Academic Centers
Center for Urban & Regional Policy
Web site: http://www.curp.neu.edu
- Supports collaboration among faculty, staff and students on reports, symposia and other projects on key urban and suburban issues, including housing, workforce development, economic development, and education.
- Directed by Professor Barry Bluestone, who holds a joint appointment in the Department of Political Science.
Center for the Study of Democracy
Web site: http://www.csd.neu.edu
- Supports research, conferences and other activities that focus on problems of democratic development. Current projects include studies of the political implications of terrorism policy in the post 9/11 era and the role of political parties in democratic development.
- Directed by Thomas P. O’Neill Professor William Crotty.
Community-Based Research Initiative
Web site: http://www.cbri.neu.edu
- Each year a team of upper-level undergraduate students conducts a research project with support from civic partners to analyze an important policy problem or issue. A report is prepared and presented to key stakeholders. Students earn four academic credits.
- Directed by Professor David Rochefort.
Third World Views of the Holocaust International Symposium
Web site: http://www.violence.neu.edu/symposium.html
- Disseminates research on how consciousness of the Shoah (Nazi genocide of the Jews in mid-twentieth century Europe) is integrated into non-Western worldviews. Based on a pioneering encounter of invited scholars, writers and intellectuals from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
- Directed by Professor William F.S. Miles
For other centers in the College of Arts & Sciences, visit http://www.cas.neu.edu/centers.html.
