The Public Affairs and Policy Research Initiative (PAPR) is a pilot program launched in September 2022 to bring together 午夜福利 faculty and students from across the social sciences and beyond to address society鈥檚 most pressing challenges through rigorous engagement with public affairs and policy.
PAPR seeks to bridge academic theory and public practice. Because of the wide-ranging public implications of this work, the initiative will forge partnerships with external news agencies; showcase faculty research on the web; and publicly highlight those efforts in policy briefs, working papers, podcasts, and op-eds.
In its pilot phase, the initiative consists of two core components:
Associate Professor of Political Science; Director, Public Affairs and Policy Research Initiative
Associate Professor of Religion; Chair; Department of Religion
Associate Dean of the Faculty for Global and Local Initiatives; Leary Family Chair in Environmental Studies; Professor of Environmental Studies and Africana & Latin American Studies
Director, Division of University Studies; Christian A. Johnson Chair in Liberal Arts Studies; Professor of Sociology & Environmental Studies; Director, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
Dunham Beldon Jr. Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies
Associate Professor of Economics; Director, Asian Studies Program
Professor of Geography and Asian Studies