Research Centers, Institutes and Labs
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 Aging and Policy Studies (CAPS)
An Upstate New York consortium with an overarching objective to improve the health, well-being, and independence of older adults through research, training, and dissemination. With Syracuse University as its hub and the Cornell Population Center and the School of Public Health of the University at Albany as its spokes.
Center for Environmental Policy and Administration
Exploring environmental issues from an integrated perspective that considers technical, social, and humanistic aspects.
Center for Policy Design and Governance
Integrating policy, political and computational sciences to help scientists, practitioners and future public service
leaders understand and address governance challenges. Home to the Policy Design Studio, which provides hands-on training and
evidence-based analysis on policy design, the engagement of
government and non-government stakeholders in policy formulation, and
policy implementation.
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.
Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry
The Maxwell School is a leader in interdisciplinary, problem‐driven approaches to social inquiry and in the application of research to practice. CQMI aims to further Maxwell’s reputation as a leader in qualitative and multi-method research, to advance research transparency initiatives, and to help coordinate related activities in Maxwell and across the Syracuse University campus.
Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship
Engages in nonpartisan research, teaching and public dialogue aimed at strengthening trust in news media, governance and society. Co-sponsored with SU’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.
Institute for the Study of the Judiciary, Politics & 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.
Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health
Dedicated to creating public health programs that are motivating, sustainable, and effective replicated in community and national prevention programs.
Maxwell X Lab
Leveraging behavioral science and randomized controlled trials in partnerships with the public and nonprofit sector to build evidence for what works.
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 Institute for Security Policy and Law
Educating and inspiring the next generation of national security thought leaders and practitioners, through interdisciplinary research, teaching, public service, and policy analysis. Co-sponsored with the SU College of Law.
Formerly known as the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT).