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%

New book from Amy-Jane Gielen: Cutting through Complexity: Evaluating Countering Violent Extremism (CVE)
TL;DR: heuristic development of the realistic evaluation method which provides a basis for future CVE evaluation studies
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mon...

New #article from Rushton et al: From disaster to possibility: advancing alternative tourism futures in Jasper National Park post-wildfire
TL;DR: tension between systemic vulnerabilities and aspirational futures for tourism in JNP post-wildfire
www.emerald.com/jtf/article/...

Pasarelas del Río Vero, Alquézar, Spain ht MedicalScience

Employers had affordable labour, while employees received training and a clear career path. Both sides benefited.
But now that bargain is breaking down. AI is automating the grunt work theconversation.com/ai-could-mar...
AI could mark the end of young people learning on the job – with terrible results
The bargain that built careers is breaking down.
theconversation.com

Our new #article with Craig-Scheckman et al: Beyond the Evacuation Zone: Agricultural Passes and the Wildfire Crisis in California
TL;DR: relationships with law enforcement strengthened program outcomes, but benefits were uneven across counties
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our new #article with Hocking et al: Social infrastructure and social capital: Barangay halls and basketball courts as cornerstones of community resilience
TL;DR: social infra provides neutrality, co-creation, organising, institutionalisation, + information

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

In a stunning reversal, the Justice Department on Thursday filed a motion seeking to drop criminal charges against the men. In it, prosecutors provided incorrect information, while ICE issued a statement admitting agents made “false statements” under oath. share.google/ATuv7WYHfOAW...
A man shot by an ICE agent in Minneapolis was charged with assaulting law enforcement. A startling admission ended the case | CNN
Alfredo Alejandro Aljorna was on shift in Minneapolis on a Wednesday evening last month, making deliveries as a DoorDash driver, when he realized he was being followed by ICE agents, his attorney said...
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Trump’s fossil fuel based energy policy isn’t just dirty. It’s expensive. And it’s blocking America’s economic growth heatmap.news/ideas/trump-...
Trump’s Energy Policy Isn’t Just Dirty. It’s Expensive.
And it’s blocking America’s economic growth, argues a former White House climate advisor.
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Big nope to the Rubio speech

Tipping point: multiple climate systems — the Greenland ice sheet, the West Antarctic ice sheet, boreal permafrost, the Amazon rainforest — are all much closer to collapse than previously thought futurism.com/science-ener...
Earth on Track to Become Uninhabitable, Scientists Say
The planet is close to entering a death-spiral that could bring about a worst-case-scenario known as "hothouse Earth."
futurism.com

Sign of the times: An AI agent autonomously wrote + published a personalized attack against an open-source software maintainer after he rejected its code contribution. It might be the first documented case of an AI publicly shaming a person as retribution
www.fastcompany.com/91492228/mat...
An AI agent just tried to shame a software engineer after he rejected its code
When a Matplotlib volunteer declined its pull request, the bot published a personal attack.
www.fastcompany.com

Despite Trump, solar is ascendant

Lazy AI slop: DOGE representatives used ChatGPT to identify approximately 1,400 National Endowment for the Humanities grants related to diversity that were terminated in April of last year, according to a new court filing released today. www.politico.com/newsletters/...
ChatGPT cuts in action
www.politico.com

Appeasement doesn't work: Universities that struck deals with Trump still on military no go list

Trump denialism: Trump administration is urging nations to press a tiny Pacific island country to withdraw a UN resolution supporting strong action to prevent climate change, including reparations for damage caused by any nation that fails to take action. apnews.com/article/un-r...
Trump administration urges nations to call for the withdrawal of a UN climate proposal
The Trump administration is urging other nations to press a tiny Pacific island country to withdraw a United Nations draft resolution supporting strong action to prevent climate change, including repa...
apnews.com

Japanese authorities say they have seized a Chinese fishing vessel that tried to flee when ordered to stop for an inspection, in a move that may further fuel tensions with Beijing www.bbc.com/news/article...
Japan says it seized Chinese vessel amid tensions with Beijing
The fishing boat tried to flee when ordered to stop for an inspection inside Japan's territorial waters, authorities say.
www.bbc.com