Social Policy

Social policy at the Institute puts issues of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, employment, age, and immigrant status at the center of inquiry; looks at social policy globally, not just in the United States; and looks beyond governmental actors to understand how nonprofit organizations and social movements create and implement policy.

Humphrey School wins NASPAA Diversity Award

The Humphrey School of Public Affairs has been chosen to receive the inaugural Diversity Award given by the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA)... (more)

Humphrey School alumni among 18 recently announced Bush fellows

Two Humphrey School graduates and a former employee are among 18 newly selected to receive prestigious Bush Fellowships from the Bush Foundation. Fellows receive funding... (more)

Research Centers

Formed in 1985 as the nation’s first comprehensive teaching, research, and outreach center devoted to women and public policy, the Center on Women and Public Policy has a long tradition of leadership in the field in women’s human rights, global feminism, and specific public policy issues, such as comparable worth.

Housed within the Humphrey School, the Human Capital Research Collaborative (HCRC) is a partnership between the University of Minnesota and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis to advance multidisciplinary research on child development and social policy. The HCRC’s approach is integrative and representative of the cross-college and university-wide interest in advancing research and scholarship on the identification and dissemination of cost-effective interventions, programs, and policies from birth to the transition to adulthood.

Named for the famed civil rights leader and longtime head of the NAACP, the Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice studies and formulates solutions to problems of racial and ethnic inequality.

Recent Headlines

Civil discourse: can religion help?
Posted 02/20/2012

Lynch's licensing plan is a great start
Posted 02/19/2012

Would-be stadium spenders build their house upon sand
Posted 02/17/2012

Upcoming Social Policy Events

Mary Jane Doe

Deputy Associate Director, White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs

MPP, 1999

Faculty Experts
Assistant Professor Ryan Allen
Professor Ragui Assaad
Program Director Laura Bloomberg
Assistant Professor Dara Kay Cohen
Professor Emerita Nancy Eustis
Professor Katherine Fennelly
Assistant Professor Greta Friedemann-Senchez
Professor Ed Goetz
Associate Professor Maria Hanratty
Professor Stephen Hoenack
Professor Larry Jacobs
Professor Morris M. Kleiner
Professor Deborah Levison
Professor Samuel L. Myers
Associate Professor Jodi Sandfort
Professor Joe Soss
Associate Professor Judy Temple

"It is all too easy for society to measure itself against some abstract philosophical principle or political slogan. But in the end, there must remain the question: What kind of life is one society providing to the people that live in it?"

-Hubert Humphrey, October 7, 1966