Daniel Aldrich
danielaldrich.bsky.social
Daniel Aldrich
@danielaldrich.bsky.social

Social scientist interested in social capital, social infrastructure, energy and environmental politics. Books at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Daniel-P.-Aldrich/author/B001JSDHPW

Daniel P. Aldrich is an academic in the fields of political science, public policy and Asian studies. He is currently full professor of political science and public policy at Northeastern University. Aldrich has held several Fulbright fellowships, including a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Applied Public Policy at Flinders University in Australia in 2023, a Fulbright Specialist in Trinidad-Tobago in 2018, a Fulbright research fellowship at the University of Tokyo's Economic's Department for the 2012–2013 academic year, and a IIE Fulbright Dissertation Fellowship in Tokyo in 2002–2003. His research, prompted in part by his own family's experience of Hurricane Katrina, explores how communities around the world respond to and recover from disaster. .. more

Political science 31%
Sociology 29%

Elite universities - including Harvard, BU, and Northeastern - are shrinking or ending doctoral admissions www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/b...
From Harvard to BU to Brown, New England schools are enrolling fewer new PhDs this year. Why? - The Boston Globe
Elite universities are taking fewer doctoral candidates after decades of beefing up their research enterprises.
www.bostonglobe.com

Chinese airlines have canceled flights to Japan after a sharp deterioration in relations between Asia’s two biggest economies in response to comments Japan’s PM made about the possibility of Japan intervening in a confrontation between China and Taiwan. www.newsweek.com/china-cancel...
China cancels flights to Japan after warning to citizens
Japan's new leader prime triggered the dispute by saying Japan could intervene in a confrontation between China and Taiwan.
www.newsweek.com

Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack www.ft.com/content/0aea...
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com

Making driving dangerous again: Senate challenges new safety features in cars www.wsj.com/business/aut...
Exclusive | Senate Committee to Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates That Hurt ‘Affordability’
Republicans are questioning the value of some features, such as automatic braking and rear-seat reminders.
www.wsj.com

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Britain's wind turbines achieved a record 22,711 MW on November 11, powering over 22 million homes and comprising 44% of the UK's electricity www.webpronews.com/uk-wind-turb...

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The networks of trust and connection that shape how communities respond, and recover have been overlooked. We bring social systems into the center of disaster planning by making social capital and social infrastructure visible, measurable and actionable.
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We hope our guidelines can elevate the importance of social connection to the same level as basic public health practices such as exercising, not smoking + relying on a designated driver when you go out drinking w friends
theconversation.com/we-created-h...

New #article from Tuncalp et al: Grassroots digital humanitarianism and regenerative synergy in the 2023 Türkiye earthquake
TL;DR: Introduces a hybrid governance model bridging grassroots and formal disaster response.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com

The Trump Administration DOE has removed the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations and others from its organizational chart, absorbing them into the Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation. pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/11/24/d...
Department of Energy removes renewable energy, climate offices
The Trump Administration DOE has removed the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations and others from its organizational chart, absorbing them into the O...
pv-magazine-usa.com

Back-to-back calls between U.S. President Donald Trump and the leaders of Japan and China have so far done little to defuse the diplomatic spat occurring between Beijing and Tokyo, as experts warn that a de-escalation of the crisis remains nowhere in sight www.cnbc.com/2025/11/25/t...
'Takaichi cannot retract her statement and Beijing knows that': Why China-Japan spat unlikely to be resolved soon
Trump’s back-to-back calls with Xi and Takaichi did nothing to temper Beijing’s pressure campaign on Tokyo over Taiwan.
www.cnbc.com

New #article from Kutuk et al: A Bibliometric Analysis in the Context of Cultural Resilience
TL;DR: cultural resilience helps community recovery processes by preserving cultural heritage, strengthening social networks + promoting economic sustainability
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New #article from Zheng et al: The effect of supervision on households’ provision for public goods
TL;DR: enhancing institutional and interpersonal trust, leveraging social networks for norm dissemination, and improving governance regularity
www-tandfonline-com.ezproxy.neu.edu/doi/full/10....