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An Appeal for Smarter Decisions

An Appeal for Smarter Decisions

An appeal for better, smarter decisions - Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai published in Policy Options Politiques Spend a few minutes talking with the Erb Institute’s Faculty Director, Joe Árvai, and it’ll be clear that his social and political views are progressive;...

Identifying challenger roles in the U.S. environment movement

Identifying challenger roles in the U.S. environment movement

Erb Faculty Director, Andy Hoffman, Erb Post-doc alumna, Stephanie Bertels and Rich DeJordy published "The Varied Work of Challenger Movements: Identifying Challenger Roles in the US Environmental Movement" in Organization Studies. This article analyses underlying...

Learning trust was its own prize

Learning trust was its own prize

What happens when a Cameroonian medical student, a Finnish social entrepreneur, an American public health professional, an Italian architect, and a Kenyan actor turned medical student, get together in a room?  A lot of Post-it notes, a vibrant pitch presentation, and...

U-M apparel liscensees to follow Bangladesh safety accord

U-M apparel liscensees to follow Bangladesh safety accord

President Mary Sue Coleman announced on April 1st that U-M will adopt a worker safety initiative by recommendation of the President's Advisory Committee on Labor Standards and Human Rights. The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh initiative is a five year...

Energy efficiency innovation in Ann Arbor

Energy efficiency innovation in Ann Arbor

By Stacy Wennstrom Five 2013 Dow Fellows from across the University of Michigan have partnered with the City of Ann Arbor to create financial incentives for landlords and renters to increase energy efficiency. This pilot project seeks to overcome disadvantages that...