July 16, 2024
Life After Chevron: How Will Congress and Federal Agencies Adapt?
Event Summary On July 16, AEI and the Brookings Institution hosted a three-panel event examining Chevron deference and the implications of Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. Former Sen. Patrick Toomey (R-PA) and AEI’s Yuval Levin started the event, discussing the executive abuse of congressionally granted authority under Chevron and highlighting issues such as unilateral trade…
July 11, 2024
Why So Many Americans Are Losing Trust in Science
CTSE Director M. Anthony Mills discusses the declining trust in science and related areas across American demographics. He dismisses the commonly identified causes and instead attributes this recent trend in American politics to a sociological theory.
May 10, 2024
May 6, 2024: Beyond the SCIF: A Conversation with Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) on AI and Biosecurity
Event Summary On May 6, following introductory remarks by Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Mike Turner (R-OH), Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-OH) moderated a panel with AEI’s Dan Blumenthal, Anna Puglisi of Puglisi Ventures, Anthony Ruggiero of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Palantir’s Ken Staley, and Dov S. Zakheim of the…
April 9, 2024
April 22, 2024: 30 Years of Environmental Progress: Is It Time at Last to Be Optimistic?
For years, American environmentalists held a largely pessimistic outlook on our planet’s future. But recently, the environmental movement has seen significant changes. Join Steven F. Hayward—a resident scholar at the University of California, Berkeley, who previously authored an AEI book on favorable environmental trends—for a presentation on how the trend data demonstrate the momentum of…
April 8, 2024
April 22, 2024: Is Climate Change to Blame for Natural Disasters? The Science and Politics of Extreme Weather
When natural disasters happen, climate change is often blamed as a culprit. But attribution research actually shows that infrastructure, institutions, and technology are more important factors in how costly weather is to human communities. This panel will examine the tension between the rhetoric and reality of extreme-weather attribution and what this means for policymaking and…
April 8, 2024
April 8, 2024: The American Dream Lecture Series: Jonathan Haidt on Social Media and the Fragmentation of American Life
Event Summary On April 8, AEI held the fourth lecture in the American Dream Lecture Series. New York University’s Jonathan Haidt delivered the lecture on his new book, The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness. Dr. Haidt argued that the sharp rise of unhappiness in children in…
February 24, 2024
February 21, 2024: Regulating Risky Research: The Science and Governance of Pathogens of Pandemic Potential
Event Summary On February 21, AEI’s Center for Technology, Science, and Energy hosted an event on the science and governance of risky pathogen research. M. Anthony Mills of AEI introduced and moderated the first panel, featuring Marc Lipsitch of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and Gustavo Palacios of the Icahn School…