Megan Mullin @mullinmeg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026@leahstokes.bsky.social will be coming for a book talk in Nov! Stay tuned for details. 120
Megan Mullin @mullinmeg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026UCLA Public Policy is hiring an Asst Prof in Global Public Affairs. The department, the university, the city, the weather all have my ringing endorsement. Apply to come join us! recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF11174recruit.apo.ucla.edu 074
Reposted by Megan MullinGuy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Please share info on the short workshop below with anyone you think might benefit. Thanks! 048
Reposted by Megan MullinChris Goodman @cbgoodman.co · 15/04/2026Some time back, at the request of @mullinmeg.bsky.social, I pulled together a whole host of maps derived from the Census of Governments that Census once published but seemingly no longer does. I’m currently sticking them in a lecture—the reason I assume most people want these maps—and so can you!cgoodman.comMap Gallery | Christopher B. GoodmanChristopher B Goodman is an associate professor at Northern Illinois University, researching special districts & preemption and teaching public finance. 01310
Megan Mullin @mullinmeg.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Rebuilding after fire requires community voices—but designing meaningful engagement processes is no easy task. We offer some guidance in this new report. 031
Reposted by Megan MullinJaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Here is the formal letter the NIH sent today to UCLA Chancellor Julio Frenk. “These projects are fully reinstated, and the letter dated July 31, 2025 is rescinded without conditions. Funds will be made available immediately and are no longer suspended, terminated, or restricted.” 12736179
Reposted by Megan MullinBeth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 18/09/2025You know things are rough when the AAUP's advice on how to use social media is just "set all your accounts to private." 13775340
Megan Mullin @mullinmeg.bsky.social · 25/08/2025Despicable. Thank you and your students for this work. 0381
Reposted by Megan MullinTimmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 25/08/2025My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up. NYT just covered it. 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...nytimes.comLaw Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups 2044172139
Megan Mullin @mullinmeg.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Our team @luskininnovation.bsky.social brings the research power of #UCLA to confront climate change while improving people's lives. #ResearchPowersProgress 041
Reposted by Megan MullinKinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · 05/08/2025Hydrology Paper of the Day @gregspierce.bsky.social @edithdeguzman.bsky.social @mullinmeg.bsky.social on understanding the sociohydrology of wildfires in the Los Angeles area: impacts of climate change and water systems underdesigned for firefighting; urban expansion; and the need for resilience. 172
Megan Mullin @mullinmeg.bsky.social · 02/08/2025I moved to CA in 1994 as a 2x college dropout, lured by a university upholding access and excellence all at once. I returned two years ago for the very same reason; I couldn't stay away. Californians, our public higher ed system is an unmatched gem. Please join in the fight to protect it. 0111
Reposted by Megan MullinMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Well this is screwed up in all kinds of ways. UCLA is home to substantial medical and policy innovation, and one of the two best public universities in America, which will be devastated. As a proud Bruin for my postdoc (and lifelong UC devotee), I am livid. And donating to UCLA. giveto.ucla.edu 2237
Megan Mullin @mullinmeg.bsky.social · 30/07/2025Outsized rates of rising productivity in enviro/geo/materials science are yet more evidence of slower starts (but ultimately high rewards!) in interdisciplinary work. 001
Megan Mullin @mullinmeg.bsky.social · 17/07/2025Glad to see @liamjdillon.com set the record straight on a conversation that has such importance for LA fire survivors. And for instructors everywhere, click thru for a textbook example of how innocent use of AI can feed misinformation.latimes.comConspiracy theories thwart rebuilding plan after L.A. County wildfiresAfter a social media firestorm based on misinformation, a proposal to create a new housing authority to help rebuild after January's wildfires fails to pass in the state Legislature. 020
Reposted by Megan MullinAndrew Rumbach @andrewrumbach.bsky.social · 15/07/2025Whether we call it 'reforming' or 'eliminating' FEMA, the Trump Administration intends to shrink the role of the federal government in disaster management. Do states have the fiscal capacity to take on additional responsibilities? New analysis and state-by-state data: www.urban.org/urban-wire/t...urban.orgThe Trump Administration Wants to Shrink the Federal Government’s Role in Disaster Management. Do States Have the Fiscal Capacity to Weather the Storm?Taking on more disaster management responsibilities would be toughest for states at high risk of disasters with low fiscal capacity, such as Louisiana and North Carolina. 123
Reposted by Megan MullinEdith de Guzman @edithdeguzman.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Thrilled that the author of this provocative option piece @samkbloch.bsky.social will be on a panel to kick off A Celebration of Cool @descansogardens.bsky.social on Aug 2 at 10am. Moderated by @awalkerinla.bsky.social and part of the Roots of Cool exhibit. www.descansogardens.org/event/a-cele...descansogardens.orgA Celebration of CoolIn conjunction with the Roots of Cool exhibition, celebrate shade throughout Los Angeles at A Celebration of Cool! Roots of Cool explores the topic of shade equity as installations throughout […] 021
Reposted by Megan MullinFaith Kearns, Ph.D. @fkearns.bsky.social · 12/07/2025“There’s a lot of reasons to despair right now, but if we change our radio frequency a little bit, we can connect to a whole different feeling. We can actually create the city we want, in the neighborhoods that we deserve.” @edithdeguzman.bsky.social Go see this show if you can! 0146
Megan Mullin @mullinmeg.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Want to know how the tree canopy in your neighborhood compares to elsewhere? Or how shade corresponds to social vulnerabilities? Check out the amazing interactive national shade maps created by Kelly's team & @americanforests.bsky.social.innovation.luskin.ucla.eduMapping Shade: A New Lens on Heat Equity | UCLA Luskin Center for InnovationNew tool pinpoints where shade is lacking across 360- plus U.S. cities and town 000
Megan Mullin @mullinmeg.bsky.social · 12/07/2025For more on shade & where you can (& can't) find it, see this NYTimes piece that features the work of Luskin Center Assoc Director Kelly Turner & her team.nytimes.comOpinion | In a Hotter World, We Need to Get Over Our Fear of Shadows 222
Megan Mullin @mullinmeg.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Photo above from LATimes coverage of the amazing Descanso Gardens art installation on shade created & curated by @edithdeguzman.bsky.social & Jolly de Guzman.latimes.comA new art show brings L.A. climate inequities to life at Descanso Gardens"Roots of Cool" is an all-women art show focused on the role trees (and the shade they provide) play in making urban life healthier. 120
Megan Mullin @mullinmeg.bsky.social · 12/07/2025In a warming world, shade saves lives. What provides shade where you live? Trees, tall buildings, rainbows of umbrellas floating up above you? So proud of my UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation colleagues for their work to advance shade equity -- and shade beauty too. @luskininnovation.bsky.social 1144
Reposted by Megan MullinRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12/07/2025from apnews.com/article/cali... 9860311495
Megan Mullin @mullinmeg.bsky.social · 23/06/2025As climate change keeps pushing wildfire into our cities, how will we respond & prepare? We worked with research leaders & LA fire survivors to inform a plan for rebuilding that prioritizes resilience & community-centered recovery. But plans are just paper or pixels unless leaders take action. 182
Reposted by Megan MullinUCLA Luskin Center for Innovation @luskininnovation.bsky.social · 23/06/2025With strong guidance, government can streamline rebuilding "that makes these communities more fire-safe, more climate-resilient,” says @mullinmeg.bsky.social, who led the UCLA team & spoke w/ @ianjames.bsky.social @latimes.com @uclasustainablela.bsky.social @uclalawemmett.bsky.social bit.ly/40grypHlatimes.comL.A. needs new authority to oversee rebuilding after firestorms, panel saysAn independent panel is urging California lawmakers to create a new authority to oversee rebuilding after the firestorms in Pacific Palisades and Altadena. 053
Reposted by Megan MullinIan James @ianjames.bsky.social · 21/06/2025@mullinmeg.bsky.social: “We can make it as easy as possible for people to rebuild, but to rebuild in a way that will leave them more protected going forward.” www.latimes.com/environment/... @luskininnovation.bsky.sociallatimes.comL.A. needs new authority to oversee rebuilding after firestorms, panel saysAn independent panel is urging California lawmakers to create a new authority to oversee rebuilding after the firestorms in Pacific Palisades and Altadena. 063
Reposted by Megan MullinUCLA Luskin Center for Innovation @luskininnovation.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Big release! UCLA Research Informing Resilient Rebuilding & the Blue Ribbon Commission on Climate Action & Fire-Safe Recovery Policy Recommendations. Civic leaders, fire survivors & 40+ scholars led by @mullinmeg.bsky.social @uclasustainablela.bsky.social @uclalawemmett.bsky.social bit.ly/3SYRTov 0139
Reposted by Megan MullinGreg Pierce @gregspierce.bsky.social · 20/06/2025Out today: the final Blue Ribbon Commission report on Climate Action and Fire-Safe Recovery as well as the backdrop UCLA Research Context and Considerations Report sustainablela.ucla.edu/ResilientLAsustainablela.ucla.eduSupporting a Safe and Resilient LA Recovery 11910
Reposted by Megan MullinNature Water @natwater.nature.com · 05/03/2025Out now! A Comment in Nature Water discusses major implications for water supply after the Los Angeles Fires @gregspierce.bsky.social l @edithdeguzman.bsky.social @mullinmeg.bsky.social 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s44...nature.comRedefining expectations for urban water supply systems to fight wildfires - Nature WaterThree major implications stemming from the water supply narratives around the Los Angeles fires have emerged: the need for greater infrastructure resilience, considering the uneven costs of new expect... 042
Reposted by Megan MullinBeth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 24/02/2025There are so many reasons university endowments can't make up for the dramatic cuts the Trump administration has planned for science. Here are a few. Thanks to @donmoyn.bsky.social for the platform.donmoynihan.substack.comNo, University Endowments Can’t Replace Federal Science FundingHow Endowments Actually Work 32683258
Reposted by Megan MullinUCLA Luskin Center for Innovation @luskininnovation.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Join us Feb 20, 2:15-3:30 PM, for "After Wildfire: Migration & Neighborhood Change Post Disaster" with Kathryn McConnell. Explore how communities adapt post-wildfires, focusing on resilience, displacement, & urban change. Register now: innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/event/after-... #UCLA #UCLALuskininnovation.luskin.ucla.eduAfter Wildfire: Migration and Neighborhood Change Post Disaster | UCLA Luskin Center for InnovationJoin us for an engaging talk by Kathryn McConnell on how communities transform in the aftermath of wildfire events. 042
Reposted by Megan MullinProf Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 14/02/2025FANTASTIC ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?) You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have www.datalumos.org/datalumos/ 9639345
Reposted by Megan MullinUCLA Luskin Center for Innovation @luskininnovation.bsky.social · 13/02/2025What does equitable, resilient LA fire recovery look like? Led by LCI'S @mullinmeg.bsky.social, UCLA research experts will provide data-informed policy recommendations to rebuild; retrofit buildings & catalyze climate-resiliency measures & investments @uclasustainablela.bsky.social bit.ly/40PRo3usustainablela.ucla.eduSupporting A Safe and Resilient LA Recovery 0155
Reposted by Megan MullinUCLA Luskin Center for Innovation @luskininnovation.bsky.social · 07/02/2025“We have not built for the hazards we face now.” @mullinmeg.bsky.social told @umairfan.bsky.social @vox.com; who also spoke to water, engineering and policy experts. We need a fire strategy, hardened buildings, flexible insurers, and to address the housing and climate crises. bit.ly/42K0K3ivox.comLos Angeles has a chance to protect itself from the next fire. It shouldn’t squander it5 key steps to prepare for the next wildfire, according to experts. 144
Megan Mullin @mullinmeg.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Honored to serve as UCLA PI on this effort. We'll bring expertise from across UCLA & other area universities to support the Commission in rebuilding communities that are resilient to the climate conditions of our present & future. @uclasustainablela.bsky.social @luskininnovation.bsky.social 0227
Megan Mullin @mullinmeg.bsky.social · 08/02/2025RIP to a colleague who made people look at the world around us in a whole new way. 070
Reposted by Megan MullinUCLA Luskin Center for Innovation @luskininnovation.bsky.social · 03/02/2025"Rebuilding after disaster isn’t just about replacing lost homes—it’s about shaping the future of a community." #UCLA’s @mullinmeg.bsky.social warns against rushed rebuilding, citing amplified inequality & increased risk without long-term planning @marketplace.org www.marketplace.org/2025/01/31/m...marketplace.orgDavid Brancaccio reflects on community, rebuilding after fires - MarketplaceDavid Brancaccio and his wife lost their home to a fire that ravaged Southern California. Here's what they've learned about rebuilding. 041
Reposted by Megan MullinUCLA Institute of Transportation Studies @uclaits.bsky.social · 31/01/2025New research from UCLA ITS & @mcgillenvironment.bsky.social shows that connected streets make safer, more resilient cities. Looking across California, neighborhoods with the highest wildfire risk also have the least connected streets, making evacuation harder. www.its.ucla.edu/publication/... 032
Reposted by Megan MullinDaniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Some concrete ideas from Theda Skocpol newrepublic.com/article/1905...newrepublic.comHow to Take Heart From What Really Worked in the First ResistanceMarches and lawsuits are fine, but the real wins over MAGA last time were powered by grassroots activists pushing from thousands of districts across the country. 110649
Reposted by Megan MullinJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 28/01/2025A useful impoundment primer. www.stevevladeck.com/p/120-the-im...stevevladeck.com120. The Impoundment Crisis of 2025The Trump administration's Monday spending freeze is likely to provoke a crisis over the constitutionality of "impoundment"—one that the justices could well have to resolve *very* soon. 214451
Megan Mullin @mullinmeg.bsky.social · 26/01/2025And just like that, sigh. All best wishes @rachelreports.bsky.social. 030
Megan Mullin @mullinmeg.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Justice40 was not just about new $. One impact has been to improve & even streamline agency processes (federal but also states!) so that an array of funds get to where they're needed, not just to communities that are first in line. By many definitions, government efficiency in action. 130
Reposted by Megan MullinYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 24/01/2025US DOT climate page, yesterday and today 1321378
Reposted by Megan MullinGreg Pierce @gregspierce.bsky.social · 22/01/2025You should follow @edithdeguzman.bsky.social who is w/ @luskininnovation.bsky.social @ucanr.bsky.social Among many regular streams of engaged research, Edith has been putting in tons of time on water-fire-climate intersections re: to the ongoing LA fires. innovation.luskin.ucla.edu/2025/01/16/f...innovation.luskin.ucla.eduFor the Press: UCLA research and commentary on the LA fire response and recovery | UCLA Luskin Center for InnovationOur experts are available to comment on: 1) Water Supply and Urban Water Systems; 2) Air Quality and Public Health Impacts from Wildfires; 3) Land Use and Governance Considerations for Recovery; 4) Po... 146
Reposted by Megan MullinEnvironmental Data & Governance Initiative @envirodgi.bsky.social · 22/01/2025EDGI, as part of the Public Environmental Data Project, has been working for the last two months to archive critical federal environmental data. We're working to build public access, so check back here for updates. If you would like to be involved, reach out: envirodatagov.org/volunteer/envirodatagov.orgVolunteer – Environmental Data and Governance InitiativeLoading… 45117
Reposted by Megan MullinEnvironmental Data & Governance Initiative @envirodgi.bsky.social · 22/01/2025As of this morning, the Trump administration removed the Climate and Environmental Justice Screening Tool (CEJEST). Don't worry; we have the code and data backed up. 724058