How Sustainable Are Typical Electric Vehicle Batteries?
UC San Diego experts weigh in on each stage of a typical EV battery’s life cycle and share their thoughts on what the future might hold.
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A New Kind of Authoritarianism: Democracy in Decline at Home and Abroad
UC San Diego based faculty are leading the Future of Democracy initiative, which brings together multiple disciplines and perspectives from across the University of California to better understand why illiberal regimes—governing systems that hide their nondemocratic practices behind formally democratic institutions and procedures—are increasingly on the rise and what the consequences are for populations around the globe.
UC San Diego Prof Wins NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Dhananjay “DJ” Bambah-Mukku, assistant professor of psychology in the UC San Diego School of Social Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious NIH Director’s New Innovator Award "for bold and highly innovative research projects."
Free Speech, Student Protest and the First Amendment
Michelle Deutchman, executive director of the UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement, shares her insight.
Election Officials Can Boost Voter Trust in Delayed Results with Early Communication
A survey experiment with 10,000 Americans demonstrates that even a brief, low-cost message from election officials can help maintain trust when election results are delayed.
Is Democracy in Peril?
UC San Diego professors discuss the status of democracy worldwide.
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