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Category: Research

UVA Batten faculty recognized for innovative state policy research

Illustration of a map of the United States with icons representing policy topics overlaid on states
Published September 8, 2026
Categorized as Accolades, Research

Different questions, same mission: Meet the environmental policy bench at UVA Batten

Five faculty members pose seated on and around a bench on UVA Grounds
Published September 3, 2026
Categorized as Research

Environmental economics research training program goes national in its second year

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This year’s Environmental & Energy Economics Research Training Program cohort poses for a group photo outside Garrett Hall. The 10-week program drew interns and predoctoral research associates from UVA and universities across the country.
Published August 13, 2026
Categorized as Research, Student Life

Bipartisanship the “secret sauce” for effective lawmaking, despite rising polarization in Congress

Published May 31, 2023
Categorized as Research

Batten’s New Postdoctoral Researchers to Focus on Diversity, Social Identity

Garrett Hall
Published June 8, 2021
Categorized as Research

Holbein: U.S. school principals discriminate against Muslims and atheists, our study finds

Published September 11, 2020
Categorized as Research
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