Research
VT SPIA is home to a vibrant community of scholars.
SPIA faculty currently serve on the editorial boards of 31 academic journals including:
Administration & Society (Brian Cook, Karen Hult, and Laura Jensen)
American Review of Public Administration (Patrick Roberts)
Athens Journal of Social Sciences (Max Stephenson)
Congress & the Presidency (Karen Hult)
Environmental Health Perspectives (Steve Hankey, member of editorial review board)
Europe and the World Book Series, Lexington Books (Joel Peters, Co-Editor)
Fast Capitalism (Tim Luke, Co-Editor)
Housing Policy Debate (David Bieri; Tom Sanchez as Editor-in-chief (2010-2021)
International Journal of Sustainable Transport (Ralph Buehler)
Journal of Collaborative Healthcare and Translational Medicine (Shalini Misra)
Journal of Transport and Land Use (Ralph Buehler)
Land (Tom Sanchez)
New Political Science (Tim Luke, Associate Editor)
Opolis (Tom Sanchez)
Policy Studies Journal (Laura Jensen)
Presidential Studies Quarterly (Karen Hult)
Review of Evolutionary Political Economy (Giselle Datz, Associate Editor)
Rhetoric & Public Affairs (Karen Hult)
Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy (Patrick Roberts)
Urban Affairs Review (Maggie Cowell)
Urban and Regional Resilience eJournal (David Bieri, Editor/Curator)
Sustainability (Max Stephenson)
Telos Press Publishing (Tim Luke, Book Line Editor)
Transport Reviews (Ralph Buehler, Book Review Editor)
Transportation Research Part-D (Ralph Buehler)
Transportation Research Record (Ralph Buehler, Associate Editor)
Urban Findings (Tom Sanchez, Editorial Advisory Board)
Urban Planning (Tom Sanchez)
Urban Science (Tom Sanchez)
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Bio ItemMaggie Cowell , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemStephanie Davis , bio
Collegiate Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemAdrienne Edisis , bio
Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemHyojung Lee , bio
Assistant Professor of Housing and Property Management, Apparel, Housing, and Resource Affiliated Faculty, Urban Affairs and Planning
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Bio ItemJohn Provo , bio
Adjunct Professor, Urban Affairs & Policy (UAP)
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Bio ItemMax Stephenson , bio
Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Director, Institute for Policy and Governance (IPG)
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Bio ItemDiane Zahm , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemAriel Ahram , bio
Professor, Chair of Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemLaura Jensen , bio
Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemTim Luke , bio
Interim Director and University Distinguished Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemJoel Peters , bio
Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemCecily Rodriguez , bio
Manager of Applied Research, School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) Adjunct Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemMax Stephenson , bio
Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Director, Institute for Policy and Governance (IPG)
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Bio ItemPatrick Roberts , bio
Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemKris Wernstedt , bio
Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemYang Zhang , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemRalph Hall , bio
Undergraduate Programs Director and Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Associate Director, School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) Affiliated Faculty, Honors College
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Bio ItemSteve Hankey , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemTheodore Lim , bio
Assistant Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemTim Luke , bio
Interim Director and University Distinguished Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemShelley Mastran , bio
Professor of Practice, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemJohn Randolph , bio
Professor Emeritus, Urban Policy and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemTodd Schenk , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Director, Science, Technology & Engineering in Policy (STEP) Program Affiliated Faculty, Global Change Center (GCC), Fralin Life Sciences Institute, and Center for Coastal Studies
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Bio ItemYang Zhang , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemDavid Bieri , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Associate Professor (affiliate), Economics Research Associate Professor, Global Forum on Urban & Regional Resilience
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Bio ItemYannis Stivachtis , bio
Affiliated Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemGerard Toal , bio
Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemJoyce Barr , bio
Professor of Practice, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemChad Levinson , bio
Assistant Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemGerard Toal , bio
Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemDavid Bredenkamp , bio
Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemMatthew Dull , bio
Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemKaren Hult , bio
Chair and Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP) PhD Program Director, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP) Editor, Administration & Society
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Bio ItemJoe Rees , bio
Executive Committee Chair, Associate Professor, and Program Coordinator, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemPatrick Roberts , bio
Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemTodd Schenk , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Director, Science, Technology & Engineering in Policy (STEP) Program Affiliated Faculty, Global Change Center (GCC), Fralin Life Sciences Institute, and Center for Coastal Studies
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Bio ItemRalph Buehler , bio
Program Chair and Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemSteve Hankey , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemLaura Jensen , bio
Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemStephanie Smith , bio
Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemRaymond Zuinga , bio
Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemJeffery Glick , bio
Professor of Practice, School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA)
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Bio ItemPatrick Roberts , bio
Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemDavid Bieri , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Associate Professor (affiliate), Economics Research Associate Professor, Global Forum on Urban & Regional Resilience
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Bio ItemHyojung Lee , bio
Assistant Professor of Housing and Property Management, Apparel, Housing, and Resource Affiliated Faculty, Urban Affairs and Planning
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Bio ItemThomas Sanchez , bio
Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemRaymond Zuinga , bio
Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemDavid Bieri , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Associate Professor (affiliate), Economics Research Associate Professor, Global Forum on Urban & Regional Resilience
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Bio ItemGiselle Datz , bio
Associate Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemStephanie Smith , bio
Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemKris Wernstedt , bio
Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemGiselle Datz , bio
Associate Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemSheryl Bailey , bio
Visiting Professor of Practice and Adjunct Faculty
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Bio ItemStephanie Davis , bio
Collegiate Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemKaren Hult , bio
Chair and Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP) PhD Program Director, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP) Editor, Administration & Society
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Bio ItemLaura Jensen , bio
Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemAriel Ahram , bio
Professor, Chair of Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemJoel Peters , bio
Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemAriel Ahram , bio
Professor, Chair of Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemChad Levinson , bio
Assistant Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemJoel Peters , bio
Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemYannis Stivachtis , bio
Affiliated Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemGerard Toal , bio
Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemDavid Bredenkamp , bio
Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemKaren Hult , bio
Chair and Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP) PhD Program Director, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP) Editor, Administration & Society
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Bio ItemChad Levinson , bio
Assistant Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemMatthew Dull , bio
Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemAdrienne Edisis , bio
Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemJoe Rees , bio
Executive Committee Chair, Associate Professor, and Program Coordinator, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemCecily Rodriguez , bio
Manager of Applied Research, School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) Adjunct Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemKris Wernstedt , bio
Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemRaymond Zuinga , bio
Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemShalini Misra , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemTim Luke , bio
Interim Director and University Distinguished Professor, Government and International Affairs (GIA)
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Bio ItemEric Malczewski , bio
Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemMax Stephenson , bio
Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Director, Institute for Policy and Governance (IPG)
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Bio ItemShalini Misra , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemRalph Buehler , bio
Program Chair and Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemRalph Hall , bio
Undergraduate Programs Director and Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Associate Director, School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) Affiliated Faculty, Honors College
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Bio ItemSteve Hankey , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemThomas Sanchez , bio
Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemRalph Buehler , bio
Program Chair and Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemMaggie Cowell , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemStephanie Davis , bio
Collegiate Associate Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemAdrienne Edisis , bio
Assistant Professor, Center for Public Administration & Policy (CPAP)
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Bio ItemTheodore Lim , bio
Assistant Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemShelley Mastran , bio
Professor of Practice, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemThomas Sanchez , bio
Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemTodd Schenk , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Director, Science, Technology & Engineering in Policy (STEP) Program Affiliated Faculty, Global Change Center (GCC), Fralin Life Sciences Institute, and Center for Coastal Studies
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Bio ItemDiane Zahm , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemYang Zhang , bio
Associate Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Bio ItemRalph Hall , bio
Undergraduate Programs Director and Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP) Associate Director, School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) Affiliated Faculty, Honors College
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Bio ItemTheodore Lim , bio
Assistant Professor, Urban Affairs and Planning (UAP)
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Redirect ItemInstitute for Policy and Governance (IPG) , redirect
IPG is an entrepreneurial, interdisciplinary community of collaborating faculty, staff and students that conducts research, learning and engagement efforts concerning significant democratic governance challenges.
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General ItemNSF CAREER Award Project on Air Pollution
Professor Steve Hankey received a $500,000 NSF award to fund a five-year project to measure air pollution using various sensors and engage the public by tracking their pollution intake using a smartphone app.
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General ItemSPIA Faculty & Student Research Awards
Explore the many research initiatives currently ongoing at SPIA.
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Home ItemInternational Refugee Research Project , home
Launched in 2016, the International Refugee Research Project, comprising several international partners, is dedicated to expanding the study of the realities of the refugee condition in order to improve them.
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Redirect ItemNational Science Foundation Funds Research on the Social Implications of COVID-19 , redirect
SPIA Professors Shalini Misra and Kris Wernstedt highlighted in VT News for their NSF-backed research on social distancing and digital information during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Redirect ItemDr. Jessica Agnew and Dr. Ralph Hall help land project to develop app that improves food security in Kenya , redirect
Dr. Jessica Agnew and Dr. Ralph Hall help land a $250,000 one-year project to develop a smartphone app using blockchain technology to address inefficiencies in African Indigenous Vegetables (AIV) value chains in Eastern Kenya
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Redirect ItemMargaret Cowell: Giving Voices to "Those in the Shadow" , redirect
Margaret Cowell helps communities remain or become economically successful and works to increase equity surrounding economic development in local communities
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Redirect ItemManaging salt pollution to protect drinking water resources and freshwater ecosystems , redirect
Doctors often tell us, “cut back on your salt.” And just like too much dietary salt is bad for blood pressure, too much salt in our nation’s streams, lakes, and reservoirs threatens ecosystem health and the security of our nation’s drinking water and food supplies.
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Redirect ItemHow Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated? , redirect
Patrick Roberts discusses important factors to consider in developing a set of norms for the regulation of artificial intelligence.
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