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Author: Renee Sahatdjian University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy ABSTRACT Reports of technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation have increased substantially over the past decade, even as governments have expanded criminal penalties and platform-based detection systems. This article examines online child sexual exploitation as a problem of public governance rather

Authors: Thomas Day2 and Sarah Meadows1 1University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability, 2Deloitte ABSTRACT The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) plays a central role in informing decision-making on climate change, yet scholarship has paid limited attention to the authors who produce its assessment reports. This study examines

Author: Arabella Smith-Velleux University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs ABSTRACT Hydraulic fracturing near American Indian reservations has raised urgent concerns about environmental degradation, public health, and its role in intensifying gender-based violence against Indigenous women. This policy analysis examines the intersection between fracking, extractive-industry “boomtown” dynamics, and the

Author: Eda Bozkurt University of Michigan Department of Architecture ABSTRACT This article examines state-led urban renewal as a problem of public accountability, arguing that prevailing policy frameworks systematically obscure the epistemic and temporal harms produced by prolonged displacement. Drawing on community-engaged research conducted in Ankara’s Mamak district in Turkey between

Authors: Erykah Benson1 and Love Lundy2 University of Michigan 1Department of Sociology, 2Ford School of Public Policy ABSTRACT Between 2019 and 2020, grocery delivery services grew in popularity, offering convenience by making food easier and quicker to access without needing to travel. These services also present a potential tool to

Dear Readers, We are honored to present Volume 22 of the Michigan Journal of Public Affairs. As we began this year’s editorial process, one reality remained at the forefront of our minds: our nation and our world are navigating an era of polycrisis. Between the pressures of political polarization, mounting

Author: Tyler Baird University of Michigan Ford School of Public Policy, School for Environment and Sustainability ABSTRACT Agriculture is a central issue in the U.S. federal policy landscape, with the next Farm Bill anticipated to allocate trillions of dollars in agricultural subsidies over the subsequent decade. However, federal farm spending

Author: Chelsea Hall University of California Berkeley ABSTRACT California faces intense wildfire risk that will only worsen over time due to climate change. Local jurisdictions find it increasingly difficult to navigate their many imperatives: preventing structural and human loss, understanding and predicting wildfire behavior, tracking emergent state legislation, and reaching

Dear Readers, The Michigan Journal of Public Affairs presents its twenty-first annual volume. This volume features a selection of articles offering insights into contemporary policy debates on local, national, and international stages. In the pages of Volume 21, you will find entries by graduate students and professionals wrestling with ongoing

Author: Olivia Woodmansee American University ABSTRACT Higher Education is under attack. From the recent actions of the federal government, designed to strip funding from institutions and dictate admission and administrative action, to state governments promulgating bills and state executive orders targeting the operations of public higher education institutions. Some of