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Research Centers

Students of International Relations at Maxwell have the opportunity to participate in the school’s multidisciplinary Research Centers, which broaden the academic experience by providing an ongoing research focus and a wealth of scholarly resources.  Our Research Centers include the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs, the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts (PARC), the Center for Policy Research (CPR), the Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute, the Center for Environmental Policy and Administration, the Center for Technology and Information Policy, the Environmental Finance Center, and the Institute for National Security and Counter Terrorism (INSCT).

Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute
The Institute is an interdisciplinary research organization dedicated to linking the worlds of scholarship and public affairs.  The Institute supports the study and analysis of public programs and actions, citizenship and participation, public management and public administration, policy processes, governance, civil society, the politics and history of public policy creation, and public affairs research in general.

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs
The Institute was created to integrate and focus Maxwell's international programs, research, service and training activities in an interdisciplinary setting that promotes global awareness. The Institute supports the following interdisciplinary, topical programs:

> Development and Social Transformation Forum
> Evaluating Track Two Diplomacy
> Gender and Globalization
> Global Political Economic Research Consortium
> The Space and Place Initiative: Global to Local
> Transboundary Crisis Management

and the following regional programs:

> Center for European Studies
> European Union Center
> Program on Latin America and the Caribbean
> South Asia Center
> Middle Eastern Studies Program
> East Asia Program

Center for Environmental Policy and Administration
A central purpose of the Center is to guide policy actions by preparing current and future generations of students and professionals to more effectively address the challenges of governance and citizenship in a world in which environmental concerns are increasingly important and complex.

Center for Policy Research (CPR)
The Center encompasses Maxwell's Metropolitan Studies and Aging Studies programs and is also the administrative home of the University Gerontology Center. It conducts a broad range of interdisciplinary research and related activities in aging, urban and regional studies, education finance and accountability (EFAP), entrepreneurship and public policy (PREPP), income security, poverty, public finance, public policy, and social welfare.

Center for Technology and Information Policy
The Center is affiliated with Syracuse University's L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science and specializes in evaluation of technology and R&D policy; computer-based technology for analysis forecasting, assessment, and technology transfer; and the role of technical information and computers in policy making and public management.

Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts (PARC)
PARC is an interdisciplinary center dedicated to enhancing knowledge about social conflicts— their nature, course of development, and possible resolution— through theory building and research, education, and practice. 

Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT)

INSCT, launched in 2004, is a multidisciplinary center for research, publication, community service, and teaching on matters of national and international security, and the closely related topic of terrorism. INSCT is a cooperative venture of SU's College of Law and the Maxwell School, tapping faculty strength in the policy-development and legal aspects of these issues.