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Connecting research and policy for better infrastructure decisions. Funded by Arnold Ventures A program of the Social Science Research Council build.ssrc.org

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BUILD Research Network @buildssrc.bsky.social · 22h
"In the US, most infrastructure is acquired through public procurement...costs are thus part of a larger question about procurement," writes Lindsey Currier in our latest BUILD Research Network Blog Post. Read the full post on the BUILD website: build.ssrc.org/infrastructu...
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Infrastructure Costs Are a Procurement Story
Americans have long intuited that we pay too much for infrastructure. Only recently, however, have researchers documented just how high those costs are: American urban rail projects cost far more than...
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BUILD Research Network @buildssrc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Deadline extended to Friday! Apply today.
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BUILD Research Network @buildssrc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Housing Data and Technology Innovation Challenge, funded by Arnold Ventures, seeks to support the development of a tool that can simulate the impact of different policy reforms on housing production at the state level. Registration ends TOMORROW. housingchallenge.turnout.rocks#register
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Housing Data and Technology Innovation Challenge
A nine-week remote open-source challenge to build transparent tools that estimate how state-level housing reforms affect housing supply.
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BUILD Research Network @buildssrc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The BUILD Research Network is launching a mentor program matching members who are early career academics and researchers working on housing, energy, and transportation infrastructure with senior faculty and researchers. Join the network to apply. build.ssrc.org/build-resear...
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BUILD Research Network Mentor Prorgram
BUILD Research Network Mentor Program Call for Mentors & Mentees The BUILD Research Network is launching a mentoring program that pairs early-career academics working on housing, energy and transporta...
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BUILD Research Network @buildssrc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Where do we stand today on this electricity grid build-out, and how to make sense of the dizzying array of news articles on the topic? @catiehausman.bsky.social lays out the basic principles in our most recent blog post. build.ssrc.org/making-sense...
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Making Sense of the Grid: Long Lines, Local Lines, and the Interconnection Problem
Open up your favorite newspaper, and you’re likely to see a story about electricity. With customers and politicians voicing concerns about data center growth and rising energy bills, it’s hard to avoi...
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BUILD Research Network @buildssrc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Going to APSA this week? Check out this panel, The Politics of Housing: Evidence from Surveys and Behavior of Political Elites, on Saturday at 12:00, from BUILD members @cselmendorf.bsky.social @dbroockman.bsky.social @hankinson.bsky.social @katherineeinst.bsky.social @a-weissman.bsky.social
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BUILD Research Network @buildssrc.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Want to build or strengthen the evidence base on how to build infrastructure faster, better, and at lower cost across housing, transportation, and energy? Thinking about a quasi-experimental study or randomized controlled trial on infrastructure? www.arnoldventures.org/evidence-eva...
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Arnold Ventures | Evidence & Evaluation Requests for Proposals
A list of the current Requests for Proposals (RFPs) from Arnold Ventures’ Evidence & Evaluation team.
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BUILD Research Network @buildssrc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
@buildssrc.bsky.social grantee @hankinson.bsky.social says that the way to get a NIMBY to say yes is to pay them. Most have a price.
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BUILD Research Network @buildssrc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Hear more from Josh, Seth Blumsack, and Stephanie Lenhart on PJM's governance & stakeholder process — Thurs, July 16 @ 1pm ET www.linkedin.com/posts/joshua...
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I'm excited to join this webinar Thursday on PJM governance with Seth Blumsack and Stephanie Lenhart (register here: https://lnkd.in/gKsjsn2b). If I were advising FERC, I'd focus on four bucke...
I'm excited to join this webinar Thursday on PJM governance with Seth Blumsack and Stephanie Lenhart (register here: https://lnkd.in/gKsjsn2b). If I were advising FERC, I'd focus on four buckets of ch...
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BUILD Research Network @buildssrc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
@joshuamacey.bsky.social (BUILD Advisory Board) has 4 pieces of advice for FERC on PJM Interconnection governance: 1️⃣ Give the PJM board filing rights 2️⃣ Make the members committee & stakeholder process advisory 3️⃣ Give states authority to propose market changes 4️⃣ Simplify PJM
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BUILD Research Network @buildssrc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Call for Papers: What New Infrastructure is Most Valuable and How Do We Build It? Submission deadline July 31, 2026. For more information, visit the BUILD website. build.ssrc.org/build-resear...
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BUILD Research Network Call for Papers: What New Infrastructure is Most Valuable and How Do We Build It?
BUILD Research Network What New Infrastructure is Most Valuable and How Do We Build It? CONFERENCE DATE: May 7th, 2027 Call for Papers Our mandate at the BUILD Research Network is to stimulate researc...
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