Politics and Propaganda in the Digital Media Age
Steven W. Lewis and Brandon Zheng explore how governments and organizations around the world are leveraging digital…
October 6, 2025 5516 Results
Kristin Kostick-Quenet
Kirsten Ostherr
Bezaye G. Tessema
US Economy Is Already on the Edge — a Prolonged Government Shutdown Could Send It Tumbling Over
How might a government shutdown affect the U.S. economy and consumer confidence? John W. Diamond examines the broader…
October 3, 2025 
Why Government Shutdowns Don’t Work — And Keep Happening Anyway
John Diamond explains what led to the current government shutdown and what it reveals about budgetary and policymaking…
October 2, 2025 
Nonresident Fellow
Kristin Kostick-Quenet, Ph.D. is a bioethicist and medical anthropologist whose research focuses on ethical, social and…
Baker Institute Rice Faculty Scholar
Kirsten Ostherr, Ph.D., M.P.H is is a Baker Institute Rice faculty scholar in the Science and Technology Policy program. She…
Youth Safety Strategies: Insights from the Firearm Safety Conference
Young people face rising risks from firearm injuries. This new brief outlines prevention strategies: strengthen school…
October 1, 2025 
Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar, Baker Institute for Public Policy | Postdoctoral Fellow, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University
Bezaye Tessema, Ph.D., is a visiting postdoctoral scholar at the Center for Energy Studies and a postdoctoral research…
US Country Outlook 2026 September 30, 2025
On Sept. 30, Baker Institute experts participated in panel discussions focused on issues of key importance for Mexican…
Finance policy expert available to comment on potential government shutdown September 30, 2025
As the federal government faces a possible shutdown this week, a financial policy expert at Rice University’s Baker…
Is Artificial Intelligence Reshaping Higher Education?
Michael O. Emerson sits down with Amy Dittmar, Jeff Morgan, and Burke Nixon on the “Baker Briefing“ podcast to discuss the…
September 30, 2025