RAND Policy Forum on California’s Water Crisis
Leadership from the RAND Water and Climate Resilience Center, the California Farm Bureau Federation, the California Water Commission, and the Association of California Water Agencies discuss solutions to the water crisis. This event is open to the public; Policy Circle members are invited to a pre-event reception and will receive reserved seating. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - September 19, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
Does Terrorism Work?
Bruce Hoffman will discuss his latest book, Anonymous Soldiers, which draws on newly declassified documents to describe how both Arab and Jewish terrorism between 1917 and 1947 influenced Britain's day-to-day policies and its decision to surrender the mandate for Palestine to the UN. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - June 30, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
Author Presentation: Calculating the Costs of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
C. Ross Anthony and Charles P. Ries will present findings from their research on The Costs of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. The study explores both the economic and non-economic factors that might influence the parties' decisions—and have long-term implications in the region and beyond. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - June 15, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
The Dark Side of Technology
Global strategist, futurist, and author Marc Goodman will join RAND researcher and cybercrime expert Lillian Ablon for a glimpse into the future of crime in an interconnected world and also share steps people can take to protect themselves. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - June 5, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
Financial Literacy and the Cost of Ignorance
Lack of financial literacy can lead to credit card debt, overwhelming college loans, and even bankruptcy. Annamaria Lusardi will discuss the importance of educating people on how to make complex financial decisions as well as policy changes to raise the level of financial literacy. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - June 3, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
The Future of Marijuana
Multiple states have moved to decriminalize or legalize marijuana since 2012, but the prospect of legalizing it remains controversial. RAND expert Beau Kilmer will discuss the various options jurisdictions are considering, ranging from making marijuana a for-profit industry to blanket prohibition. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - May 15, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
Statewide Mental Health Prevention Program Effectiveness
Proposition 63 was passed over ten years ago, to increase funding for prevention, early intervention, and service needs for mental health programs. Join us to learn about why statewide mental health prevention and early intervention efforts are important and what is working so far. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - May 9, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
What Is the Future of Security in East Asia?
RAND welcomes a delegation of senior Japanese national security policy leaders to discuss the future of security in East Asia. The distinguished panel includes former minister of foreign affairs Gemba Koichiro, former ambassador to the United Nations Kitaoka Shinichi, and former minister of defense Onodera Itsunori. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - April 24, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
Strengthening Police-Community Trust
Chief of Police Cameron McLay joins RAND's director of Safety and Justice, Brian Jackson, for a conversation moderated by Fred Thieman, president of the Buhl Foundation and former U.S. attorney for Western Pennsylvania, about why building and maintaining trust between police and the public is critical for the health of American democracy. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - April 22, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
How Accurate Is TV's Portrayal of Terrorism?
Many hit TV shows, movies, and books center on terrorists and the fight against them. No one knows better than award-winning writer, producer, and author Howard Gordon that terrorism sells. Gordon, whose credits include Homeland and 24, will discuss the allure of terrorism in entertainment, and how its depiction differs from the reality of terrorism on the ground. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - April 14, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
Cambridge Science Festival Panel Discusses How Work Can Make You Healthier
Professor Dame Carol Black, Expert Adviser on Health and Work to the Department of Health, Dr Steve Boorman (chair of the Boorman review of health and wellbeing in the NHS) and Dr Chris van Stolk of RAND Europe explored how and to what extent the workplace can improve our health and wellbeing. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - March 13, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
Decisions for the Decade Game: Planning Under Deep Uncertainty
How do you engage decisionmakers in thinking about long-term, hard-to predict risks? RANDNext members will play an interactive game intended to promote discussion about the integration of global policy and real world decisionmaking. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - March 6, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
Cambridge Science Festival Panel to Discuss How Work Can Make You Healthier
Join a panel discussion with Professor Dame Carol Black, Expert Adviser on Health and Work to the Department of Health, Dr Steve Boorman (chair of the Boorman review of health and wellbeing in the NHS) and Dr Chris van Stolk of RAND Europe, exploring how and to what extent the workplace can improve our health and wellbeing. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - March 4, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
Sleep's Role in Society and Policy
Sleep deprivation is estimated to cost U.S. businesses more than $150 billion per year in absences, accidents, and lost productivity. Learn about RAND research on sleep and why it should factor into such policy decisions as setting school start times, scheduling workers' shifts, and ensuring the health and readiness of U.S. military personnel and their families. (Source: RAND Events)
Source: RAND Events - February 13, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: RAND Corporation Source Type: events
