Published Research

Journal Article

Impact of Veteran Journeys Opera on Audience Member Attitudes Related to Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress or Unstable Housing

This study evaluated a streaming opera?s effects on measures of audience engagement important to Veterans? recovery from posttraumatic stress and unstable housing.

Robert M. Bilder, Joseph Mango, Kia Skrine Jeffers, Lingqi Tang, Marissa Stinnett, Angelo Constantino, Lily Zhang, Kenneth B. Wells

Journal Article

National Travel Distances for Emergency Care

The paper examines the travel time/distance between a patient’s actual home address and the ED they visited and how these distances/times vary by hospital and patient characteristics using geocoded data from 50 hospital-based EDs from across the US.

Anagha Alka Tolpadi, Marc N. Elliott, Daniel A. Waxman, Kirsten Becker, Elizabeth Flow-Delwiche, William Lehrman, Debra S. Stark, Layla Parast

Tool

Mid-Atlantic Regional Climate Impacts Summary and Outlook: Summer 2023

This climate summary aims to inform Mid-Atlantic policymakers and practitioners about weather patterns for summer 2023, regional climate trends, and the upcoming fall season.

Michelle E. Miro, Krista Romita Grocholski, Sophia Charan, Jessica Spaccio, Samantha Borisoff, Arthur T. DeGaetano

Tool

Exploring the Feasibility of Building a Housing Stock Tool to Address Homelessness in Los Angeles

The authors describe the process of combining data from various agencies to develop a housing stock tool and discuss the context of their work from interviews conducted with relevant stakeholders.

Kelsey O'Hollaren, Gerald P. Hunter, Sarah B. Hunter, Jonah Kushner, Alex Sizemore, Jason M. Ward

Research Brief

Modest Financial Incentives for Businesses Can Increase Employment of People with Criminal Records

This brief summarizes research into financial incentives that increase employers’ willingness to hire applicants with criminal records. The researchers find that tax credits and insurance increase employers’ willingness to hire such individuals.

Shawn D. Bushway, Justin T. Pickett

Report

Provision of an indicative, non-exhaustive list of Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (CAHRAs) under Regulation 2017/821: Updated methodology

This report presents the methodology employed by RAND Europe to produce an indicative, non-exhaustive, regularly updated list of conflict-affected and high-risk areas (CAHRAs) under Regulation (EU) 2017/821.

Jacopo Bellasio, Victoria Jordan, Pauline Paillé, Anna Knack, Ruth Harris

Journal Article

Defence Industrial Power: Understanding the UK's Post-Brexit Role

This article explores the current challenges in UK foreign policy, particularly in regard to defence. It argues that the UK retains considerable potential post-Brexit, but faces several obstacles in developing its defence industrial power.

Rebecca Lucas, Benedict Wilkinson

Report

How Can K–12 Principals Support Student Success and Well-Being? Interviews with Parents to Support Equitable and Culturally Responsive Leadership

This report presents insights from parents about ways principals can support students' academic success and well-being and actions principals can take that align with national standards for equitable and culturally responsive school leadership.

Rebecca L. Wolfe, Elizabeth D. Steiner

Commentary

Defending Without Dominance: Accelerating the Transition to a New U.S. Defense Strategy

This Perspective examines the gap between U.S. defense aspirations and current policy. The author surveys grand strategy principles, defines the strategic approach and its assumptions, and explains why such assumptions are no longer valid.

Michael J. Mazarr

Report

Evaluation of the California County Resentencing Pilot Program: Year 2 Findings

The California County Resentencing Pilot Program was established to support and evaluate a collaborative approach to prosecutorial discretion in resentencing eligible incarcerated individuals. The authors document results from year 2 of the program.

Lois M. Davis, Louis T. Mariano, Melissa M. Labriola, Susan Turner, Andy Bogart, Matt Strawn, Lynn A. Karoly

Report

Army Enlistment Options Optimizer: Research Approach, Findings, and Implications

The authors developed a wide set of Army enlistment options that bundle bonus and less-costly non-bonus incentives. Survey respondents choose the option they most value. This can increase satisfaction and potential enlistments and decrease costs.

James Hosek, Bruce R. Orvis

Report

Syndromic Surveillance 2.0: Emerging Global Surveillance Strategies for Infectious Disease Epidemics

To aid in the detection of emerging epidemics and pandemics, researchers investigate the effectiveness of the newest syndromic surveillance strategies — those designed to identify outbreaks before clinical data are available.

Rajeev Ramchand, Sangeeta C. Ahluwalia, Mary Avriette, Gary Cecchine, Monika Cooper, Christy Foran, Daniel Hicks, Natasha Lander, Sarita D. Lee

Report

The Budgetary Effects of Climate Change and Their Potential Influence on Legislation: Recommendations for a Model of the Federal Budget

The authors examine the ways that climate change and climate change mitigation policy affect the federal budget, recommend ways to improve the modeling of such effects, and provide an overview of a budget model that can be used to score legislation.

Flannery Dolan, Carter C. Price, Robert J. Lempert, Karishma V. Patel, Tobias Sytsma, Hye Min Park, Felipe De Leon, Craig A. Bond, Michelle E. Miro, Andrew Lauland

Commentary

Qualities Precede Quantities: Deciding How Much Is Enough for U.S. Nuclear Forces

Nuclear developments by potential adversaries have led some to argue that the United States needs to expand its own nuclear forces. The author argues that adversary perceptions should be the primary criteria for sizing U.S. nuclear forces.

Edward Geist

Report

Building Organizational and Individual Capacities in State and Local Education Agencies: The First Five Years of the Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety

The authors explore how the Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety designed and implemented its technical assistance supports and how these supports contributed to capacity building among technical assistance recipients.

Susan Bush-Mecenas, Ashley Woo, Stephani L. Wrabel, Sabrina Lee, Brian Kim

Brochure

An Enduring Partnership to Address the Department of the Air Force's Greatest Challenges

This brochure describes PAF's institutional values, research areas, expertise, and recent successes as well as how to access previous research, commission a PAF project, and engage with PAF leadership.

Report

Designing and Implementing Micro-Credentials to Support STEM Teaching: Lessons from Louisiana's Project to Improve Pre-Engineering and Computer Science Education Through Micro-Credentialing

The authors describe the development and implementation of micro-credentials that allow teachers to demonstrate competency in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instructional topics.

Julia H. Kaufman, Karen Christianson, Rebecca L. Wolfe, Miray Tekkumru-Kisa, Christopher Joseph Doss

Report

Anticipating Flashpoints with Russia: Patterns and Drivers

The authors combined quantitative and qualitative modes of analysis to better understand and anticipate flashpoints with Russia.

Samuel Charap, Sean M. Zeigler, Irina A. Chindea, Molly Dunigan, Alyssa Demus, John J. Drennan, Walter F. III Landgraf, Jonathan Welch, Grant Johnson, Gregory Weider Fauerbach, Nathan Vest, Melissa Shostak

Journal Article

Health Care Provider Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Adult Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Recommendations —: United States, September 28–October 10, 2022

Despite the availability of effective vaccines, pneumococcal disease continues to be a significant cause of morbidity among U.S. adults.

Rebecca Kahn, Lindsay Zielinski, Amber M. Gedlinske, Natoshia M. Askelson, Christine A. Petersen, Andrew M. Parker, Courtney A. Gidengil, Alison P. Albert, Angela J. Jiles, Megan Lindley, Miwako Kobayashi, Aaron M. Scherer