Daniel Aldrich
danielaldrich.bsky.social
Daniel Aldrich
@danielaldrich.bsky.social

Social scientist interested in social capital, social infrastructure, energy and environmental politics. Books at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Daniel-P.-Aldrich/author/B001JSDHPW

Daniel P. Aldrich is an academic in the fields of political science, public policy and Asian studies. He is currently full professor of political science and public policy at Northeastern University. Aldrich has held several Fulbright fellowships, including a Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Applied Public Policy at Flinders University in Australia in 2023, a Fulbright Specialist in Trinidad-Tobago in 2018, a Fulbright research fellowship at the University of Tokyo's Economic's Department for the 2012–2013 academic year, and a IIE Fulbright Dissertation Fellowship in Tokyo in 2002–2003. His research, prompted in part by his own family's experience of Hurricane Katrina, explores how communities around the world respond to and recover from disaster. .. more

Political science 31%
Sociology 29%

New #article from Ribeiro et al: Going global, staying resilient: dual-Role drivers in SMEs
TL;DR: six dual-role factors: business model adaptability, liquidity, managerial traits, ICT adoption, innovation capacity, and networks
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New #article from Ridzuan et al: Youth on the Frontlines: A Study of Volunteering in Flood Disaster Relief Efforts
TL;DR: norms and obligations were not significant predictors of intention to volunteer
www.idrimjournal.com/article/1475...

New #article from Ruza et al: Local patriotism as an analytical category: political science and sociological approaches to regional identity
TL;DR: online spaces as arenas where identities are shaped, contested, and transmitted beyond territorial border
du.lv/lokalais-pat...

At the ground level, the three-storey Cross Gate functions as a public-facing interface between the tower and the city www.archdaily.com/1037421/a-sm...
A Smart City Prototype in Japan: PLP Architecture Breaks Ground on the First Tower of Tokyo Cross Park
Construction begins on the NTT Hibiya Tower, the first phase of PLP Architecture’s Tokyo Cross Park masterplan, a major mixed-use redevelopment in central Tokyo
www.archdaily.com

New #article from Ribeiro et al: Going global, staying resilient: dual-Role drivers in SMEs

TL;DR: six dual-role factors: business model adaptability, liquidity, managerial traits, ICT adoption, innovation capacity, and networks

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New #article from Ridzuan et al: Youth on the Frontlines: A Study of Volunteering in Flood Disaster Relief Efforts
TL;DR: social capital positively shapes attitudes, norms, and behavioral control
www.idrimjournal.com/article/1475...

New #chapter from Seibel: Amenity Traps and Safety Illusions: The California Camp Fire of 2018
TL;DR: paradox that previously recommended measures of risk mitigation were omitted by local and state-level authorities
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Severe climate-related disasters can reduce gross domestic product by more than 0.3% per year, with around half of those losses occurring outside the directly affected area www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
Experts issue warning about looming threat that could cause economic disaster: 'It makes no difference'
A multinational study has shown just how deeply extreme weather events can affect the economy.
www.thecooldown.com

Fateful mistake: Ukraine dismantled its nuclear weapons arsenal — with assurances from the U.S., Britain and Russia that its sovereignty would be respected — shortly after becoming an independent country in 1991. www.npr.org/2025/12/28/g...
For Ukrainians, a nuclear missile museum is a bitter reminder of what the country gave up
The Museum of Strategic Missile Forces tells the story of how Ukraine dismantled its nuclear weapons arsenal after independence in 1991. Today many Ukrainians believe that decision to give up nukes wa...
www.npr.org

Louisiana is scrambling to find carpenters. Hospitals in West Virginia have lost out on doctors and nurses who were planning to come from overseas. A soccer league in Memphis cannot field enough teams because immigrant children have stopped showing up www.nytimes.com/2025/12/28/b...
What America Might Look Like With Zero Immigration
www.nytimes.com

A.I. and robotics are likely to significantly reduce the level of human labor needed in occupations as diverse as warehouse work and software engineering. Economic displacement led to frustration and division. The next wave will hit faster and cut deeper. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/o...
Opinion | A 1 Percent Solution to the Looming A.I. Job Apocalypse
www.nytimes.com

FEMA inaction after Hurricane Helene means that some owners are in double jeopardy, paying a mortgage on a destroyed home and their new one as well www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
Hundreds of residents signed up for FEMA buyouts after Helene. Not one has been approved.
More than a year after applying for a federal buyout, many North Carolina homeowners have heard almost nothing definitive.
www.washingtonpost.com

The Japanese government is floating the idea of requiring anyone applying for permanent residency to have reached a certain standard of Japanese language skills and undergo instruction on how to be a good citizen www.scmp.com/week-asia/li...
Mind your language: Japan considers new fluency bar for permanent residents
While some say Japanese knowledge is a fair demand, others worry it will introduce ‘roadblocks’ at a time when the country needs more workers.
www.scmp.com

When you’re using Live Translation, your responses appear on your phone screen in the translated language, and you can have the phone read them out loud through the speaker. I sometimes took advantage of this functional, but awkward, arrangement. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/t...
Can Apple’s AirPod Translation Get You Through Tokyo? We Tested It.
www.nytimes.com

Thanks for the shout out
Obligatory holiday book haul photo, including Black Wave by @danielaldrich.bsky.social and Water Always Wins by @ericagies.bsky.social. 😎

Reposted by Daniel P. Aldrich

Obligatory holiday book haul photo, including Black Wave by @danielaldrich.bsky.social and Water Always Wins by @ericagies.bsky.social. 😎

Phrase of the day: Lawless Patrimonialism
ht Theda Skocpol
sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...