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Andrew Moss… where he emphasizes the importance of defining/measuring social outcomes alongside and on par with financial …
Publication
The Color Bind: Talking (and not Talking) about Race at Work… color cognizance—the practice of recognizing the profound impact of race and ethnicity on life experiences while …
Capstone Projects
Obesity in Cypress Hills… the underlying factors of obesity and sustain long-term impact. …
Stories
Event Summary: From Urban Decay to Urban AgricultureBy Ariel Bernstein (NYU Steinhardt, Food Studies) and Mikeala Sparks (MUP, International Development) The Wagner Food Policy Alliance (WFPA) recently hosted “From Urban Decay to Urban Agriculture,” an event co-sponsored by the Urban Planning Student …
Alumni In Action
Marian Lee… How did being in New York impact your professional journey? My professional experience …
Capstone Projects
Sustainable Plastic Waste Management in Ghana… management models and identify potential areas for high-impact investments. The team conducted fieldwork in Accra, …
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Evaluating Environmental and Economic Benefits of Yellow-Dust Storm Related Policies in Northern China… has invested multi-billions of dollars to mitigate the impact of YDSs. However, the effectiveness of such …
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Banking The World… and mobile banking but also issues of data accuracy, impact assessment, risk mitigation, technology adaptation, … about their use of financial services; evidence of the impact of financial services on income; the occasional …
Capstone Projects
SUPPORTING THE WORKFORCE IN THE TRANSITION TO ELECTRIC VEHICLE FLEETSThe NYC Manufacturing and Industrial Innovation Council (MaiiC) is a mayoral industry partnership that supports local manufacturing and industrial sectors. As federal, state, and local policies increasingly focus on mandating and incentivizing the …
Capstone Projects
EXAMINING HOW 421A MAY HAVE REINFORCED RACIAL SEGREGATION THROUGHOUT GENTRIFYING AREAS IN NEW YORK CITY … spatial regression discontinuity design to understand the impact of the 2008 expansion of the GEA boundary and …
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Stakeholders… the appropriateness of applying the biomedical model to social science and behavioral research are on SACHRP's agenda. … name, this organization is devoted to issues relating to social and behavioral research. Initially a working group … (AERA), and funded by NIH's Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research. Under the leadership of Dr. Felice …
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Social and Environmental Dimensions of Cutting-Edge Infrastructures… the obstacles - technical, jurisdictional, financial, and social - to creating those infrastructures. Additionally, it … Social and Environmental Dimensions of Cutting-Edge …
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Non-academic factors associated with dropping out of high school: Adolescent problem behaviors… This study uses a social capital and collective socialization lens to examine …
Capstone Projects
RETHINKING COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT AN EQUITABLE RECOVERY OF SMALL BUSINESSES… of color. NDD engaged a Capstone team to assess the impact of COVID-19 on small businesses in heavily impacted …
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Factors influencing participation in weekly support groups among women completing an HIV/STD Intervention program… the past three decades, the influence and importance of social support has been well documented and the findings have … stress-related situations, mental and physical health, and social functioning. More recently, small group/skills …
Capstone Projects
Evaluating Project Effectiveness of the Healthy Villages Initiative… tool. The team used evaluation software to analyze the impact of UVP programming against data collected in control …
Alumni In Action
Ignacio Aravena… economic development policies from different facets of the social sciences such as economics, sociology, and policy … which helped me to expand my vision on several urban and social issues we are facing nowadays. …
Stories
Professor Ingrid Gould Ellen recognized by NYU Wagner with its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion research award… of Ellen’s research colleagues. The article examines the impact of housing choice vouchers on children’s educational …
Faculty Profile
Laurence Wadler… The Municipal Finance Journal, Volume 21, Number 3 , "The Impact of Lending Velocity on Revolving Fund Performance", …
Publication
Health Services and Research and the City… for it draws on the methods,concepts and theories of social sciences, which are relevant to the study of how the … suffering from TB, HIV/AIDS, drug addiction and other social pathologies that are typically associated with the …
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Developmental Trajectories Toward Violence in Middle Childhood: Course, Demographic Differences, and Response to School-Based Intervention… intervention. Four waves of data on features of children's social-emotional development known to forecast … curriculum demonstrated positive changes in their social-emotional developmental trajectories and deflections …
News
Alec Schierenbeck Discusses Affordable Housing in NYC at 2025 Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy ForumOn October 16, 2025, NYU Wagner hosted its annual Henry Hart Rice Urban Policy Forum featuring guest speaker Alec Schierenbeck, executive director of the Charter Revision Commission and general counsel for the Department of City Planning. Wagner’s Main …
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STAY INFORMED. STAY CONNECTED. STAY ENGAGED.… at Universidad Diego Portales Zachary McDermott is a Social Science Research Monitoring Eval Senior Analyst in the Social and Economic Policy Division at Abt Associates. …
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Wealth and Poverty in America: A Reader… theoretical and empirical challenges to any student or social scientist. Wealth and Poverty in America is a …