Connecting research and policy for better infrastructure decisions. Funded by @arnold_ventures A program of the Social Science Research Council
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The Bloomberg Harvard Visiting Scholars Program @CenterforCities supports rigorous, policy-relevant research on urban problem-solving and city leadership. Applications are open until October 28th. Apply today!
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"In the US, most infrastructure is acquired through public procurement...costs are thus part of a larger question about procurement," writes Lindsey Currier in our latest BUILD Research Network Blog Post.
Read the full post on the BUILD website: build.ssrc.org/infrastructur…
Deadline Extended to Friday. Apply today!
The Housing Data and Technology Innovation Challenge, funded by Arnold Ventures, seeks to support the development of a tool to simulate the impact of different policy reforms on housing production at the state level. Registration ends TOMORROW.
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The Housing Data and Technology Innovation Challenge, funded by Arnold Ventures, seeks to support the development of a tool to simulate the impact of different policy reforms on housing production at the state level. Registration ends TOMORROW.
housingchallenge.turnout.roc…
The BUILD Research Network is launching a mentor program matching members who are early career academics and researchers working on housing, energy, and transportation infrastructure with senior faculty and researchers. Join the network to apply.
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Incredibly excited that we @Arnold_Ventures, in conjunction with @IFP and @_HannahRitchie are launching a new U.S. Energy Data Platform.
It is and will remain free to the public. And it's a massive leap from anything that exists presently in its space.
usenergydata.org/
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Where in America can new homes get permitted and built fastest? And are we getting faster or slower over time?
In a new paper with @leonardo_damico and Audrey Wang, we show cities like Raleigh typically *finish* construction before cities like San Francisco even approve it.
Where do we stand today on this electricity grid build-out, and how to make sense of the dizzying array of news articles on the topic?
@CatieHausman lays out the basic principles in our most recent blog post.
build.ssrc.org/making-sense-…
Going to APSA next week? Check out this panel, The Politics of Housing: Evidence from Surveys and Behavior of Political Elites, on Saturday at 12:00, from BUILD members @CSElmendorf @dbroockman @msghankinson @katherineeinst @anna_weissman
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Considering submitting a Letter of Interest to our Building and Strengthening Evidence RFPs?
Join Arnold Ventures’ Evidence & Evaluation team tomorrow to learn about the types of studies we fund, what makes a competitive submission, priorities in Infrastructure and Public Finance, and what to know before the Sept. 11 LOI deadline.
Register: bit.ly/4fjEMJb
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And we already do a version of this. Community benefits agreements compensate neighbors with in-kind goods (parks, streets), negotiated by intermediaries. We find cash is far more effective per dollar, yet the local legislators we surveyed strongly prefer in-kind. 4/
@buildssrc grantee @msghankinson says that the way to get a NIMBY to say yes is to pay them. Most have a price.
Can you pay NIMBYs to say yes to housing? Rogé Karma covers my work with Glaeser, Gyourko & Davis in The Atlantic. Most people have a price — it rises with proximity, project scale, and as you move to the suburbs. Gift link: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
@Maceyjoshua (BUILD Advisory Board) has 4 pieces of advice for FERC on PJM Interconnection governance:
1️⃣ Give the PJM board filing rights
2️⃣ Make the members committee & stakeholder process advisory
3️⃣ Give states authority to propose market changes
4️⃣ Simplify PJM
Hear more from Josh, Seth Blumsack, and Stephanie Lenhart on PJM's governance & stakeholder process — Thurs, July 16 @ 1pm ET
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