Research Centers & Projects
Our research centers and projects at the Evans School of Public Affairs provide innovative analysis and solutíons for many different issues locally, nationally, and internationally. Our centers and projects include:
- Benefit-Cost Analysis Center aims to improve the understanding and use of benefit-cost analysis as a decision-making tool through research, outreach, and standardization of benefit-cost analysis methodology.
- Community Vitality Project works to understand what policies are most effective to reduce poverty and enhance vitality in communities that vary by urban-rural location, in terms of racial and ethnic diversity, and with regard potential economic linkages with surrounding areas.
- Human Services Policy Center pairs applied analytic research with the promotion of policies that improve the lives of children, families, and communities.
- Marc Lindenberg Center for Humanitarian Action, International Development, and Global Citizenship works to expand teaching, research, and service opportunities in the areas of humanitarian action, international development, and global citizenship.
- Nancy Bell Evans Center on Nonprofits & Philanthropy aims to enhance the understanding and vitality of the nonprofit and philanthropic sector through research, education, and community engagement.
- Urban Institute’s Arts and Culture Indicators in Communities Project provides a model for measuring the value of art in society and the changing landscape of support for artists in a first-of-its-kind statistical portrait of cultural vitality. Assistant Professor Joaquín Herranz, Jr. contributed to this project as a consulting research associate at the Urban Institute.
- West Coast Poverty Center serves as the hub for knowledge and awareness of the causes and consequences of poverty and effective approaches to reduce it in west coast states. The center is a joint project with the University of Washington’s School of Social Work and the College of Arts and Sciences.
- William D. Ruckelshaus Center provides expertise to improve the quality and availability of voluntary collaborative approaches for policy development and multi-party dispute resolution. The center is a joint venture between the Evans School at the University of Washington and Washington State University Extension.
- The Water Center brings together experts from a range of disciplines to understand and resolve water problems and water health. The center is joint project with the University of Washington’s College of Forest Resources, the College of Engineering, and the College of Ocean and Fishery Sciences.
Find out more about our outreach projects and research news at the Evans School.