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Policy Brief

Automated License Plate Readers: Legal and Policy Evaluation

January 15, 2023
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Noah Stein, BA, Public Policy
Automated License Plate Readers (ALPRs) are a surveillance technology that can alert law enforcement about vehicle locations in real-time or provide information on past movements. In recent years, growing numbers of public and private entities have...
Policy Brief

Decentralized Wastewater Treatment in Detroit

September 23, 2022
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Zachary Berquist, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering
Decentralized wastewater treatment is the future of wastewater treatment. In developing countries without sophisticated wastewater infrastructure, it is the design of choice since it has lower capital costs, protects the local environment, and...
Policy Brief

Acoustic Gunshot Detection Systems: Community & Policy Considerations

June 24, 2022
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Jillian Mammino, MPP ‘23
Acoustic gun detection systems (AGDS) are a law enforcement technology designed to detect gunshot sounds and notify police of the event and location in close to real time. ShotSpotter is the most well-known AGDS in the United States, sold by a...
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Ensuring global access to COVID-19 vaccines

January 21, 2021
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Shobita Parthasarathy
Hopeful predictions estimate that by the end of 2021, only 10% of the world’s population will have received COVID-19 vaccines. Pfizer, Moderna, and other vaccine manufacturers can only produce so many doses at a time. Most of the first recipients...
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Mobility: The Socioeconomic Implications of Autonomous Vehicles

December 1, 2017
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Rachel L. Wallace
Autonomous vehicle (AV) technology is developing rapidly and is poised to change all aspects of transportation and mobility. AVs are already on the road, some without backup human drivers. Widespread adoption of AVs will change the demand for labor,...
Policy Brief

A Public Good? Geoengineering and Intellectual Property

June 17, 2010
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Shobita Parthasarathy, Christopher Avery, Nathan Hedberg, Jessie Mannisto, Molly Maguire
Intellectual property (IP) is often unrecognized as a form of governance, but it shapes the development of technology in pivotal ways. Both the US and UK governments have recognized this in their discussions about the governance of geoengineering,...