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Revisiting The Missed Pigouvian Opportunity Of The First Industrial Revolution: A Carbon-Based Pigouvian Tax On Ai, Haozheng Jiang

SLU Law Journal Online

As artificial intelligence (AI) reshapes the economy with comparative speed and scope as during the First Industrial Revolution, policymakers face a familiar dilemma: how to preserve technological progress while addressing its negative externalities. This article proposes a uniform, carbon-based Pigouvian tax on AI as a practicable and forward-looking solution to correct one of AI’s most readily measurable negative externalities without stifling innovation. Drawing on lessons from existing carbon-pricing systems, this article contends that such a tax should be designed with flexibility and transparency to promote both effectiveness and political feasibility. Properly structured, the tax would not deter AI development but …

Issue Iv: Sátya, Moby Yang, Patrick Van Hoven, Sofie Robinson, Emma Cohler, Konstandina Deleidi, Teneil Reddy

Sátya

No abstract provided.

Masthead

UC Law SF Journal on Gender and Justice

No abstract provided.

Speak To Me Only With Your Eyes, Stephanie Ngeleka

UC Law SF Journal on Gender and Justice

No abstract provided.

Policy Design, And The Repeal Of Ghana’S Emissions Levy Act: A Multiple Streams Framework Analysis, Anthony Amotoe-Bondzie

Collected Student Papers

Ghana’s 2023 Emissions Levy Act (Act 1112) imposed charges on large industrial emitters and vehicles, intending to internalize pollution costs and raise government revenue. This study applies to Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework (MSF) to explain the policy’s rapid repeal. Drawing on legislative texts, official reports, and media accounts, it categorizes influences into the problem (rising living costs), policy (design features), and politics (stakeholder mobilization) streams. Key findings reveal that the levy’s mixed design, a per-ton CO₂ fee on industry combined with a flat vehicle ownership tax, undermined its climate rationale and appeared more as a revenue grab. Implementation gaps exacerbated …

Research Day 2026 Program, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School Of Medicine

Research Day

No abstract provided.

Closing The Loop In Sustainable Fashion: Recycling Textile Waste And Its Environmental, Social, And Consumer Impacts, Anthony Amotoe-Bondzie

Collected Student Papers

Fast fashion has intensified textile waste, emissions, and social inequities across global supply chains. This study examines sustainable fashion frameworks and the role of textile recycling in advancing circularity. It employes a qualitative integrative literature review synthesizing interdisciplinary research on waste streams, recycling technologies, policy instruments, and consumer behavior. However, advanced recycling technologies offer environmental benefits but remain limited in scale. Nonetheless, rising consumption offsets efficiency gains, while economic and behavioral barriers hinder systemic change. Technological innovation alone is insufficient; circular design, regulatory enforcement, and reduced overproduction are essential for sustainable transformation.

2026-04-01 Caudill Connection, Morehead State University. Caudill College Of Arts, Humanities And Social Sciences.

Caudill Connection

Caudill Connection newsletter for April of 2026.

Unpacking Developmental Programming: A Conceptual And Historical Analysis In The Context Of Dohad, Andrea Gretchev, Heide S. Temples, Gillian England-Mason, Deborah Dewey, Sara M. Sarasua, Christopher Farrell, Vivian Haley-Zitlin

Publications

The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) paradigm posits that early environmental factors may influence a child’s development and long-term health outcomes. Developmental programming (DP) is central to this paradigm, whereby specific early life exposures during critical periods of development are associated with changes to physiological and metabolic pathways, potentially predisposing individuals to disease. However, no standard definition of DP exists, and various terms have been used to describe similar processes. This analysis aimed to develop a conceptual definition for DP to inform interdisciplinary research, education, and practice. Walker and Avant’s eight-step method was employed to analyze the literature, …

Strategic Leadership Decision-Making At Power Four Aau Schools, Arthur Kraft, John Kraft

Business Faculty Articles and Research

Exogenous events have disrupted higher education and impacted the decision-making skills of university presidents. While all university presidents are affected, the problem is most acute at the thirty-six AAU members of the power four conferences. The exogenous events were the precipitous cancellation of federal research grants, the on again and off again restrictions on both new and current foreign students studying at US universities, the proposed 15% limit on indirect costs, the tax on university endowments, the changes in student loan programs, the annual $20.5 million NIL revenue sharing settlement for Division I (DI) athletes, and their share of the …

Sequences That Do Frame Reconstruction, Chad Berner

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Frames allow all elements of a Hilbert space to be reconstructed by inner product data in a stable manner. Recently, there is interest in relaxing the definition of frames to understand the implications for stable signal recovery. In this paper, we relax the definition of a frame by allowing the operator in the frame decomposition formula to not be invertible. We provide a complete classification of sequences that allow this decomposition via a type of frame operator. In addition, we provide several examples of sequences that allow this reconstruction property that are not frames and illustrate in which ways they …

Dipl 6801 Us Foreign Policy In Latin America And The Caribbean, Benjamin Goldfrank Phd

Diplomacy Syllabi

This seminar examines the major foreign policy doctrines applied by the United States in Latin America from the Monroe Doctrine through the Good Neighbor Policy and the Alliance for Progress until the recent agendas combining the “War on Terror” and “Free Trade” (and now the “Donroe” Doctrine?). We will ask questions such as how US policy is shaped, why it has changed over time, which policies are most effective in securing mutually beneficial relationships, and what the policy options are with regard to key issues such as trade, immigration, drugs, and democracy promotion. The seminar focuses on developing analytical, writing, …

Dipl 6277 Global Health Security In A Changing World, Matthew Brown Phd, Mps

Diplomacy Syllabi

This course provides an interdisciplinary survey of global health security at a critical juncture in international health governance. The Spring 2026 semester unfolds against the backdrop of dramatic shifts in U.S. global health policy, including the withdrawal from the World Health Organization, the dismantling of USAID, and the introduction of the "America First Global Health Strategy." These changes, coupled with ongoing threats such as the H5N1 avian influenza outbreak and climate-driven health challenges, create an unprecedented moment for examining the intersection of health and security.

Students will analyze how the reconfiguration of global health architecture affects disease surveillance, pandemic preparedness, …

Dipl 6105 International Political Economy, Robert Shaver Phd

Diplomacy Syllabi

Over the course of history the world has witnessed successive waves of what we today call globalization, resulting in increasing economic interdependence between otherwise independent political communities. Simultaneously, the dominant type of these communities has become the modern territorial nation-state. This course explores these processes, studying the interlinkages of political and economic systems within an increasingly globalized world. Over the course of the semester, we will take an interdisciplinary approach to examine IPE theory, history, trade, development, multinational corporations, the international monetary system, and finance. Primary source readings are paired with the textbook so that students may understand ideas in …

Dipl 3350/6350 Religion, Race, And International Relations, Brian K. Muzas Ph.D.

Diplomacy Syllabi

This course offers an overview of the role of religion and race in international relations. Students explore the causes, nature, and consequences of key issues related to the interplay of religion and race in history at the practical and theoretical levels. By understanding what scholars have learned and connecting these lessons to current events, students will acquire tools to approach contemporary and future issues.

Because of the nature of religion, some guiding questions naturally arise. These include questions like: What is the best way to live? What is the relationship between religion and society? Is religion a strictly private matter? …

Dipl 6002 International Organizations, Purnaka L. De Silva Ph.D.

Diplomacy Syllabi

The focus and aim of this Course – DIPL 6002: International Organizations – is to understand International Organizations from the vantage point of the concept of Global Governance.  Global governance, central to international relations, refers to the loose framework of global regulation – both institutional and normative – that constrains conduct and attempts to maintain order.  When we speak of order, we need to specify order for whom – states, peoples, groups, or individuals.  Order may denote any regular or discernible pattern of relationships that are stable over time or may additionally refer to a condition that allows certain …

Dipl 4108 International Political Economy, Robert Shaver Ph.D.

Diplomacy Syllabi

Over the course of history the world has witnessed successive waves of what we today call globalization, resulting in increasing economic interdependence between otherwise independent political communities. Simultaneously, the dominant type of these communities has become the modern territorial nation-state. This course explores these processes, studying the interlinkages of political and economic systems within an increasingly globalized world. Over the course of the semester, we will take an interdisciplinary approach to examine IPE theory, history, trade, development, multinational corporations, the international monetary system, and finance. Primary source readings are paired with the textbook so that students may understand ideas in …

Dipl 3104 Public International Law, Philip Moremen Ph.D.

Diplomacy Syllabi

This course explores the nature and content of the law governing relations between states and relations between states and non-state actors.  The first part of the course examines the building blocks of international law; the second part applies this knowledge to particular topics, such as the use of force, human rights and international humanitarian law.  By the end of the course, students will possess an understanding of the operation of the international legal system and the role of international law in international affairs.

Students will also develop their critical thinking skills and gain an introduction to legal reasoning and to …

Dipl 4106 Aa Human Rights Law And Policy, Belachew Fikre Ph.D.

Diplomacy Syllabi

This course introduces students to the historical development and emergence of the human rights movement, particularly following World War II and during the consolidating period of the 1970s. This period is often labeled the golden decade of human rights, as the movement that commenced at the end of World War II was consolidated through the adoption of two crucial international instruments. Furthermore, human rights advocacy, which works through victims’ testimony and evidence-based reporting on violations, began to take center stage, departing from the basic rules of humanitarian engagement that include impartiality, neutrality, and independence.

With four interrelated parts, the course …

Dipl 4193 Aa Eastern European And Post-Soviet Politics, Margarita M. Balmaceda Phd

Diplomacy Syllabi

This course provides a systematic introduction to the main issues in Soviet, post-Soviet and post Soviet-Bloc politics. Some of the topics to be considered are the following: (1) the legacy of Soviet nationality policies and the Soviet planned economy system on the creation and development of new political systems in the former Soviet republics after 1991; (2) the political and economic diversity which emerged within the ‘Soviet Bloc” starting in the 1950’s, and its effects on the development of new political systems after the fall of  Communism; (3) the causes and consequences of ethnic conflicts in some of  the countries …

Celebration Of Scholarship And Creativity Magazine, 2024-2025, University Of Texas At Tyler

Celebration of Scholarship and Creativity Magazine

This annual review is compiled to promote scholarship and document a record of the published and creative works of The University of Texas at Tyler faculty for academic year 2024-2025. Information was compiled from Faculty180©, the university’s platform for faculty activity reporting.

Table Of Contents (V. 32, No. 3)

William & Mary Journal of Race, Gender, and Social Justice

No abstract provided.

A Stag In The Spring Meadow, Makoto Shinoda

UC Law SF Journal on Gender and Justice

No abstract provided.

Bcaas Newsletter Spring 2026, Bcaas

BCAAS Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Hamstring And Hip Flexor Peak Force And Sprint Performance In Collegiate Athletes, Zachary A-C Cowherd-Novotny

Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between isometric hamstring and hip flexor peak force and sprint performance variables, including sprint time, velocity, and momentum, in collegiate athletes. Thirty-one NCAA Division I male and female athletes (ages 18–24) from football, track and field, and women’s soccer participated in this study. Isometric hamstring and hip flexor peak force were assessed using a portable fixed dynamometer (TruStrength3, Hawkin Dynamics, Westbrook, ME). Sprint performance was measured using electronic timing gates (Dashr Systems LLC, Lincoln, NE) during a 20 m sprint protocol, with split times recorded at 0–10 m and 10–20 …

Justice And The Algorithm: Beyond Bias, Robert H. Sloan, Richard Warner

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.

The Empty Plinth: Legacies Of Colorado Union Troops In State History Textbooks (1923-2024), Kai A. Moore

History

This research examines Colorado K-12 state history textbooks published between 1923 and 2024 to explore how the legacies of the Colorado Union troops, known both for their victory over Confederate soldiers in New Mexico and their perpetration of the Sand Creek Massacre, have changed over the course of a century. By focusing on the legacy of a specific period within one state for an extended period of time, this thesis demonstrates that state history textbooks can serve as a barometer for a state’s public memory of its own history. The combined impacts of the civilizational continuum and perspective on narratives …

Beyond Algorithmic Equality, Tatiana Dancy

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

Algorithms can predict the risk that a given offender will reoffend, on the basis of statistical observations about the relationship between certain attributes and proxies for criminal behavior (e.g., arrest or conviction). These predictions inform a range of decisions within the realm of criminal justice across the world, including sentencing, security classification, and parole. The variables that can increase an individual’s risk score, which are not widely publicized by those who develop or use risk tools, include financial stress, the criminality of friends or family, parental neglect, and experiences of domestic violence. In this way, algorithms may treat individuals as …

Rewired: Reconceptualizing Legal Services For The Ai Age, Lev E. Breydo

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

The legal profession is at a crossroads, caught between intensifying fears of AI-driven displacement and a generational opportunity for transformation. This Article provides a practical framework for navigating the shifting terrain.

Situating legal innovation within a multi-century arc of technological change, the Article draws on management and strategy scholarship to develop two core organizing models: the Legal Services Value Chain and the Innovation Frontier. The value chain disaggregates the lifecycle of a legal matter into five distinct nodes of activity, providing a map for subsequent analyses.

Building on that foundation, the Innovation Frontier traces LegalTech’s evolution from 2000s-vintage e-discovery to …

Measuring Legal Importance: From Case Citations To Linguistic Shifts, Bao Kham Chau

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

This Article introduces a novel empirical method for measuring judicial importance beyond traditional metrics, such as citation counts, which often undervalue decisions that shape legal practice without generating extensive case law. Drawing on techniques from computational text analysis, it proposes linguistic shifts—systematic changes in the length, language, and structure of legal documents—as an alternative proxy for a judicial opinion’s legal significance.

The Article applies this method to a case study involving Blackboard, Inc. v. Desire2Learn, Inc., 574 F.3d 1371 (Fed. Cir. 2009), a Federal Circuit decision that has received relatively little attention under conventional citation-based measures. By programmatically analyzing …