School of Public Policy

Director: David Brady, Ph.D blum.ucr.edu

The UCR Blum Initiative on Global and Regional Poverty is dedicated to addressing poverty in the Inland Southern California region through research by world-class faculty, courses and internships related to poverty for students, a yearly forum on poverty policy, and a monthly seminar series.

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The School of Public Policy is building a Center for Social Innovation that is designed to connect with local communities and provide a credible research voice that can shift away from a “problem and deficit” narrative to an “opportunity and asset” narrative, one that will help unlock the region’s potential in the eyes of government agencies and foundations, as well as the corporate sector and elected officials.

Director: Ronald Loveridge, Ph.D.

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cssd.ucr.edu

Explores the social, economic, political and ecological questions posed by population growth and movement, using neighboring communities as a laboratory while recognizing these are global issues. Involves interdisciplinary collaborations in the community and among faculty and researchers.

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The Center will examine issues such as the role of public policy in expanding broadband access and digital literacy, including ways that science and technology policy can improve civic participation, combat poverty, and bring about social change in the underserved regions of the state and nation. It will also explore topics relating to how broadband access and digital technologies can improve student learning outcomes, narrow the achievement gap in education, and foster equality of opportunity for students across the grade-level spectrum—from kindergarten through college.

Director: Mary Gauvain, Ph.D.

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ucghi.universityofcalifornia.edu/coes/one-health

Focuses on reducing the rate of disease and death resulting from malnutrition, unsafe water, and animal-and vector-borne diseases. In partnership with UC Davis, UCR established the center as part of the University of California Global Health Institute (UCGHI), a groundbreaking, multi-campus program for global health education, research and partnerships.

Director: Steven Clark, Ph.D.

• (951) 827-4604; presleycenter.ucr.edu

Generates knowledge to form and implement effective crime prevention and control policies. The center encourages and facilitates research in the social sciences on basic and policy-related questions regarding justice, legal concepts and processes, social deviance and control, and research strategies for addressing such questions.