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The UMBC School of Public Policy includes the master of public policy (MPP) and PhD degree programs, and the Maryland Institute for Public Policy and Analysis Research (MIPAR). Established after four decades of sustained growth, the School consists of nine full-time faculty, more than 30 affiliated faculty from the departments of economics, sociology, political science, and policy analysis. MIPAR, with $23 million in active research grants, links the analytical resources of the University with policymakers in the state and region, conducting opinion research, policy analyses, and program evaluations on a variety of topics. MIPAR activities are supported by federal, state, and local governmental agencies, foundations, and corporations.
Recent Submissions
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Family planning demand generation in Rwanda: Government efforts at the national and community level impact interpersonal communication and family norms
(PLOS One, 2022-04-07)Between 2005 and 2020, total contraceptive use among married women in Rwanda increased from 17% to 64%. The aim of this study is to better understand how the Rwandan government’s mobilization and demand generation efforts ... -
The Spectacle of Presidential Primaries in Puerto Rico
(American Political Science Association, 2020-01-30) -
Activism in Hard Time
(Union of Concerned Scientists, 2020-04-14) -
Democracy and its advocates must adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic
(London School of Economics United States Politics and Policy Blog, 2020-05-01) -
On Racial Justice, Statements Are Not Enough
(Scientific American, 2020-06-25) -
Understandings of Science Advocacy can Strengthen it
(Union of Concerned Scientists, 2020-08-19) -
Puerto Ricans Haven’t Stopped Organizing After Last Year’s Uprising
(Jacobin, 2020-08-19)One year after Puerto Ricans ousted their governor in mass protests, the long-standing structures of political and economic oppression remain in place on the island. But the uprising proved the power of collective action ... -
The Politics of Survival in Puerto Rico: The Balance of Forces in the Wake of Hurricane María
(University of Warwick Press, 2022-02-10)Puerto Rico’s left-wing forces have long tried to unify, a goal that has proven difficult to reach and even harder to sustain. At its strongest, the Left has faced intense repression from both the United States and the ... -
Puerto Rico’s left won seats in the legislature. Here’s why that matters
(Washington Post, 2020-11-18) -
Scientists Are Becoming More Politically Engaged
(Scientific American, 2020-11-25) -
Why it’s so misleading to call the Capitol violence ‘Third World’
(Washington Post, 2021-01-16) -
Green New Deal Policies Should Be Fueled by Frontline and Grassroots Power
(Public Administration Review, 2019-07-16) -
Life Satisfaction in the City
(Il Mulino, 2021)Colombia is known as one of the happiest countries in the world despite poverty, crime and government corruption. This paper reports on a survey of life satisfaction conducted in Cali, the third largest city in the country, ... -
CONTESTING PLACE NAMES: THE EAST SEA/SEA OF JAPAN NAMING ISSUE
(Wiley, 2020-09-29)Building on the work of critical toponymy, this paper provides an example of the active contestation of a place name. Since the early 1990s, successive Korean governments have argued that the singular use of “Sea of Japan” ... -
BURY OR BURN THEN BURY- THE CURRENT STATE OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT USING THE 2019 BALTIMORE CLEAN AIR ACT AS A CASE STUDY
(2020-01-01)Why did Baltimore, Maryland choose to bury their Municipal Solid Waste instead of burning it? In this dissertation, I review the current state of solid waste management choices being made nationally and locally using the ... -
Are Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs Effective? An Analysis of the Impact of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) Operational Variation on Prescription Opioid Misuse and Abuse
(2020-01-01)ABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: Are Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) Effective? An Analysis of the Impact of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) Operational Variation on Prescription Opioid Misuse ... -
Enabling the Prevention and Reporting of Sexual Assault at Maryland Colleges and Universities
(2020-01-01)In this dissertation, I work to expand social understanding of sexual assault occurrence and reporting challenges on college and university campuses. In an ideal world, sexual assault would be extremely rare, and reporting ... -
RETURN LABOR MIGRATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: A CASE STUDY OF NEPAL
(2020-01-01)Every year one in four international labor migrants return home (Azose & Raftery, 2019). The New Economics of Labor Migration (NELM) identifies return migration as a strategic move not only by an individual migrant but ... -
Is your city making you fat? How urban planning can address the obesity epidemic
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Street vendors make cities livelier, safer and fairer – here’s why they belong on the post-COVID-19 urban scene
(The Conversation, 2020-07-08)
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