Daniel Aldrich
@danielaldrich.bsky.social
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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

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As a resilience professional your town looks to you to prepare for the next emergency. Design wetlands plans to safeguard cities. Develop communication strategies to combat political radicalization. Apply now for spots in our MS Resilience Studies Program
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New #article by Li and McNaught: Effects of cumulative exposures to climate-related disasters on social capital
TL;DR: Climate-related disasters negatively affected bonding social capital, which declined further with repeated disasters
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7...

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New #chapter from Doerfel et al: High Resilience Organizations and Communication
TL;DR: emphasizes the multi-level dynamic communicative processes that underpin organization-level resilience.
www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

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Our new #article w Kiffer G. Card et al: Public Health Guidelines for Social Connection: An International Delphi Study

TL;DR: make connection a lifelong priority, build diverse networks, prioritize meaningful interactions, use technology wisely

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Two powerful offshore earthquakes struck the same region in the southern Philippines hours apart on Friday.
The first one, a 7.4 magnitude quake in the morning, killed at least five people, set off landslides, damaged hospitals and schools. apnews.com/article/phil...
A second powerful earthquake strikes off southern Philippines after first one kills at least 5
Philippine seismologists say that a new offshore earthquake with a preliminary 6.9 magnitude hit the same southern region struck earlier by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4.
apnews.com

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With the government shut the National Flood Insurance Program has paused policies home buyers need for mortgages. The $4,000 annual flood coverage her client was expecting to pay for a 2 bedroom ranch is off the table. Left: ones for $9,000 and $12,000.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/r...
For Homes by the Water, Closing Just Got More Complicated
www.nytimes.com

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Log rolling doesn't always work out for everyone

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Making the government White again: While there are no statistics on firings by race, an examination of the people Trump is appointing to fill those and other jobs shows a stark trend.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/u...

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“With each passing day, the AI space looks more and more like the USA’s home mortgage securitization at the peak of the 2007-8 housing bubble with its overlapping series of capital conveyor belts.” Peter Atwater ht @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social