxes are being considered, does the impact on food security come up in legislative discussions? Norbert - It does show up, at least from the people who are advocating for the removal of these policies. But it's also interesting to note that these are controversial taxes and that many states that have considered or discussed removing the tax are concerned about the loss of revenue and rightly so, and are concerned about them raising new revenue or new taxes to recuperate the lost revenue. And that's where I think a lot of the challenge comes is it's difficult for states to make the decision of switching one tax for another. So let's talk about the policy implications of this. And I'd love to hear thoughts from both of you. Yuqing - First, I want to add is that grocery taxes tend to exist in Southern states, where higher food insecurity is more prevalent. So actually, there are some policy discussions recently in West Virginia and the New Mexico, they used to have grocery taxes and they were abolished. And then now they were thinking about bringing it back. So one aspect, I think, tend to be overlooked is, how does reinstating grocery tax impact food insecurity and other health conditions or other counts as well? So this is pretty complicated situation because as Norbert mentioned, if you want to have no grocery taxes, you might want additional revenue sources. For example, in Alabama, it's a very unique situation. Alabama income tax is very low. And alcohol taxes, tobacco taxes is very low. Property tax is very low, but in order to make up the revenue, that's why I think the grocery tax is pretty high. The main message right here is when policy makers are thinking about increasing or decreasing grocery taxes, they might want to take into consideration this potential impact. Persons with relatively low income or persons who are on the margin of being food insecure, that's the outcome we want to print to the policymakers. Norbert - Just thinking about the well-being of the citizens of a particular community and the issue around food security, repealing the tax may have the potential of lowering some of these burdens. One of the things we should note is that people who are participants in the SNAP program, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, do not pay the grocery tax on foods that they purchase with SNAP. For those folks, this tax may not be that important except for the times when they are not buying food off of their SNAP benefits. As some of us have seen, SNAP benefits typically do not last a whole month. So while these individuals may avoid paying the tax for, say, three weeks of the month, the last week of the month, they're facing this. And that means individuals are facing an extra cost associated with purchasing food. And we know that there are a number of responses in order to meet those food needs using charitable food sector, and depending on other resources to help meet food needs. Therefore, if removing a tax could just lessen the burden for families that are already struggling, could just make it a little bit easier, I think that's a good outcome. I do believe we need to be thoughtful and there have been some states that have removed the tax and replaced it with taxes on other aspects of their economy. So there are some examples out there, and I just encourage policy makers that are considering this to look at other states that have done this successfully, and explore ways that they can remove that tax, if they have the political will to do so. Let me ask a couple more follow-up questions. So one, how do taxes on specific categories of foods, like soda taxes, figure into your thinking given what you found in this study? Norbert - Because these are general taxes, they're taxes on all products. It's not quite the same as thinking about the soda tax, which is targeted to a particular product, typically, the sugar sweetened beverages, and therefore we don't equate the two. It is the case, there has been concern about the role that sugar sweetened beverage taxes can impose on individuals who are lower income, that there is a regressivity to those kinds of policies, but those are policies where, if the revenue is then turned around and encouraging other health behaviors, they may not be as burdensome or the long run effects may be different. Grocery taxes, however, are on all foods regardless of the health consequences. And because we need food regardless, placing a tax on that is a burden and it's unavoidable except in the case of using federal benefits, like the SNAP program. So I'm careful not to equate those two types of policies. They have different purposes, they have different implications. And I think that while there may be levels of regressivity from both, I don't see them as equals. Thanks. That's very helpful clarification. So let's get as concrete as possible. Let's say I'm a state legislator in a place that has these taxes and might want to get rid of them, or is thinking about having such taxes, and we want to keep the amount of tax revenue constant. So if I say to you, "Okay, we'll get rid of the grocery tax", but how would we get additional revenue coming in from some other form of tax to help correct this disproportionate impact on low income families? What would you recommend? Norbert - One way of alleviating the burden of the grocery tax is to spread it out across the other taxes. So if we know that the tax rate at the state level is 4.2%, there are probably ways of spreading it across. If the state has an income tax or taxes on cars like tags and other aspects of life, the various syntaxes like cigarettes and alcohol, I can imagine those state legislator making a change where there's a small increase across multiple tax bases, so that it doesn't feel like it's an overly burdensome increase in the tax of one product or one sector of the economy. That way, folks who have higher incomes can carry a little more of that burden than people with lower incomes. So I would argue that there are ways of spreading that tax around, so that it takes that burden off of lower income households that have to buy food. And I think that's a potential way forward. Bios: Yuqing Zheng is an associate professor at the Department of Agricultural Economics of the University of Kentucky conducting research in food marketing and policies. His main research interests include consumers behaviors, health and food safety economics, and demand studies using big data. He has published papers in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, other field top journals such as Health Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, as well as Economic Inquiry, Southern Economic Journal, Food Policy, and Economics Letters, among others. He directed the development of the FDA Food Regulation and Enforcement Policy Trade Impact Model (for the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition) and the FDA Tobacco Category Demand Model (for the Center for Tobacco Products) and was a consultant to the development of the recent USDA Trade Impact Model. His paper on sales tax received the 2013 Best Economics Paper Award from the food safety and nutrition section of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) and he was a recipient of the 2019 AAEA Quality of Communication Award. Dr. Zheng is an associate editor of Tobacco Regulatory Science. Norbert Wilson is the director of agricultural policy at Duke's World Food Policy Center, and a professor of food, economics and community in the Divinity School at Duke University. His research touches on several food issues, such as access, choice, and food waste. He continues to work on food safety and quality issues in international trade and domestic food systems. Wilson is an ordained vocational deacon in the Episcopal Church USA. Additionally, his work is moving to explore equity in food access. He has published in AEA Papers and Proceedings, World Development, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Public Health, Food Policy, Agricultural Economics, and other publications. Before joining Duke Divinity School, Wilson was a professor of food policy at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy (2017-2020). He was also a professor of agricultural economics at Auburn University (1999-2016). While at Auburn, Wilson served as a deacon at St. Dunstan's, the Episcopal Student Center of Auburn University (2011-2016). He was an economist/policy analyst in the Trade Directorate (2004-2006) and the Agriculture Directorate (2001-2002) of the Organization of Economic Development and Cooperation (OECD) in Paris, France. In 2014-2015, Wilson was on sabbatical leave at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University.  

Edna Ledesma Edna Ledesma is an assistant professor in the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she directs the Kaufman Lab for the Study and Design of Food Systems and Marketplaces. The corpus of her research, teaching, and mentoring focuses on understanding the development of the smart, green, and just 21st century city. Her work seeks to bridge the gap between communities and city governments to help define the planning and design agency of Latinos, a traditionally under-represented group. She holds a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Science from Texas A&M University, a Master of Architecture and a Master of Urban Design from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Bachelor of Environmental Design from Texas A&M University. She was a Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellow. She served as a lecturer in the Urban Design program at the University of Texas School of Architecture (UTSOA) from 2014-2018. In 2017, she was the Emerging Scholar of Race & Gender Fellow in the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin, and in 2018 she was the Carlos E. Castañeda Postdoctoral Fellow for the Center for Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. Twitter: @ednaledesma Silvia Vargas, FAICP Silvia is a professional planner with more than 28 years of experience. In her practice of planning, she always strives to increase understanding of the value of the profession, to raise the bar of civic discourse, and to empower stakeholders to claim ownership in the community planning and plan implementation processes. Currently, Silvia is a Principal Planner in the Miami office of Calvin, Giordano & Associates, where she works on a variety of long-range and current planning projects, as well as providing creative public engagement for South Florida communities. Silvia has been committed to the advancement of the planning profession through her active involvement with APA and allied organizations for well over a decade. In addition to her continued participation in local and state leadership, she served on the AICP Commission between 2016 and 2020. She also chaired the College of AICP Fellows Committee and the AICP Exam Committee and, currently, she is the Chair of the APA Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee. She's often in demand as a speaker on career development topics, public engagement, and ethics. In 2017, Silvia became the first Latina to receive a Distinguished Alumna award from the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design for her contributions to the profession. Her collaborative work on the 2012-2014 Pop-Up to Permanent park initiative as part of the executive leadership of the APA FL Gold Coast Section was awarded the APA FL 2014 Award for a Grassroots Initiative and the APA 2015 National Grassroots Award, and remains one of Silvia's proudest accomplishments. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/silviaevargas Twitter: @svargas_planner Hosts: Leonor Vanik & Grecia White Editor: James Castañeda --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/plandulcepodcast/message

Dr. David E. Guggenheim is a marine scientist, conservation policy specialist, submarine pilot and ocean explorer. He is president of 1planet1ocean, a project of The Ocean Foundation where he is a Senior Fellow and director of its Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Program. He is currently leading a major project to elevate collaboration in marine science and conservation among Cuba, Mexico and the U.S. to a new level and leading the first-ever comprehensive research and conservation program in Cuba's Gulf of Mexico region, a joint effort with the University of Havana. Also known as the "Ocean Doctor" and host of the ExpeditionCasts podcast series, Dr. Guggenheim is currently engaged in a special "expedition" to all fifty U.S. states visiting schools and bringing special programs about ocean exploration and conservation to young students. So far he has traveled more than 35,000 miles, visited 13 states, made 39 speeches and reached more than 10,000 students in schools ranging from the northernmost community in North America, Barrow, Alaska, to Macksville, Kansas, close to the geographic center of the lower 48 states, to the southern tip of Florida. In 2007 he served as a scientific advisor to Greenpeace for its expedition to map deepwater corals in the Bering Sea where he piloted the first-ever manned submersible dives into the Bering Sea's largest underwater canyons. Guggenheim played a lead role in building the recently-formed Gulf of Mexico Alliance, a partnership among the U.S. Gulf states and 13 federal agencies and Mexico. Guggenheim is also working to introduce cutting-edge technologies for sustainable aquaculture practices to the Americas to reduce pressure on overfished wild fish stocks. Guggenheim previously served as Vice President at The Ocean Conservancy, President & CEO of The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, co-chair of the Everglades Coalition and president of the Friends of Channel Islands National Park. Guggenheim holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Public Policy from George Mason University in Virginia, a Master's in Aquatic and Population Biology from University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Master's in Regional Science and Bachelor's in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. For additional information, please see: www.1planet1ocean.org and www.OceanDoctor.org. ****************************************************************** To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Dr. David E. Guggenheim is a marine scientist, conservation policy specialist, submarine pilot and ocean explorer. He is president of 1planet1ocean, a project of The Ocean Foundation where he is a Senior Fellow and director of its Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Program. He is currently leading a major project to elevate collaboration in marine science and conservation among Cuba, Mexico and the U.S. to a new level and leading the first-ever comprehensive research and conservation program in Cuba's Gulf of Mexico region, a joint effort with the University of Havana. Also known as the "Ocean Doctor" and host of the ExpeditionCasts podcast series, Dr. Guggenheim is currently engaged in a special "expedition" to all fifty U.S. states visiting schools and bringing special programs about ocean exploration and conservation to young students. So far he has traveled more than 35,000 miles, visited 13 states, made 39 speeches and reached more than 10,000 students in schools ranging from the northernmost community in North America, Barrow, Alaska, to Macksville, Kansas, close to the geographic center of the lower 48 states, to the southern tip of Florida. In 2007 he served as a scientific advisor to Greenpeace for its expedition to map deepwater corals in the Bering Sea where he piloted the first-ever manned submersible dives into the Bering Sea's largest underwater canyons. Guggenheim played a lead role in building the recently-formed Gulf of Mexico Alliance, a partnership among the U.S. Gulf states and 13 federal agencies and Mexico. Guggenheim is also working to introduce cutting-edge technologies for sustainable aquaculture practices to the Americas to reduce pressure on overfished wild fish stocks. Guggenheim previously served as Vice President at The Ocean Conservancy, President & CEO of The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, co-chair of the Everglades Coalition and president of the Friends of Channel Islands National Park. Guggenheim holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Public Policy from George Mason University in Virginia, a Master's in Aquatic and Population Biology from University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Master's in Regional Science and Bachelor's in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. For additional information, please see: www.1planet1ocean.org and www.OceanDoctor.org. ****************************************************************** To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Dr. David E. Guggenheim is a marine scientist, conservation policy specialist, submarine pilot and ocean explorer. He is president of 1planet1ocean, a project of The Ocean Foundation where he is a Senior Fellow and director of its Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Program. He is currently leading a major project to elevate collaboration in marine science and conservation among Cuba, Mexico and the U.S. to a new level and leading the first-ever comprehensive research and conservation program in Cuba's Gulf of Mexico region, a joint effort with the University of Havana. Also known as the "Ocean Doctor" and host of the ExpeditionCasts podcast series, Dr. Guggenheim is currently engaged in a special "expedition" to all fifty U.S. states visiting schools and bringing special programs about ocean exploration and conservation to young students. So far he has traveled more than 35,000 miles, visited 13 states, made 39 speeches and reached more than 10,000 students in schools ranging from the northernmost community in North America, Barrow, Alaska, to Macksville, Kansas, close to the geographic center of the lower 48 states, to the southern tip of Florida. In 2007 he served as a scientific advisor to Greenpeace for its expedition to map deepwater corals in the Bering Sea where he piloted the first-ever manned submersible dives into the Bering Sea's largest underwater canyons. Guggenheim played a lead role in building the recently-formed Gulf of Mexico Alliance, a partnership among the U.S. Gulf states and 13 federal agencies and Mexico. Guggenheim is also working to introduce cutting-edge technologies for sustainable aquaculture practices to the Americas to reduce pressure on overfished wild fish stocks. Guggenheim previously served as Vice President at The Ocean Conservancy, President & CEO of The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, co-chair of the Everglades Coalition and president of the Friends of Channel Islands National Park. Guggenheim holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Public Policy from George Mason University in Virginia, a Master's in Aquatic and Population Biology from University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Master's in Regional Science and Bachelor's in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. For additional information, please see: www.1planet1ocean.org and www.OceanDoctor.org.******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

"I love you, now get out of here!" That's how Tammie Schrader sent her 7th grade science students to their next class after the bell rang on the first day of school. And every day after that was the same. After about 3 weeks, she missed the first part: "Okay, kids, get out of here!" She was gently nudged by her students who didn't stand up from their seats. "Mrs. Schrader, you forgot to start with 'I love you.'" Tammie's students were treated to hands on learning in that classroom, and to an incredibly nurturing, encouraging environment. That's because she knows that the only way people learn is by doing, and the most effective way to teach is to care for - to love - the people you're trying to influence. Her TEDxSpokane talk is what caught my attention a few months ago. The dynamic way she presented her "idea worth sharing" had me compelled to watch and learn. I had to reach out to hear more of this extraordinary teacher's story. We ran out of time before I could get an important question answered, "why did you leave the classroom?" It seemed like such a huge transition away from her purpose in terms of working with students. With grace and generosity, Tammie emailed me the answer: While working as a teacher, I was fortunate enough to have a superintendent, Dr. Michael Dunn, who possessed leadership qualities I had never experienced before. I remember sitting in on the superintendent interviews and recognizing that he was the only one that talked about serving students. This spoke to my heart. The great news is that the Cheney School Board had the thoughtfulness to recognize his incredibleness and hired him. Things in our district shifted immediately. Dr. Dunn is the kind of man who shares his vision just by being himself. He was in buildings and classrooms all the time. He wrote personal emails wishing teachers well and genuinely cared about each of us. I was once stuck on Snoqualmie Pass on a Friday heading to a conference over the weekend.  Monday morning I had an email from Dr. Dunn expressing how grateful he was that I was safe. To this day I have no idea how he knew I had been stuck during snowstorm.  Mike left Cheney to become the superintendent of an organization called an Education Service District (ESD) that serves 59 public school districts and upwards of 40 private schools. 7 years ago he asked me if I would apply to be the science coordinator for his organization. The conversation went something like this: Me: Mike, I just love my classroom and I love my kids Mike: Well I’m not asking you to come serve 59 school districts because you don’t love kids! And I was sold. I will say I cried the whole time I packed my classroom and at least for the year after that. I did go to Mike after a year and told him I missed kids way too much, and his reply was simply: I totally understand and I get it, and I’ll remind you that you have access to 59 school districts full of kids. After that I made it a point to be in classrooms with kids at least weekly. Mike always seems to say the right thing at the right time. Thanks for asking because you are so correct in knowing that leaving a classroom was one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever made. If it weren’t for Dr. Dunn’s leadership, I wouldn’t have done it. Ever. You'll want to connect with Tammie on LinkedIn after listening to this episode and watching her TEDx talk! Tammie is the Regional Science and Computer Science Coordinator for Northeast Washington Education Service District 101 in Washington State. She taught science at Cheney Middle School, in Cheney, Washington for 15 years. She's also an adjunct science methods instructor at Whitworth University.  When she taught middle school, her subjects were Life Science, Computer Programming, Gaming Programming, Robotics, as well as coaching the Science Olympiad Team, Robotics Club, SeaPerch Team and Future Business Leaders of America. She is currently enrolled as a Ph.D. candidate and am writing my dissertation on Leadership and Game Based Education in the Classroom. In 2013, she was selected as a Hope Street Fellow, working on Education Policy around coding in the classroom, was also awarded a National Science Foundation grant working with Filament Games on Educational Video Games in the classroom, was selected as a 2008-2009 Teacher Fellow for the Department of Education, and was named Pacific Northwest Earth Science Teacher of the Year, among other accomplishments in her career. --- ABOUT SARAH: "Uncovering the right stories for the right audiences so executives, leaders, public speakers, and job seekers can clearly and actively demonstrate their character, values, and vision." In my work with coaching clients, I guide people to improve their communication using storytelling as the foundation of our work together. What I’ve realized over years of coaching and podcasting is that the majority of people don’t realize the impact of the stories they share - on their internal messages, and on the people they’re sharing them with. My work with leaders and people who aspire to be leaders follows a similar path to the interviews on my podcast, uncovering pivotal moments in their lives and learning how to share them to connect more authentically with others, to make their presentations and speaking more engaging, to reveal patterns that have kept them stuck or moved them forward, and to improve their relationships at work and at home. The audiobook, Your Stories Don’t Define You, How You Tell Them Will is now available! Included with your purchase are two bonus tracks, songsrecorded by Sarah's band, Spare Change, in her living room in Montana.  

Howard J. Wall directs the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise and the Center for Economics and the Environment at Lindenwood University. Prior to joining Lindenwood in 2011, he was a vice president and regional economics adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. While at the St. Louis Fed, he established and directed the Center for Regional Economics-8th District (CRE8), which provided economic analyses of issues affecting state and local economies. In addition, Dr. Wall spent 10 years as an academic in the economics departments at West Virginia University and Birkbeck College, University of London; had two stints as a visiting scholar at the Bank of Japan; and was a senior Fulbright scholar at the Instituto de Economa de Montevideo, Uruguay. He has published more than 50 papers in scholarly journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, International Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of Urban Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, and the Journal of Regional Science. The SHow-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

A convidada é professora Associada da Nova SBE desde 2004, doutorada em economia da Université catholique de Louvain, na Bélgica. Tem investigação publicada em temas de federalismo fiscal, economia política e concorrência fiscal, em revistas da especialidade, incluindo The Economic Journal, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of International Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, e Journal of Urban Economics. É professora associada, com agregação, na Nova School of Business and Economics, à qual se juntou em 2004. Ensina ou ensinou Economia Pública, Teoria dos Jogos, Economia da Pobreza, Microeconomia. Já foi directora académica do Mestrado em Economia, do Mestrado de Investigação em Economia, e do Doutoramento em Economia na Nova SBE. Faz parte do Comité de Coordenação do Doutoramento em Economia. É co-organizadora da conferência bi-anual Lisbon Meeting on Economics and Political Science. Foi coordenadora da área científica de economia da Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos entre 2014 e 2018. É contribuinte regular do Jornal Público. Edição: Martim Cunha Rego  

Susana Peralta é professora de economia na Nova SBE e colunista no jornal Público. A convidada tem investigação sobretudo nas áreas da economia pública e economia política.  -> Aqui o inquérito para (i) o/a convidado/a que gostavam de voltar a ouvir no podcast e (ii) enviarem as vossas perguntas para o episódio especial de ‘perguntas dos ouvintes’. -> Apoie este projecto e faça parte da comunidade de mecenas do 45 Graus em: 45graus.parafuso.net/apoiar O episódio que vão ouvir foi gravado ao vivo, e transmitido online, no âmbito do festival de podcasts ‘Podes’. Vejam aqui o vídeo da conversa   Índice da conversa: Porque falamos tanto hoje de desigualdade? Dados sobre desigualdade: World Inequality Lab; World Inequality Report 2018 Economia do desenvolvimento O crescimento económico vs pobreza Poupança Inquérito à Situação Financeira das Famílias (INE) Heterogeneidade na poupança e a necessidade de fazer “oversampling at the top” Problema da Iliteracia financeira em Portugal Aumento da desigualdade a nível mundial nas últimas décadas Livro: “Inequality: What Can Be Done”, de Anthony B. Atkinson Causas Globalização Efeito “winner-takes-all” Monopólios naturais Tecnologia Tecnológicas, artistas, desportistas J. K. Rowling, Ronaldo O problema da destruição dos empregos do meio Stiglitz e o mercado de trabalho enquanto um mundo de rendas Um aumento dos impostos para os rendimentos mais altos geraria uma diminuição da desigualdade mesmo no rendimento base. Salários dos CEOs Paper Thomas Piketty et al CEOs no mercado do petróleo Desigualdade de oportunidades (o que verdadeiramente interessa) Portugal: estudo da EDULOG sobre equidade no acesso ao ensino superior Londres: mapa ‘lives on the line’ Porque há tão poucos dados para estudo (microdados) em Portugal? BPLIM (Banco de Portugal) As especificidades da desigualdade em Portugal Dados sobre a desigualdade em Portugal Desigualdade comparada com outros países europeus Estudo Fundação Gulbenkian: “Só 24% dos jovens abaixo dos 30 anos têm casa própria” Monopsónio no mercado laboral O problema da educação Pesadelo na Cozinha Investigação de Francisco Queiró sobre o efeito da qualificação dos gestores no desempenho das empresas Luca David Opromolla e a importância da escala das empresas Em Portugal, a desigualdade é maior no rendimento ou no património? -> Sabemos como compara a desigualdade no património com os países europeus?  Faz sentido um imposto sobre o património? Justeza Limitações (e.g. evasão fiscal dos que podem) Distorções no comportamento das pessoas Ideia de um imposto negativo sobre o rendimento   Obrigado aos mecenas do podcast: Paulo Peralta, Nuno Costa, Miguel Marques, Filipe Bento Caires, Goncalo Murteira Machado Monteiro, Gustavo, Margarida Varela, Corto Lemos, Joana Faria Alves, Carlos Martins, Tiago Leite, Salvador Cunha, João Baltazar, Rui Oliveira Gomes, Miguel Vassalo, Francisco Delgado Gonçalo Matos, Bruno Heleno, Emanuel Gouveia, Isabel Oliveira, Ana Teresa Mota, Luís Costa, Sara Mesquita, João Bernardino, Manuel Martins, Ana Sousa Amorim, Andreia Esteves, José Jesus, Andre Oliveira, José Soveral, Galaró family, Diogo Sampaio Viana, Rafael Santos, Francisco Fonseca, João Nelas, Carmen Camacho, Tiago Queiroz, Ricardo Duarte, António Padilha, Rita Mateus, Daniel Correia, Tiago Neves Paixão, Joao Saro, Abilio Silva.  Joao Salvado, Vasco Sá Pinto, Mafalda Pratas, Rui Baldaia, Luis Quelhas Valente, Rui Carrilho, João Castanheira, Luis Marques, Joana Margarida Alves Martins, Tiago Pires, Francisco dos Santos, Francisco Arantes, João Raimundo, Renato Vasconcelos, Marta Baptista Coelho, Hugo Correia, Mariana Barosa, Miguel Palhas, Pedro Rebelo, Nuno Gonçalves, rodrigo brazão, Pedro, Vasco Lima, Tomás Félix, Duarte, José Galinha, José Oliveira Pratas, isosamep, João Moreira, Joao Pinto, Pedro alagoa, Francisco Aguiar, José Proença, Joao Diogo, Marco Coelho, João Diogo Silva, Jose Pedroso, João Crispim, Margarida Gonçalves, Miguel Lamela, Andrea Grosso, João Pinho, Abílio Mateus, Paulo dos Santos, Maria Oliveira, Sérgio Catalão, Luis Filipe, Jose António Moreira, João Barbosa, Fonsini, Maria Francisca Couto, Carlos Manuel Lopes de Magalhães Lima, Renato Mendes, Alexandre Freitas, Robertt, Tiago Costa da Rocha, Jorge Soares, Pedro Miguel Pereira Vieira, Cristiano Tavares, Francisco Santos, Pedro F. Finisterra, Antonio Albuquerque, Fernando Sousa, juu-san, joana antunes, Francisco Vasconcelos, Gabriela, Paulo Ferreira, MacacoQuitado - Twitter, Pedro Correia, Francisco López Bermúdez, Nuno Almeida, Carlos Silveira, Bruno Lamas, Francisco Manuel Reis, Diogo Rombo, Francisco Rocha, Nelson Poças, Fábio Mota, Diogo Silva, Patrícia Esquível, Inês Patrão, Luis Miguel da Silva Barbosa, Albino Ramos, Daniel Almeida, Salomé Afonso, Alberto Santos Silva, Ana Batista, Angela Martins, Luis Gomes, Miguel Mendes, Vítor Araújo, Gil Batista Marinho, Susana Ladeiro, Cesar Correia, Filipe Melo, Cheila Bhuralal, Ricardo Leitão, Vitor Filipe, João Bastos, Natália RIbeiro, André Balças, Bernardo Pimentel, Pedro Gaspar, Hugo Domingues Bio: Susana Peralta é professora Associada da Nova SBE desde 2004, doutorada em economia da Université catholique de Louvain, na Bélgica. Tem investigação publicada em temas de federalismo fiscal, economia política e concorrência fiscal, em revistas da especialidade, incluindo The Economic Journal, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Journal of International Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, e Journal of Urban Economics. É professora associada, com agregação, na Nova School of Business and Economics, à qual se juntou em 2004. Ensina ou ensinou Economia Pública, Teoria dos Jogos, Economia da Pobreza, Microeconomia. Já foi directora académica do Mestrado em Economia, do Mestrado de Investigação em Economia, e do Doutoramento em Economia na Nova SBE. Faz parte do Comité de Coordenação do Doutoramento em Economia. É co-organizadora da conferência bi-anual Lisbon Meeting on Economics and Political Science. Foi coordenadora da área científica de economia da Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos entre 2014 e 2018. É contribuinte regular do Jornal Público.  

The Ocean Doctor - Dr. David E. Guggenheim is a marine scientist, conservation policy specialist, submarine pilot and ocean explorer. He is president of 1planet1ocean, a project of The Ocean Foundation where he is a Senior Fellow and director of its Cuba Marine Research and Conservation Program. He is currently leading a major project to elevate collaboration in marine science and conservation among Cuba, Mexico and the U.S. to a new level and leading the first-ever comprehensive research and conservation program in Cuba's Gulf of Mexico region, a joint effort with the University of Havana. Also known as the "Ocean Doctor" and host of the ExpeditionCasts podcast series, Dr. Guggenheim is currently engaged in a special "expedition" to all fifty U.S. states visiting schools and bringing special programs about ocean exploration and conservation to young students. So far he has traveled more than 35,000 miles, visited 13 states, made 39 speeches and reached more than 10,000 students in schools ranging from the northernmost community in North America, Barrow, Alaska, to Macksville, Kansas, close to the geographic center of the lower 48 states, to the southern tip of Florida. In 2007 he served as a scientific advisor to Greenpeace for its expedition to map deepwater corals in the Bering Sea where he piloted the first-ever manned submersible dives into the Bering Sea's largest underwater canyons. Guggenheim played a lead role in building the recently-formed Gulf of Mexico Alliance, a partnership among the U.S. Gulf states and 13 federal agencies and Mexico. Guggenheim is also working to introduce cutting-edge technologies for sustainable aquaculture practices to the Americas to reduce pressure on overfished wild fish stocks. Guggenheim previously served as Vice President at The Ocean Conservancy, President & CEO of The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, co-chair of the Everglades Coalition and president of the Friends of Channel Islands National Park. Guggenheim holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Public Policy from George Mason University in Virginia, a Master's in Aquatic and Population Biology from University of California, Santa Barbara, and a Master's in Regional Science and Bachelor's in Environmental Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

#5: Schuyler Carter is a PhD candidate in Urban and Regional Science who began researching her genealogy when she was eighteen years old. What began as a search for scholarships evolved into a way has she connected not only with her ancestors, but also her living family as she shares what she learns and with her community as she strives to honor the legacy of her ancestors.In this episode Schuyler shares:Looking for ways to fund her college education got her started researching her family tree [2:43]Why she considers herself a millennial kin keeper [5:17]The story of her great-grandfather, Reverend L. W. Thomas, who founded the community of Summit, Oklahoma, and why she particularly connects with him [8:55]What she did that combined preserving a community’s heritage as well as preserving her great-grandfather’s story and how that continued his legacy [15:29]Her family’s long-standing relationship with African American fraternities and sororities and their mission of community building [18:13]Her advice for those beginning their genealogy journey [22:34]About Schuyler:Schuyler S. Carter is a native of Muskogee, Oklahoma. She holds a Masters degree in Urban Planning from Alabama A&M University. There she completed her thesis which focused on planning process engagement of Historically Black Towns within Eastern Oklahoma. She is currently a first year student pursuing a Ph.D. in Urban and Regional Science at Texas A&M University. Her major research interests include historically black settlements, museum curation and heritage/place preservation specifically related to the historic communities settled by former slaves, black indigeneity and Afro-Native American culture, rural/unincorporated area planning, museum curation, archive management, grassroots archives, black placemaking, museum curation, African American museum curation and advocacy. She has been acknowledged on multiple occasions for her ongoing preservation projects in Oklahoma related to historically black communities. Despite her young age, Schuyler has been doing family research since 2009. Prior to entering into her doctoral program, Schuyler has dedicated a significant amount of time researching her family history and was able to successfully nominate her great grandfather, Rev. L.W. Thomas’ home in Summit, Oklahoma to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In effort to expand the narrative of African Americans in America, Schuyler established the online Millennial Archivist brand. This platform is aimed at acknowledging the diversity in African American heritage as well as encouraging younger generations to take interest in researching their own histories to see how they impact their own lives.Also Mentioned:FamilySearch.comGenWeb (usgenweb.com)Dawes RollAlpha Phi Alpha Fraternity IncorporatedAlpha Kappa Alpha Sorority IncorporatedConnect with Schuyler:Facebook: @themillennialarchivist Instagram: @themillennialarchivist YouTube: The Millennial Archivist Episode Sponsor:Get the free guide, "7 Ways You (Unintentionally) Sabotage Your Family Tree" and have more success as you research your family history. Episode sponsored by Heather Murphy Genealogy.

Howard Wall, Ph.D., directs the Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise and is a Senior Research Fellow in the Center for Economics and the Environment. He is also a Professor of Economics in Plaster School of Business & Entrepreneurship at Lindenwood University. Prior to joining Lindenwood in 2011, Wall was a vice president and regional economics adviser at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. In addition, he spent ten years as an academic in the economics departments at West Virginia University and Birkbeck College, University of London; had two stints as a visiting scholar at the Bank of Japan; and was a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the Instituto de Economía de Montevideo, Uruguay. Wall has published more than 50 papers in scholarly journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, International Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of Urban Economics, Regional Science and Urban Economics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, and the Journal of Regional Science. Learn more about the Show-Me Institute: https://showmeinstitute.org/ The Show-Me Institute Podcast is produced by Show-Me Opportunity

Terry L. Clower is Northern Virginia Chair and Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University. He is also director of GMU's Center for Regional Analysis. The Center provides economic and public policy research services to sponsors in the private, non-profit and public sectors. Prior to joining GMU, he was director for the Center for Economic Development and Research at the University of North Texas. Dr. Clower has authored or co-authored over 170 articles, book chapters, and research reports reflecting experience in economic and community development, economic and fiscal impact analysis, housing, transportation, land use planning, and economic forecasting. His scholarly articles have appeared in Economic Development Quarterly; Urban Studies; Economic Development Review; Regional Studies, Regional Science; the Australasian Journal of Regional Studies; Regional Studies Regional Science, Sustaining Regions; and Applied Research in Economic Development. His most recent publication is the textbook Globalization, Planning and Local Economic Development with Prof. Andrew Beer (Taylor-Francis, London). Dr. Clower received a B.S. in Marine Transportation from Texas A&M University in 1982, a M.S. in Applied Economics from the University of North Texas in 1992 and a Ph.D. in Information Sciences from the University of North Texas in 1997 specializing in information policy issues and the use of information resources.

Listen to Lizzie, Savannah, and Brandon share their experience of the 2019 Regional Science Fair. These are all Lake Travis High School students that are passionate about learning and STEM. They all played a big role in helping LTHS kick off their FIRST EVER science fair!

We're featuring a series this month called “2019: A Look Ahead” and conclude our series with a look at women in leadership positions and how the Me Too movement has influenced businesses. A December report by The World Economic Forum said it would take 202 years for gender parity in the workplace – much longer than the 170 years estimated in 2016. But a study by the annual Women CEO Report said that 2018 was a great year for women, who made up over one-fifth of the newly installed CEOs last year. California took a bigger step than other states when it passed a law requiring publicly listed companies with headquarters in the state to have at least one woman on their board by the end of this year. And 2019 has started with an increase of women sworn in to the 116th United States Congress. So what might we see in the year ahead for women in 2019? Host Dan Loney is joined by Katherine Klein, a Professor of Management at the Wharton School, Vice-Dean of the Wharton Social Impact Initiative, and co-host of Dollars and Change, and Janice Madden, University of Pennsylvania Professor of Regional Science and Sociology, to discuss the implications of these shifts for women on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Scores of countries have fallen and are falling into the middle-income trap as they strive to develop. And, because of income inequality, aging populations, and a lack of growth impetus, some may never escape. Of the world's 199 countries and semi-sovereign economies, 88 are stuck in the middle-income trap: 20 are in Europe, 18 in North America, 16 in Asia, 15 in Africa, 11 in South America, and 8 in Oceania. Chen Wang of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics and Jiajun Lan of the Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics at Xiamen University describe the challenges middle-income countries face. Read the transcript https://bit.ly/2AR7S0C Read the working paper https://www.adb.org/publications/inequality-aging-and-middle-income-trap About the authors Chen Wang is an assistant professor at the School of Urban and Regional Science, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. Jiajun Lan is a PhD candidate at the Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics, Xiamen University, People's Republic of China. Know more about ADBI's work https://bit.ly/2zwlL2i https://bit.ly/2B1ByVS

Iceland has taken a proactive approach of eliminating gender pay gaps by enacting a new law requiring every company to report their salary structure every 3 years to prove they do not have any pay gaps. Host Dan Loney talks with Janice Bellace, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics and of Management at the Wharton School, Janice Maddon, Professor of Regional Science and Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, and Thorgerdur Einarsdottir, Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Iceland, to discuss how the law came to be on Knowledge@Wharton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

-Originally aired on 10/31/2015- Episode 39 of "In The Oil Patch" This week on "In The Oil Patch": host Kym Bolado and her co-hosts Alvin Bailey and Roy Holley have Dr. Bernard "Bud" Weinstein in the studio. Dr. Weinstein is the Associate Director of the Maguire Energy Institute at SMU. His insight into the economic ups and downs of the oil, gas and energy industry is always in demand, and we were honored to have him share some of his expertise with us during this interview. From Dr. Weinstein's bio on SMU's website: "Bernard Weinstein is Associate Director of the Maguire Energy Institute and an Adjunct Professor of Business Economics in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. From 1989 to 2009 he was Director of the Center for Economic Development and Research at the University of North Texas, where he is now an Emeritus Professor of Applied Economics. He has taught at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the State University of New York, the University of Texas at Dallas, and the University of North Texas. He has been a research associate with the Tax Foundation in Washington, D.C. and the Gray Institute in Beaumont, Texas. He has worked for several U.S. government agencies including the President's Commission on School Finance, the Internal Revenue Service and the Federal Trade Commission. Dr. Weinstein has authored or co-authored numerous books, monographs and articles on the subjects of economic development, energy security, public policy and taxation, and his work has appeared in professional journals such as Land Economics, Challenge, Society, Policy Review, Economic Development Quarterly, Policy Studies Journal, and Annals of Regional Science. His op-eds have been published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, Investor’s Business Daily, The Financial Times, The Los Angeles Times and a number of regional newspapers and magazines. He is also a regular contributor to the National Journal’s Energy and Environment blog and The Hill." Learn more about Dr. Weinstein: http://www.smu.edu/TowerCenter/People/Associates/WeinsteinBud Share, follow and like us on Soundcloud, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn! "In The Oil Patch" is brought to you by SHALE Oil & Gas Business Magazine and proudly sponsored by the South Texas Energy & Economic Roundtable (STEER) and the Kahlig Auto Group. Stay tuned for more great episodes every weekend! For our full schedule, please visit our Radio Show Schedule page and if you have any questions for our experts, please email them to radio@shalemag.com. Photo Credit: www.jackidaily.com & www.smu.edu

METRANS Research Seminar Series, jointly sponsored by USC Price Urban Growth Seminar Series. Speaker: Marlon Boarnet Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in Urban Planning, Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California Discussant: Lisa Schweitzer Associate Professor, Urban Studies, USC Using the recently opened Exposition (Expo) light rail line in Los Angeles as a case study, Boarnet and co-investigator Doug Houston collected 7-day travel data from 204 households. Households were divided into two groups – an experimental group, within ½ mile of the Expo Line stations, and a control group, from ½ mile to more than 2 miles from the new stations. Each household completed 7-day travel tracking in fall of 2011, before the Expo Line’s April 2012 opening, and then again in fall, 2012, after the line was open. The data allow a comparison of before-after changes across experimental and control groups. The results show that households within ½ mile from the new stations reduced daily vehicle miles traveled by approximately 10 miles compared to control households. Results also show some increases in rail transit usage, and analyses that compare travel among households within and beyond 5/8 of a mile street network distance from stations show that the increase in rail trips among households near stations is statistically significant. Among study subjects who were the least physically active (approximately the bot-tom 40th percentile of daily physical activity in the sample), residence near stations is associated with after-opening increases in physical activity. About the Speaker: Marlon Boarnet is Professor and Senior Associate Dean, Academic Programs at the Sol Price School of Public Policy at USC. Boarnet’s research focuses on land use and transportation; links between land use and travel behavior and associated implications for public health and greenhouse gas emissions; urban growth patterns; and the economic impacts of transportation Infrastructure. He is co-author of Travel by Design (Oxford University Press, 2001), a comprehensive study of the link between land use and travel. Boarnet is a fellow of the Weimer School of the Homer Hoyt Institute for Real Estate and currently serves on the governing board of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning. Since 2002, Boarnet has co-edited the Journal of Regional Science, a leading international journal at the intersection of economics and quantitative geography. Boarnet also serves as an associate editor of the Journal of the American Planning Association and is on the editorial boards of several other academic journals. Boarnet was a member of the National Academy of Sciences / National Research Council Committee on “Relationships Among Development Patterns, Vehicle Miles Traveled, and Energy Consumption” which authored the report “Driving and the Built Environment.” He has been principal investigator on over 1.8 million dollars of funded research, supported by agencies that include the U.S. and California Departments of Transportation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the California Policy Research Center, the California Air Resources Board, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Presented by METRANS Transportation Center as part of the Transportation Research Seminar Series. Over the past 20 years, California has made substantial investments in intra-metropolitan passenger rail infrastructure, expanding existing systems and building new ones. According to advocates of New Urbanism, such investment should encourage the growth of mixed-use transit-oriented development, defined as a high-density mix of residential and commercial uses within walking distance of rail stations. Little research to date has examined whether rail investment stimulates retail activity, which is a key component of mixed-use development. In this seminar, we examine whether the opening of new rail stations across California’s four largest metropolitan areas has affected retail employment within one-quarter mile of the stations, compared to similar neighborhoods around older stations or with no rail stations. Jenny Schuetz is an Assistant Professor in the Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. Her primary research interests are urban and real estate economics, local public finance, and housing policy. Her research has been published in a variety of journals, including Regional Science and Urban Economics, the Journal of Housing Economics, Real Estate Economics, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and Urban Studies. Current research projects include urban retail location patterns and the relationship between art galleries and neighborhood change. Dr. Schuetz teaches classes in real estate finance and policy analysis. Dr. Schuetz earned a B.A. with Highest Distinction in Economics and Political and Social Thought from the University of Virginia, a Master's in City Planning from M.I.T., a Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard University, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at NYU's Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy. Previously Dr. Schuetz worked for Abt Associates Inc., the Fannie Mae Foundation and the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University.

ravel behavior is a phenomenon that is affected not only by complex interrelationships between urban design, land-use, and socio-economics, but also by social and psychological factors. These underlying psychological and social decision processes have been largely ignored in the land use - travel behavior literature. This may be a serious shortcoming, as research has shown that individuals in homogeneous socio-economic groups may behave differently depending on their perceptions, attitude, and preferences. Our research examines the contribution of these "hidden" factors in travel behavior through a stud of residents of neighborhoods in the vicinity of the Exposition light rail line in South Los Angeles. The results indicate that attitudes toward transit, personal safety and privacy concerns, and perceptions of neighborhood amenities all play a significant role in transit use. Speaker Bios: Marlon Boarnet is Professor and Director of Graduate Programs in Urban Planning at USC Price. He has studied land use-travel behavior interaction, urban growth patterns, the economic impacts of transportation infrastructure, and economic development. Boarnet edits the Journal of Regional Science and serves as an associate editor of the Journal of the American Planning Association. Doug Houston is an Assistant Professor of Planning, Policy, and Design at UC Irvine. He has studied environmental justice issues in transportation, including studies that document how communities of color are differentially disadvantaged by near-source emissions from the transportation system. Steve Spears is a Ph.D. candidate at UC Irvine. Spears' research focuses on the link between attitudes, psychological factors, and sustainable transportation