Evidence Based Compliance Assurance Webinar Series
About the Webinar Series
If regulatory agencies were to invest in crafting plain English executive summaries of their permits, would this improve compliance? Should regulatory agencies send the same inspector to a facility year after year, or are there benefits to rotating inspectors? Do you ask yourself questions like these about your program with no clear answer?
The EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance and EPIC at Johns Hopkins University are co-hosting a webinar series to address these questions and more. The Evidence Based Compliance Assurance Webinar Series will help program administrators understand how collaboration with academics can identify effective and measurable approaches to compliance. In each of the webinars, social and behavioral scientists from top research universities will present research findings on compliance monitoring, rule and permit design, reporting and transparency, and innovative enforcement. Following the presentations, participants will discuss program initiatives that can be put to the test through collaboration.
Recorded Webinars and Slides
March 25, 2020: Paul Ferraro, Johns Hopkins University. “Evidence-based programs to improve compliance: Testing ideas with experimental project designs.” 12pm ET / 9am PT. [Link to recorded webinar, slide deck PDF]
April 22, 2020: Ben Meiselman, Johns Hopkins University and Michelle Armiger, Maryland Department of the Environment. “Compliance with regulatory intermediaries: Evidence from lead contractors in Maryland.” 2pm ET / 11am PT. [Link to recorded webinar, slide deck PDF]
May 13, 2020: Jodi Short, UC Hastings Law. 2pm ET / 11am PT. “Monitoring: A review of research on inspection and compliance for regulators.” [Link to recorded webinar, slide deck PDF]
June 17, 2020: Sarah Stafford, College of William & Mary. “Innovative approaches to foster compliance.” 2pm ET / 11am PT. [Link to recorded webinar, slide deck PDF]
July 22, 2020: Cary Coglianese, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. “Rule and permit design.” 2pm ET / 11am PT. [Link to recorded webinar, slide deck PDF]
August 12, 2020: Jay Shimshack, University of Virginia. “Reporting and signage: How transparency affects compliance.” 2pm ET / 11am PT. [Link to recorded webinar, slide deck PDF]
September 15, 2020: Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago. “The potential for machine learning in environmental enforcement targeting,” 2pm ET / 11am PT. [Link to recorded webinar, slide deck PDF]
October 15, 2020: Esther Versluis, Maastricht University. “What US environmental regulators can learn from the successes and failures of European regulators,” 12pm ET / 9am PT. [Link to recorded webinar, slide deck PDF]
November 12, 2020: Judith van Erp, Utrecht University. “Regulatory shaming: what do we know about the effects of disclosure of sanctions and other forms of regulatory enforcement publicity?,” 12pm ET / 9am PT. [Link to recorded webinar, slide deck PDF]
December 8, 2020: Laura Grant, Claremont McKenna College. “The roles of environmental nonprofits for improving compliance,” 2pm ET / 11am PT. [Link to recorded webinar, slide deck PDF]
January 12, 2021: Todd Haugh, Indiana University. “Power Distributions in Compliance,” 2pm ET / 11am PT. [Link to recorded webinar, slide deck PDF]