The heart of NYU Wagner's programs is our faculty. An amalgam of full-time, clinical/research/visiting, and adjunct professors, they are outstanding teachers, expert researchers and committed practitioners.
The Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service is home to research and policy centers, institutes and initiatives that focus on strengthening public policy and public service nationally and around the world.
These innovative and multidisciplinary research centers work with academic, nonprofit and government organizations to generate new approaches to research and unique solutions to pressing urban problems. These partnerships are yet another way NYU Wagner helps reframe how we understand and act on issues of public importance.
05/03/2012
One World Trade Center Rises, Along With Its Rents
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Mitchell Moss in Bloomberg Businessweek
Press
05/03/2012
Furman Center's 10th Annual "Housing & Neighborhoods" Report Explores NYC Trends
News
Housed at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, the Financial Access Initiative is a consortium of leading development economists focused on substantially expanding access to quality financial services for low-income individuals.
The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy, the only joint research center of the NYU School of Law and NYU's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, is the leading academic research center in New York City devoted to the public policy aspects of land use, real estate development, and housing.
The Research Center for Leadership in Action builds knowledge and capacity for leadership to transform society. RCLA partners with public service leaders of all kinds, organizations of all sizes, scholars and funders to translate ideas into action. Together with its partners, RCLA generates breakthroughs in both scholarship and practice.
The Rudin Center for Transportation Policy & Management works with public, private, and non-profit partners in supporting innovative research, convening thinkers and policy-makers from around the region and the world, and training students and leaders in the field.
The Institute for Education and Social Policy (IESP) conducts non-partisan scientific research about U.S. education and related social policy issues to help inform educational institutions and policymakers about the effectiveness of instructional programs, the impact of school reform initiatives and the relationships between academic achievement, school finance and socio-economic and demographic factors such as poverty, ethnicity and immigration status.

The mission of the John Brademas Center for the Study of Congress is to increase the understanding of Congress-"the People's Branch" of government-its role in making policy; its powers, processes and responsibilities. As a part of NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, the Brademas Center strives to help the next generation of public service leaders develop a deeper understanding of how and why Congress makes decisions.
The Berman Jewish Policy Archive (BJPA) at NYU's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service offers a vast collection of policy-relevant research and analysis on Jewish life to the public, free of charge. This searchable archive spans from the early 20th century into the 21st, and is bridging into the future with continually updated print and Web-based sources.
The NYUAD Center for Global Public Service and Social Impact's mission is to advance international understanding and effective practice for strengthening the global public service as a driver of social impact in a constantly changing international environment. It is designed to support the entrepreneurial, effective and efficient production of public value by governments, nongovernmental organizations and private social ventures, by working through networks of scholars, opinion leaders and senior executives across the world.
In July, Bloomberg Philanthropies began a three-year $24 million initiative supporting city halls in Atlanta, Chicago, Louisville, Memphis and New Orleans to identify and address each mayor’s top policy goals through Innovation Delivery Teams. The effort is predicated on the notion that mayors are uniquely positioned at the local level to develop innovative solutions to some of our most pressing challenges from job creation to combating climate change.
NYU Wagner launches ARC—Academic Research Collaborative—as an unprecedented effort to directly link national policymakers with university scholarship to advance more informed and evidenced-based decisions. As one of our first ARC initiatives, Wagner is partnering with both the U.S. Departments of Labor and Education in a three-step process.

Getting Started with Open Data, A Guide for Transportation Agencies
Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management

State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods 2011
The Furman Center For Real Estate & Urban Policy

Commuting to Manhattan, A study of residence location trends for
Manhattan workers from 2002 to 2009
Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management

Searching for the Right Spot: Minimum Parking Requirements and Housing Affordability in New York City
The Furman Center For Real Estate & Urban Policy

The Dynamic Population of Manhattan
Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management

The Emergence of the "Super-Commuter"
Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management

How New York City Won the Olympics
Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management