Public Policy Center

Mitchell Receives APSA Lifetime Achievement Award

Sara Mitchell, senior research fellow in the Politics and Policy Research Program, was recently awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Transportation Finance and Economics

James Wo Co-Authors Study on Parking Citations

Health Disparities

Julie Pacheco Co-Authors Article on Voter Registration in Clinical Settings

Crime Control Policy

Summer Scholars Series - Meghan Rogers

Events

Sep

29

2023

Planning and Writing Successful Proposals in the Arts and Humanities

Introduction to Survey Questionnaire Design

11:30 AM – 12:45 PM

Public Policy Research Building (lower level meeting room 008)

Oct

3

2023

Introduction to Programming in Python

2:00 PM – 3:15 PM

Public Policy Research Building (lower level meeting room 008)

Oct

4

2023

Jamaica: Holding a Vibe in a Textured Landscape

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM

Iowa City Public Library, 123 S Linn St

Latest Research Publications

Public Health and Prevention | Journal Article

Health Care Provider Knowledge Around Shared Clinical Decision-Making Regarding HPV Vaccination of Adults Aged 27-45 Years in the United States

Family and Child Policy | Journal Article

Gray Divorce: Managing Uncertainty After Parental Divorce

Communities and Crime | Journal Article

Crime Generators or Social Capital Organizations? Examining the Effects of Places of Worship on Neighborhood Crime

Health Disparities, Dental Public Health | Journal Article

Access to Dental Insurance and Oral Health Inequities in the United States

Injury Prevention and Health and Well-being | Journal Article

Victims of Eugenic Sterilization in Utah: Cohort Demographics and Estimate of Living Survivors

About Us

The Public Policy Center provides policymakers and the public with information that can make our lives and communities thrive in sustainable ways through academic research.

Our four missions are:

Research

We conduct externally funded, academically rigorous and engaged policy-relevant research.

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Engagement

We share policy-relevant research outcomes and the expertise of UI scholars by engaging with our community, the public, and with policy-makers in Iowa.

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Student Success

We provide opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students on campus through employment and policy-relevant courses and experiences.

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Research Support

We support social science research on campus by providing resources directly to researchers.

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We hold the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion as central to the four core missions