Shalin Jyotishi
@shalinjyotishi.bsky.social
Science, Workforce, Labor, & Industrial Policy + Implementation. Founding Director Future of Work & Innovation Economy @New America. Visiting Faculty @ASU. Writer @Forbes. Optimist.
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#SciPol #EduSky #STS #EconSky
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#SciPol #EduSky #STS #EconSky
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Ok let’s get the #scipol community here really rolling. Made a #sciencepolicy starter pack. Please share/tag folks who should be added
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Breaking: Trump's higher-ed compact is open to all, I confirmed for @chronicle.com: www.chronicle.com/blogs/the-tr...
“We welcome any institution that wants to adopt these principles to sign the compact,” a source told me.
“We welcome any institution that wants to adopt these principles to sign the compact,” a source told me.
Trump Welcomes ‘Any Institution’ to Sign Onto Compact Outlining His Priorities
An administration source told The Chronicle that “any institution that wants to adopt these principles” could sign onto the document, which offers a purported edge in grant funding.
www.chronicle.com
October 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Breaking: Trump's higher-ed compact is open to all, I confirmed for @chronicle.com: www.chronicle.com/blogs/the-tr...
“We welcome any institution that wants to adopt these principles to sign the compact,” a source told me.
“We welcome any institution that wants to adopt these principles to sign the compact,” a source told me.
Wow. China now installs more industrial robots each year than the rest of the world combined. Robot density (robots per 10,000 workers) leapfrogged Germany, the US, and Japan.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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www.telegraph.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Wow. China now installs more industrial robots each year than the rest of the world combined. Robot density (robots per 10,000 workers) leapfrogged Germany, the US, and Japan.
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Shutdown-related reduction in force / federal layoffs by agency H/T @washingtonpost.com
Other federal agencies are considering RIFs for possible execution in the next few weeks
Other federal agencies are considering RIFs for possible execution in the next few weeks
October 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Shutdown-related reduction in force / federal layoffs by agency H/T @washingtonpost.com
Other federal agencies are considering RIFs for possible execution in the next few weeks
Other federal agencies are considering RIFs for possible execution in the next few weeks
If you haven't already, you'll want to watch this @brookings.edu recording ft @chrismurphyct.bsky.social "Beyond productivity: The pursuit of purpose in the age of AI"
Kudos to @mollykinder.bsky.social and our Brookings colleagues for organizing this discussion.
www.brookings.edu/events/beyon...
Kudos to @mollykinder.bsky.social and our Brookings colleagues for organizing this discussion.
www.brookings.edu/events/beyon...
Beyond productivity: The pursuit of purpose in the age of AI | Brookings
Join Brookings on September 29 at 10:30am EDT for a conversation about the pursuit of purpose in the age of AI.
www.brookings.edu
October 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If you haven't already, you'll want to watch this @brookings.edu recording ft @chrismurphyct.bsky.social "Beyond productivity: The pursuit of purpose in the age of AI"
Kudos to @mollykinder.bsky.social and our Brookings colleagues for organizing this discussion.
www.brookings.edu/events/beyon...
Kudos to @mollykinder.bsky.social and our Brookings colleagues for organizing this discussion.
www.brookings.edu/events/beyon...
I'm hiring at @newamerica.org! Are you a savvy project manager or technical assistance pro? Want to help build the capacity of #communitycolleges to deliver #workforce strategies for #emergingtech sectors?
Join us! Priority deadline: Oct 17 newamerica.applytojob.com/apply/Icvr6G...
Join us! Priority deadline: Oct 17 newamerica.applytojob.com/apply/Icvr6G...
October 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I'm hiring at @newamerica.org! Are you a savvy project manager or technical assistance pro? Want to help build the capacity of #communitycolleges to deliver #workforce strategies for #emergingtech sectors?
Join us! Priority deadline: Oct 17 newamerica.applytojob.com/apply/Icvr6G...
Join us! Priority deadline: Oct 17 newamerica.applytojob.com/apply/Icvr6G...
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Harris-voting states were hit hardest by Department of Energy award cancellations, but not every blue-state project was cut. Politics might play a role.
Leaked doc reveals the chaotic politics behind Trump Energy Department cuts | TechCrunch
Harris-voting states were hit hardest by Department of Energy award cancellations, but not every blue-state project was cut. Politics might play a role.
techcrunch.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Harris-voting states were hit hardest by Department of Energy award cancellations, but not every blue-state project was cut. Politics might play a role.
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How many Einsteins have we "lost?"
🧠 Here, our policy experts @shalinjyotishi.bsky.social and @lisaguernsey.bsky.social detail how steep cuts to #STEM funding and canceled research grants have jeopardized opportunities for young and underrepresented scientists—and how we can re-engage them.
🧠 Here, our policy experts @shalinjyotishi.bsky.social and @lisaguernsey.bsky.social detail how steep cuts to #STEM funding and canceled research grants have jeopardized opportunities for young and underrepresented scientists—and how we can re-engage them.
A Summer of Despair for STEM Education
STEM Education Funding Cuts and Thousands of Canceled Research Grants are Cutting Off Opportunities for Young Scientists, K-12, and Community College Students
www.newamerica.org
October 1, 2025 at 6:10 PM
How many Einsteins have we "lost?"
🧠 Here, our policy experts @shalinjyotishi.bsky.social and @lisaguernsey.bsky.social detail how steep cuts to #STEM funding and canceled research grants have jeopardized opportunities for young and underrepresented scientists—and how we can re-engage them.
🧠 Here, our policy experts @shalinjyotishi.bsky.social and @lisaguernsey.bsky.social detail how steep cuts to #STEM funding and canceled research grants have jeopardized opportunities for young and underrepresented scientists—and how we can re-engage them.
🆕Ellen Hause of the American Association of #CommunityColleges (AACC) and I are out with a profile on Dr. Celeste Carter, who recently joined @newamerica.org as a #FutureofWork & Innovation Economy initiative fellow and led NSF's ATE program for 16 years #scipol
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
NSF’s Impact on Community Colleges and the Skilled Technical Workforce: An interview with Dr. Celeste Carter
New America and the AACC interview Celeste Carter, who recently completed a 16-year tenure as one of the U.S. National Science Foundation's leading figures for community colleges and skilled technical...
www.newamerica.org
October 1, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🆕Ellen Hause of the American Association of #CommunityColleges (AACC) and I are out with a profile on Dr. Celeste Carter, who recently joined @newamerica.org as a #FutureofWork & Innovation Economy initiative fellow and led NSF's ATE program for 16 years #scipol
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
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Young scientists are speaking up. They talked with us about what the future looks like right now for scientific discovery. They described the pull to go to Europe instead, where countries are investing and recruiting our best scientific minds. Congress must reverse this trend and invest in STEM Ed.
@lisaguernsey.bsky.social and I are out with a new article for @newamerica.org capturing #student voices that have been caught in funding cuts and grant cancellations over what we refer to as a "summer of despair for #STEMeducation"
Please read it and share! www.newamerica.org/education-po...
Please read it and share! www.newamerica.org/education-po...
A Summer of Despair for STEM Education
STEM Education Funding Cuts and Thousands of Canceled Research Grants are Cutting Off Opportunities for Young Scientists, K-12, and Community College Students
www.newamerica.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Young scientists are speaking up. They talked with us about what the future looks like right now for scientific discovery. They described the pull to go to Europe instead, where countries are investing and recruiting our best scientific minds. Congress must reverse this trend and invest in STEM Ed.
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📢 Conference announcement!
Paolo Surico and I are excited to be organizing this @cepr.org conference on Public Policies for Innovation.
If you work in the #Economics of #Innovation and #InnovationPolicy, please submit + spread the word. Non-presenting attendees also invited.
Paolo Surico and I are excited to be organizing this @cepr.org conference on Public Policies for Innovation.
If you work in the #Economics of #Innovation and #InnovationPolicy, please submit + spread the word. Non-presenting attendees also invited.
#CallForPapers - Conference on Public Policies for Innovation
ESRC, London Business School, @fuqua.duke.edu & CEPR invite submissions for a #conference on Public Policies for Innovation at LBS on 19-20 March 2026.
cepr.org/events/confe...
Organisers: Paolo Surico & @danielpgross.bsky.social
#EconSky
ESRC, London Business School, @fuqua.duke.edu & CEPR invite submissions for a #conference on Public Policies for Innovation at LBS on 19-20 March 2026.
cepr.org/events/confe...
Organisers: Paolo Surico & @danielpgross.bsky.social
#EconSky
September 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
📢 Conference announcement!
Paolo Surico and I are excited to be organizing this @cepr.org conference on Public Policies for Innovation.
If you work in the #Economics of #Innovation and #InnovationPolicy, please submit + spread the word. Non-presenting attendees also invited.
Paolo Surico and I are excited to be organizing this @cepr.org conference on Public Policies for Innovation.
If you work in the #Economics of #Innovation and #InnovationPolicy, please submit + spread the word. Non-presenting attendees also invited.
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💡 Meet our new #FutureOfWork fellows!
Over the next year, these experts will help us advance scholarship and technical assistance related to science, #workforce, and industrial policy.
Welcome, all!
Over the next year, these experts will help us advance scholarship and technical assistance related to science, #workforce, and industrial policy.
Welcome, all!
Announcing New America's 2025 Future of Work & Innovation Economy Initiative Fellows
New America welcomes new experts to support public problem-solving at the intersection of science, workforce, and industrial policies and their implementation.
www.newamerica.org
September 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
💡 Meet our new #FutureOfWork fellows!
Over the next year, these experts will help us advance scholarship and technical assistance related to science, #workforce, and industrial policy.
Welcome, all!
Over the next year, these experts will help us advance scholarship and technical assistance related to science, #workforce, and industrial policy.
Welcome, all!
POLITICO Playbook shout out here - www.politico.com/newsletters/...
September 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
POLITICO Playbook shout out here - www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Excited to welcome our 2025 cohort of @newamerica.org Future of Work & Innovation Economy initiative fellows! Thanks to @politico.com for covering the news.
Welcome Francie Genz, Phil Singerman, Celeste Carter, @adamfagan.bsky.social, and @techiewonk.bsky.social!
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
Welcome Francie Genz, Phil Singerman, Celeste Carter, @adamfagan.bsky.social, and @techiewonk.bsky.social!
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
September 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Excited to welcome our 2025 cohort of @newamerica.org Future of Work & Innovation Economy initiative fellows! Thanks to @politico.com for covering the news.
Welcome Francie Genz, Phil Singerman, Celeste Carter, @adamfagan.bsky.social, and @techiewonk.bsky.social!
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
Welcome Francie Genz, Phil Singerman, Celeste Carter, @adamfagan.bsky.social, and @techiewonk.bsky.social!
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
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I’ll be speaking tomorrow (9/23) at 9am EST at the DC campus of Arizona State U on a project by @rti.bsky.social to calculate the long-term impacts of technologies invented at NIH labs. See cspo.org/event/ntfa09... Register to attend in-person or online. #techtransfer #sciencepolicy
Rethinking the Outcomes of Biomedical Research - CSPO
cspo.org
September 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I’ll be speaking tomorrow (9/23) at 9am EST at the DC campus of Arizona State U on a project by @rti.bsky.social to calculate the long-term impacts of technologies invented at NIH labs. See cspo.org/event/ntfa09... Register to attend in-person or online. #techtransfer #sciencepolicy
@lisaguernsey.bsky.social and I are out with a new article for @newamerica.org capturing #student voices that have been caught in funding cuts and grant cancellations over what we refer to as a "summer of despair for #STEMeducation"
Please read it and share! www.newamerica.org/education-po...
Please read it and share! www.newamerica.org/education-po...
A Summer of Despair for STEM Education
STEM Education Funding Cuts and Thousands of Canceled Research Grants are Cutting Off Opportunities for Young Scientists, K-12, and Community College Students
www.newamerica.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
@lisaguernsey.bsky.social and I are out with a new article for @newamerica.org capturing #student voices that have been caught in funding cuts and grant cancellations over what we refer to as a "summer of despair for #STEMeducation"
Please read it and share! www.newamerica.org/education-po...
Please read it and share! www.newamerica.org/education-po...
How Indirect-Cost Reform Will Affect University-Industry R&D Partnerships
Join @newamerica.org along with former NSF Director France Cordova, former White House OSTP Director Kelvin Droegemier, UIDP CEO Anthony Boccunfuso, and Microsoft's Elizabeth Bruce. Moderated by @politico.com's Erin Schumaker
Join @newamerica.org along with former NSF Director France Cordova, former White House OSTP Director Kelvin Droegemier, UIDP CEO Anthony Boccunfuso, and Microsoft's Elizabeth Bruce. Moderated by @politico.com's Erin Schumaker
September 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
How Indirect-Cost Reform Will Affect University-Industry R&D Partnerships
Join @newamerica.org along with former NSF Director France Cordova, former White House OSTP Director Kelvin Droegemier, UIDP CEO Anthony Boccunfuso, and Microsoft's Elizabeth Bruce. Moderated by @politico.com's Erin Schumaker
Join @newamerica.org along with former NSF Director France Cordova, former White House OSTP Director Kelvin Droegemier, UIDP CEO Anthony Boccunfuso, and Microsoft's Elizabeth Bruce. Moderated by @politico.com's Erin Schumaker
Pleased to share that Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA) will be joining Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) in speaking at this event. Register below!
Join us on Sept 15 for a webinar w/ the U.S. National Science Foundation on NSF Regional Innovation #Engines, a new model of place-based S&T investments promoting industrial strategy
Feat @brookings.edu @slaughteram.bsky.social @repbillfoster.bsky.social & others
www.newamerica.org/center-educa...
Feat @brookings.edu @slaughteram.bsky.social @repbillfoster.bsky.social & others
www.newamerica.org/center-educa...
September 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Pleased to share that Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA) will be joining Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) in speaking at this event. Register below!
Join us on Sept 15 for a webinar w/ the U.S. National Science Foundation on NSF Regional Innovation #Engines, a new model of place-based S&T investments promoting industrial strategy
Feat @brookings.edu @slaughteram.bsky.social @repbillfoster.bsky.social & others
www.newamerica.org/center-educa...
Feat @brookings.edu @slaughteram.bsky.social @repbillfoster.bsky.social & others
www.newamerica.org/center-educa...
September 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Join us on Sept 15 for a webinar w/ the U.S. National Science Foundation on NSF Regional Innovation #Engines, a new model of place-based S&T investments promoting industrial strategy
Feat @brookings.edu @slaughteram.bsky.social @repbillfoster.bsky.social & others
www.newamerica.org/center-educa...
Feat @brookings.edu @slaughteram.bsky.social @repbillfoster.bsky.social & others
www.newamerica.org/center-educa...
Thanks to Research!America intern Scott Brown for this nice profile of some of our work analyzing NSF's #workforce evolution in recent years
www.researchamerica.org/blog/nsf-and...
www.researchamerica.org/blog/nsf-and...
The NSF and the Next Generation of STEMM Workers - Research!America
To remain a leader in the science and technology (S&T) space, the CHIPS and Science Act, enacted in 2022, is intended to harness public-private partnerships to revitalize America’s innovation capacity...
www.researchamerica.org
August 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Thanks to Research!America intern Scott Brown for this nice profile of some of our work analyzing NSF's #workforce evolution in recent years
www.researchamerica.org/blog/nsf-and...
www.researchamerica.org/blog/nsf-and...
Commerce Secretary Lutnick pulls $7.4B CHIPS funding from the independent Natcast back into NIST. What will that funding be allocated to? Not the soveriegn wealth fund according to Lutnik.
Could reallocate to synergistic investments in other agencies?
www.manufacturingdive.com/news/commerc...
Could reallocate to synergistic investments in other agencies?
www.manufacturingdive.com/news/commerc...
Commerce Department cuts $7.4B CHIPS funding from Natcast
Secretary Howard Lutnick accused the Biden administration of violating a law that prohibits the federal government from establishing an entity not included in the CHIPS and Science Act.
www.manufacturingdive.com
August 29, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Commerce Secretary Lutnick pulls $7.4B CHIPS funding from the independent Natcast back into NIST. What will that funding be allocated to? Not the soveriegn wealth fund according to Lutnik.
Could reallocate to synergistic investments in other agencies?
www.manufacturingdive.com/news/commerc...
Could reallocate to synergistic investments in other agencies?
www.manufacturingdive.com/news/commerc...
After more than 50 years of rapid growth, the nation’s immigrant population is now in decline reflected in a new @pewresearch.org analysis as of June 2025
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
What the data says about immigrants in the U.S.
As of June 2025, the country’s foreign-born population had shrunk by more than a million people, marking its first decline since the 1960s.
www.pewresearch.org
August 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
After more than 50 years of rapid growth, the nation’s immigrant population is now in decline reflected in a new @pewresearch.org analysis as of June 2025
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
FABBS is hiring a short-term Tech Policy Fellow to focus on behavioral science and AI (link below). Share with early career policy wonks
@ilpfoundry.bsky.social @asa-scipol.bsky.social @scipolguy.bsky.social @abankston.bsky.social @matthourihan.bsky.social @snapcoalition.bsky.social #scipoljobs
@ilpfoundry.bsky.social @asa-scipol.bsky.social @scipolguy.bsky.social @abankston.bsky.social @matthourihan.bsky.social @snapcoalition.bsky.social #scipoljobs
August 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
FABBS is hiring a short-term Tech Policy Fellow to focus on behavioral science and AI (link below). Share with early career policy wonks
@ilpfoundry.bsky.social @asa-scipol.bsky.social @scipolguy.bsky.social @abankston.bsky.social @matthourihan.bsky.social @snapcoalition.bsky.social #scipoljobs
@ilpfoundry.bsky.social @asa-scipol.bsky.social @scipolguy.bsky.social @abankston.bsky.social @matthourihan.bsky.social @snapcoalition.bsky.social #scipoljobs
What exactly does it take to scale AI education at the skilled technical workforce level and through community colleges?
Read on: How Community Colleges Can Realize the Promise of AI Action Plan dcjournal.com/how-communit...
Read on: How Community Colleges Can Realize the Promise of AI Action Plan dcjournal.com/how-communit...
How Community Colleges Can Realize the Promise of AI Action Plan – DC Journal - InsideSources
Last week, the Trump administration released its Artificial Intelligence action plan, outlining government efforts to secure American leadership in AI,
dcjournal.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:44 PM
What exactly does it take to scale AI education at the skilled technical workforce level and through community colleges?
Read on: How Community Colleges Can Realize the Promise of AI Action Plan dcjournal.com/how-communit...
Read on: How Community Colleges Can Realize the Promise of AI Action Plan dcjournal.com/how-communit...
The future of American science event coming up from our friends over at @stpolicy.bsky.social featuring Rep. Brian Babin
Aug 27 from 3-4 PM, available live and in-person
www.bakerinstitute.org/event/future...
@kennyevans.bsky.social @abankston.bsky.social @snapcoalition.bsky.social
Aug 27 from 3-4 PM, available live and in-person
www.bakerinstitute.org/event/future...
@kennyevans.bsky.social @abankston.bsky.social @snapcoalition.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The future of American science event coming up from our friends over at @stpolicy.bsky.social featuring Rep. Brian Babin
Aug 27 from 3-4 PM, available live and in-person
www.bakerinstitute.org/event/future...
@kennyevans.bsky.social @abankston.bsky.social @snapcoalition.bsky.social
Aug 27 from 3-4 PM, available live and in-person
www.bakerinstitute.org/event/future...
@kennyevans.bsky.social @abankston.bsky.social @snapcoalition.bsky.social
🆕Tiffany Thai is out with a new article for @newamerica.org's Future of Work & Innovation Economy initiative, drawing on insights from our research on #AI education at #communitycolleges, including our capture of #students experiences in these programs.
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
What We've Heard About AI Education at Community Colleges
Amid federal funding cuts, New America revisits expert and student perspectives on AI education at community colleges.
www.newamerica.org
August 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🆕Tiffany Thai is out with a new article for @newamerica.org's Future of Work & Innovation Economy initiative, drawing on insights from our research on #AI education at #communitycolleges, including our capture of #students experiences in these programs.
www.newamerica.org/education-po...
www.newamerica.org/education-po...