Recent Lectures, Interviews, Op-Eds, and Blog Posts

“Standard of Care in Policy Research” (with Anna Marion), Evidence Matters (3ie Blog) (09/12/2022).

“The Ethics of Payment to Research Participants,” Evidence Matters (3ie Blog) (02/28/2022).

“Affordable Housing in Carrboro: Let’s Work Together to Make It Happen,” Chapelboro.com (02/22/2022).

“Policy Equipoise and Ethical Implementation Experiments: Evidence of Effectiveness, not Merely Efficacy,” Evidence Matters (3ie Blog) (02/16/2022).

“How Does Scarcity Inform Ethical Withholding of Treatment?” Evidence Matters (3ie Blog) (02/11/2022).

Interviewed for “Maine Lawmakers Study Direct Cash Payments as Anti-poverty Tool,” Portland Press Herald (1/2/2022).

“You Can Only Save One – Who Do You Save?” TEDEd Animation (12/21/2021).

“Public Policy Experiments: Ethical Challenges and Paths Forward,” Bioethics Speaker Series, Wake Forest University (11/11/2021).

Interview with UNC’s The Well, “The Pros and Cons of Universal Basic Income” (2/23/2021).

“The Ethics of Public Policy Research,” Conversations about Research Ethics (CARE) Panel, Center for Ethics and Human Values, The Ohio State University (1/19/2021).

“Structured Ethics Appendices in Social Science Papers? A Comment on Karlan and Udry’s Proposal.” The Transfer Project Blog (12/18/2020).

“Ethical Challenges in the Development and Distribution of a COVID-19 Vaccine,” Queen’s College, City University of New York (11/17/2020).

“The Ethics of Policy RCTs: The Need for a Field,” On Think Tanks Conference 2020: The 3rd Online Event (11/10/2020)

Carolina Public Humanities Lecture at Fayetteville Technical Community College, “Ethical Challenges in the Development and Distribution of a COVID-19 Vaccine” (10/29/2020).

Interview with UNC’s The Well about ethical challenges raised by the COVID-19 Pandemic (9/25/2020).

“Enforcing Payment for Water Services – What’s the Standard of Care?” The Transfer Project Blog (8/14/2020)