Centers, Institutes, and Initiatives

Centers, Institutes, and Multidisciplinary Research Initiatives

Maxwell’s unique strength derives from its multidisciplinary approach to the study of contemporary policy issues. Within the school’s research units, you will find faculty scholars and practitioners with expertise across the full spectrum of social sciences and public affairs specialties analyzing and problem solving alongside our students.
From aging, population, and public health, to the environment, conflict resolution, and the governance of autonomous systems, Maxwell faculty and students engage in the sort of silo-busting work that is essential to developing solutions and educating tomorrow’s effective leaders.

Aging Studies Institute

Promoting aging-related research, training, and outreach. Co-sponsored with SU’s Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.

Autonomous Systems Policy Institute

Advancing knowledge and teaching in the field of autonomous systems by exploring new frontiers in policy, law and governance of these fast-expanding technologies.

Campbell Public Affairs Institute

Serving a better understanding of contemporary challenges in democratic governance — particularly, the idea of citizenship, its evolution, and the conditions under which it thrives.

Center for Environmental Policy and Administration

Exploring environmental issues from an integrated perspective that considers technical, social, and humanistic aspects.

Center for Policy Research

A home for domestic policy concerns — among them health studies, econometrics, public education, public finance, social welfare, poverty and income security, and urban and regional studies.

Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism

Examining pervasive questions of national security and counterterrorism law and policy. Co-sponsored with the SU College of Law

Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion

Dedicated to creating public health programs that are motivating, sustainable, and effective replicated in community and national prevention programs.

Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics, and the Media

Assessing the ways in which judicial independence is established and maintained. Co-sponsored with SU’s College of Law and with the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.

Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Facilitating research on issues raised by an increasingly interdependent world and studies challenges to the quality of governance worldwide.

Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration

Dedicated to the enhancement of knowledge about social conflicts and to collaborative governance and collaborative problem solving.

Syracuse University Infrastructure Institute

Bringing together public and private sector groups and companies to plan, design and suggest ways to implement new infrastructures.

Research News

Schnell publishes study on factors associated with open governments
"Which Countries Have More Open Governments? Assessing Structural Determinants of Openness," co-authored by Sabina Schnell, was published in the American Review of Public Administration. Schnell and her co-author examined the political, administrative, and civic factors that are associated with more open governments around the world.

Monnat publishes study on impact of economic factors on opioid crisis
"Using Census Data to Understand County-Level Differences in Overall Drug Mortality and Opioid-Related Mortality by Opioid Type," co-authored by Shannon Monnat, was published in the American Journal of Public Health. The authors concluded that various economic factors, including concentrations of specific occupations and industries, are important to explaining the geography of the U.S. opioid overdose crisis.

Batalgi publishes study on successful exporting, foreign ownership
"Contagious exporting and foreign ownership: Evidence from firms in Shanghai using a Bayesian spatial bivariate probit model," co-authored by Badi Baltagi, was published in Regional Science and Urban Economics. The authors illustrate at the micro level that exporting and foreign ownership decisions are affected by the decisions of other firms in a certain geographical neighborhood.

SU named a US Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence
The U.S. Intelligence Community has designated Syracuse University as one of eight national Intelligence Community Centers for Academic Excellence (IC CAE), with a funding award of $1.5 million over five years. The Hon. James E. Baker and Vice Admiral Robert Murrett (ret.), both faculty members in public administration and international affairs, will serve as co-principal investigators.

Research by Emily Thorson cited in Forbes article on misinformation
Emily Thorson's research on "belief echoes," which she defines as "effects on attitudes that persist even when you know that a piece of information is false," was featured in the Forbes article "Science Shows How the Los Angeles Lakers Should Be Responding to Magic Johnson's Comments."

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