Centers and Initiatives
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Bedrosian Center on Governance
Dedicated to understanding and fostering effective democratic governance as an essential component in ensuring the betterment of communities.
Center for Health Financing, Policy and Management
The Center for Health Financing, Policy and Management brings together leading researchers from USC, other universities, and the healthcare community to expand society’s knowledge of the strategy, structure, and effective operation of current and emerging delivery systems of health care, and to disseminate new knowledge to improve the performance of health care services at the community, organization and systemic levels.
Center for Inclusive Democracy
A leading nonpartisan research center focused on elections, voting behaviors, and electoral and political participation.
Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy
Established in 2000, the Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy promotes more effective philanthropy and strengthens the nonprofit sector to advance public problem solving. Its research focuses on trends and patterns in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector, philanthropic strategies for social impact, and challenges in philanthropic stewardship and leadership.
Civic Leadership Education and Research (CLEAR) Initiative
Dedicated to understanding and developing the talent needs of the civic leadership workforce for the 21st century.
CREATE Homeland Security Center
As the Department of Homeland Security’s first University Center of Excellence, Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Threats and Emergencies (CREATE) serves our nation through creation of advanced models and tools for the evaluation of the risks, costs and consequences of threats to human livelihood and through assessment of strategies to mitigate risks and respond to emergencies.
Homelessness Policy Research Institute (HPRI)
Established with support from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation and the Home For Good Funders Collaborative, the Homelessness Policy Research Institute (HPRI) is a collaborative of over one hundred researchers, policymakers, service providers, and experts with lived experience of homelessness that accelerate equitable and culturally informed solutions to homelessness in Los Angeles County by advancing knowledge and fostering transformational partnerships between research, policy and practice.
Lusk Center for Real Estate
Advancing real estate knowledge, informing business practice, and addressing timely issues that affect the real estate industry, the urban economy, and public policy.
METRANS Transportation Consortium
METRANS Transportation Consortium is a joint partnership of USC and California State University, Long Beach. Its mission is to solve transportation problems in large metropolitan regions through interdisciplinary research, education, and outreach.
PIPE Collaborative
The Political Institutions and Political Economy (PIPE) Collaborative is a university-wide research endeavor jointly sponsored by the Price School’s Bedrosian Center and the Office of the Provost. The PIPE Collaborative will include faculty and graduate students with common interests in various aspects of political institutions and political economy.
Population Dynamics Research Group
The Population Dynamics Research Group uncovers demographic trends that drive major changes in society, providing insights that lead to effective policies.
Safe Communities Institute
The Safe Communities Institute (SCI) at the USC Price School of Public Policy engages in research, interdisciplinary education, and collaboration to advance sustainable “whole-of-community” public safety and violence prevention strategies, policies, and programs.
Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics
The Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at USC aims to promote health and value in health care delivery through innovative research and policy in the United States and internationally.
Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy
Established in 2012, the USC Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy focuses on the responsibility of leaders to implement policies that most benefit the people they serve.
Sol Price Center for Social Innovation
The Sol Price Center for Social Innovation was established with the recent gift to name the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. This new center aims to advance ideas, strategies, and practices that enhance the quality of life for people in urban communities.
Spatial Analysis Lab (SLAB)
Committed to expanding the visualization of public policy and urban planning, the USC Price School launched its Spatial Analysis Lab for research. SLAB’s research experiments with developing alternative cartographies to bring attention to overlooked urban spaces and people. It also critically studies how our visual narratives interface with social institutions and public discourse.
The Hispanic Well-Being Initiative
Advancing equity in the well-being of Latinos and Hispanics in the United States by conducting research to understand social determinants and consequences of health.
Urban Data Lab
Urban Data Lab uses computational data science and spatial analysis to explore urban transportation patterns around the world, critically interrogate how big data reshapes housing affordability, and leverage technology platforms for more just, collaborative city planning.
USC Center for Economic Development
The USC Center for Economic Development (CED) is a university research center with partial financial sponsorship from the U.S. Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration University Center Program. CED is a clinical forum and outreach arm for the school, engaging the energy, enthusiasm, and talent of students, faculty, and staff to provide a wide range of services to public, private, and nonprofit entities in the 12 counties of Southern California.
USC Center for Sustainability Solutions
The Center for Sustainability Solutions develops policy, technological, and behavioral solutions to the most pressing sustainability problems of the Southern California region and the world. It brings together scholars and stakeholders from sustainability organizations around the world to collaborate on basic and applied research aimed at making a real-world impact.