What We Do
The Arizona Policy Lab is built around three core missions: (1) Production of cross-disciplinary, evidence based policy research; (2) partnerships with government and non-profit sectors; and (3) mentoring and training of undergraduate and graduate students.
Research Across Domains
The Lab is home to a cross-disciplinary group of UArizona researchers with expertise across a wide variety of policy domains, including environmental sustainability, border and immigration politics, criminal justice reform, and elections and voting behaviors.
Partnering Across Sectors
The Lab brings together academics with expertise to conduct research with policymakers, officials, and other practitioners who have the data but not sufficient time and resources to devote to its analysis. These partnerships are intended to improve the quality of evidence brought to bear to address pressing problems across multiple sectors:
- Federal government
- Local government
- Non-profit sector
If you represent an agency or department from one of these sectors and you have a research problem you require some help to solve, please consider dropping us a line to discuss ways we can partner.
Mentoring and Training Student Researchers
If you are a UArizona student in the School of Government & Public Policy interested in gaining experience designing and executing evidence based policy research, please reach out to discuss opportunities to work with the Lab:
- Class-based research experiences
- Paid research opportunities
- Mentoring and opportunities to mentor