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APPAM is pleased to offer complimentary webinars throughout the year. Below you can find a list of upcoming webinars, recent webinars with public recordings, and members-only archived webinar topics. You find recent webinar recordings on APPAM's YouTube channel and all recordings in your APPAM membership profile in the webinar library.
Don't see a topic that you were looking for? APPAM collects webinar proposals from active APPAM members throughout the year. If you have a timely and broadly appealing topic that you're interested in sharing, please see the webinar proposal section below.
Questions? Email info@appam.org.
Responsible Data Science for Positive Social Solutions and Impact
Tuesday, August 6, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST
Speakers:
Dharma Dailey (University of Washington, eScience Institute),
Gregory Dobler (University of Delaware, Biden School of Public Policy and Administration),
Jamaal Green (University of Pennsylvania, Weitzman School of Design)
Mirsad Hadzikadic (University of North Carolina Charlotte, School of Data Science)
Stella Min
Esteban J. Quiñones (Mathematica)
Moderators: Frances Carter-Johnson (National Science Foundation), Micaela Parker (Academic Data Science Alliance)
Data science, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning are hot topics, simultaneously generating both excitement and fear, for United States citizens and beyond. The Academic Data Science Alliance (ASDA) and APPAM’s Data Science Community (DSC) designed this webinar to expand examples of how data science can and should be used to improve identification and implementation of public policy problems for social good. ASDA and the APPAM DSC aim for attendees of this webinar to leave with a better understanding of the ethical, institutional, and legal challenges associated with collecting, combining, and analyzing data from disparate sources to inform and guide policymaking. Similarly, the webinar aims to provide best practices in training students and practitioners across broad domains of data science at the intersection of public policy to be responsible data stewards who improve the design, implementation, and outcomes of critical solutions for society.
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Job Market Success Strategies, Part 2: The PhD Job Market
Wednesday, August 14, 1:00-2:00 PM ET
The job market can be one of the most intimidating and high-stakes parts of an academic journey, especially for people not historically represented in public policy and research, such as people who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQ+, or first-generation. In this webinar, a panel of experts from various sectors and disciplines will share practical job market advice for Ph.D. graduates in fields related to public policy and management.
We will begin with a high-level overview of the job market process, including its stages, important recent trends, and valuable resources. Next, we will ask our panelists to delve into questions such as (1) determining your career goals and weighing the pros and cons of different sectors (e.g., academia, non-profit, government, industry), (2) how to prepare in the years and months leading up to the market, (3) when and how to conduct your job search, (4) how to put your best foot forward at each stage of the process, (5) what to expect from job offers and knowing if (and how!) to negotiate, and (6) how to take care of your well-being throughout the process.
Live APPAM webinars are available to everyone, but our webinar library is reserved for active APPAM Members as a membership benefit. Log in as a member to view our full archive.
Job Market Success Strategies, Part 1: The Master's Job Market
Wednesday, July 24, 1:00-2:00 PM
The job market can be one of the most intimidating and high-stakes parts of an academic journey, particularly for people not historically represented in public policy and research, such as BIPOC, LGBTQ+, or first-generation individuals. In this webinar, master's-level policy professionals from various sectors and disciplines will share practical job market advice for master's students nearing the job market and recent graduates in public policy fields.
*This webinar was part of our Professional Development Virtual Series. Learn more here.*
Fighting Climate Change Through Shaming
Monday, July 15, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EST
Speakers: Sarah Dadush (Rutgers University), Assem Prakash (University of Washington), Joana Setzer (London School of Economics and Political Science) Sharon Yadin (Yezreel Valley College)
Moderator: David Konisky (Indiana University)
In an era where governments grapple with the urgent challenge of climate change, a novel approach emerges: regulatory climate shaming. This webinar invites participants to delve into this concept, which involves regulators publicly conveying information about corporate actions, omissions, decisions, and characteristics that harm our climate. The central objective is to nudge companies toward compliance with climate norms and encourage them to surpass mere adherence. But how does it work? Is it just? And is it already in use elsewhere? These questions fuel our exploration. We’ll examine the potential of shaming firms through innovative informational tools, including labels, rankings, disclosure rules, databases, ratings, and blacklists. These mechanisms, when wielded effectively, could transform climate regulation into a force for positive change. Join us as we unravel the intriguing landscape of regulatory climate shaming.
Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Studies with Partially Nested Structures
Thursday, May 16th, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EST
Speakers: Yanli Xie (Florida State University), Amota Ataneka, Fangxing Bai, Ben Kelcey (University of Cincinnati)
The purpose of this workshop is to introduce and train researchers, practitioners, policymakers and evaluators on the design and analysis of main, mediation, and moderation effects when data maintain a partially nested structure. Partially nested structures arise when the treatment and control conditions maintain different multilevel or hierarchical structures or forms of nesting. In many policy settings, for instance, the policy or treatment condition induces a form of nesting or clustering that does not naturally exist in the control condition (e.g., attending career training at an employment center or attendance at a summer school introduces clustering among individuals in the same center or summer school classroom that does not exist in the control condition). The workshop focuses on the motivation, conceptual logic and mechanics of partially nested studies and trains participants in how to design, analyze and leverage partially nested studies to detect main, mediation, and moderation effects. Analyses and example code will be demonstrated in free web applications, the statistical software R and in simple to use Shiny Apps.
Student-Parent Families at the Center: Advancing Equitable Postsecondary Pathways
Wednesday, May 1st, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM EST
Speakers: Theresa Anderson and Kate Westaby (Urban Institute), Maria Williamson (New York University)
Students with dependent children have represented about one in four college students in the United States for at least two decades. But their demographics and the complexity of their resource and support needs have only started to receive attention among colleges and the broader public relatively recently. Prior efforts to conduct research on student parents have largely focused on individual issues, taking a siloed approach to policy and systems change. The Student-Parent Families at the Center Framework offers an alternative perspective, positioning policies and systems in relation to one another. By centering parenting students at their families, this Framework details the intersection of a wide range of policies, programs, and issues as families as they pursue college and career pathways.
In this webinar, participants will learn about the Framework and be able to situate it within racial, gender, and intersectional dynamics of marginalization across the policy landscape. They will learn how the Roadmap provides a starting point to address policy inequities and inefficiencies by designing for parenting students, which would allow higher education and other social policy systems to be more inclusive of many individual and family identities. Attendees will have an opportunity to ask questions and engage in an activity that allows them to think about applying these resources in a familiar postsecondary context.
Tools for Equity-Infused Rapid Learning
Thursday April 25th, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM EST
Speakers: Porsche Boddicker-Young, Kara Conroy, and Tosin Shenbanjo (Mathematica), Cathryn Cook (Saga Education)
Moderator: Isabel Callaway (Mathematica)
To make public services work for all, program designers, policy makers, and researchers increasingly seek to engage communities and program participants at all stages of their work. Authentic and inclusive engagement takes time and resources and requires us to share power and use different approaches to program and research design. Rapid-cycle learning is one approach that enables organizations to improve programs in an innovative and inclusive way. This webinar will introduce a variety of free, publicly available tools that facilitate inclusive and equitable rapid cycle learning.
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APPAM is continuously looking for fresh and timely webinar content and our best resource is our members! Active APPAM members are encouraged to submit webinar proposals for policy-related content and professional development topics.
Submit a Webinar Proposal Here
Webinar Proposal Questions? Email info@appam.org.
Live APPAM webinars are available to everyone, but our webinar library is reserved for active APPAM Members as a membership benefit. Log in as a member to view our full archive.
- APPAM Professional Development Series (August-October 2023)
- Networking and Mentoring in Economics and Policy (October 2023)
- Collecting Information on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in NCES Surveys (May 2023)
- People and Places: Inequality, Migration, Place-Based Economic Development, and Equity (March 2023)
- Utility Decision-Making and Public Policy Around Energy Poverty and Insecurity (September 2022)
- Promoting Equity in State and Local Governments (July 2022)
- Growing the Field of Early Childhood Policy (June 2022)
- Beyond GDP: Measuring Genuine Progress (March 2022)
- Conference Submissions: How to Get Accepted (January 2022)
- Minimum Wage Policy: Impact and Future Direction (October 2021)
- Immigration Policy - Reshaping U.S. Border and Asylum Policy (August 2021)
- How to Start Strong with Research-Government Partnerships (June 2021)
- Food Insecurity, the Child Allowance, and Child Poverty (May 2021)
- Defining Policy Analysis: A Journey That Never Ends (February 2021)
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Retired APPAM Podcasts
APPAM retired our podcast series in 2023. You can find our previous podcast recordings here.
APPAM's The Wonk examined current policy issues discussed by expert practitioners, researchers, and academics. Episode topics included JPAM featured articles, emerging trends in public policy research, and student preparation for careers in public policy.
APPAM's Let's Grab A Coffee podcast was recorded by the Student Advisory Committee (SAC). The episodes were informal conversations with a scholar from the field to show the human side of public polic.