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Open for Innovation: The Growth of Social Entrepreneurialism in Uganda

by Paul Kuhne | Oct 26, 2017 | Global, Global Policy Studies & International Security, International Development, Technology Policy | 0 |

Photo: Rachel Strohm (CC) This past summer, I had the good fortune to attend the LeoAfrica...

Spraying the Skies: an Untested Stopgap for Climate Change

by Ryan Duffy | Sep 24, 2017 | Energy & Environmental Policy, LBJ School, National, Technology Policy | 1 |

Late in July, an off-the-record gathering of experts and academics converged on the Grand Summit...

Cyber Sirens: Heed the Warnings Before it is too Late

by Sarah Hampton | May 19, 2017 | Technology Policy | 0 |

Photo: Yuri Samoilov At 11:48pm on April 7, 2017, every tornado siren in Dallas went off at the...

Drones, Twitter, Data, and DJs: The New Face for Disaster Response

by Brian O'Donnell | Aug 10, 2015 | Global Policy Studies & International Security, International Development, LBJ School, Philanthropy & Non-Profit Organizations, Summer Internships, Technology Policy | 0 |

Imagine Hilary Clinton receiving her hypothetical “3am phone call” and entering the situation room...

In Defense of Pretty Maps

by Brian O'Donnell | Sep 25, 2014 | Global Policy Studies & International Security, International Development, Multimedia, Politics and Governance, Summer Internships, Technology Policy | 1 |

Cartography is pretty hot these days. Maps tap into our brains’ spatial reasoning abilities to...

Are Exxon and IPCC both right? If yes, what does this mean for policymakers?

by Jason Wible | Apr 8, 2014 | Energy & Environmental Policy, Misc, Technology Policy | 0 |

Twenty-six years ago, as the average LBJ student was just getting started in life, the...

Doing Well and Doing Good: The Business for Good Summit

by Francoise Van Keuren | Feb 19, 2014 | Economics & Trade Policy, Energy & Environmental Policy, Global Policy Studies & International Security, International Development, Philanthropy & Non-Profit Organizations, Technology Policy | 0 |

The McCombs School of Business Net Impact Chapter is hosting its 6th annual summit on business and...

We the Gamers

by Miha Vindis | Dec 12, 2013 | Misc, Technology Policy | 3 |

“Video games matter.” I have lost track how many times I’ve said that. It is not...

Climate Change: A non-partisan issue in Texas?

by Jason Wible | Nov 23, 2013 | Energy & Environmental Policy, Misc, Technology Policy | 0 |

Some interesting recent polling, including work done by the Yale Project on Climate Change...

SXSW Eco Wrap

by Andy Uhler | Oct 23, 2013 | Energy & Environmental Policy, Philanthropy & Non-Profit Organizations, Technology Policy | 0 |

Much like the music, film and interactive iterations of the conference, SXSW Eco attempts to bring...

Clean Tech’s Real Solyndra

by Erik Funkhouser | Mar 26, 2013 | Energy & Environmental Policy, Technology Policy | 0 |

The iconic image for the debate on climate change over the last decade has not been footage of glacial ice tumbling into the arctic sea or the cover of An Inconvenient Truth (2006). It is the climate forecast PowerPoint,...

Keep Your Hands Off My Privacy

by Matthew Cornelius | Mar 27, 2012 | Technology Policy | 0 |

Two recent events – one in the public sector, one in the private sector – have helped to engage millions of Americans in a debate on privacy rights and information security: the debate over SOPA & Facebook...

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