EESI Centers
Center for Public Policy Research in Environment, Energy, and Community Well-Being
Director, Amy Glasmeier
The Social Science Research Institute has established a Center for Public Policy Research in Environment, Energy, and Community Well-Being to further current policy activities in the social sciences in Penn State colleges and institutes, and to work to develop additional catalytic activities that encourage collaboration, facilitate research, augment teaching, and inform public policy realms through effective outreach. This institutional capacity will boost the ability of faculty to compete effectively for grant opportunities and facilitate the creation and dissemination of new and important knowledge across units, across the University, and within the realms of environment, energy and community well-being. Such an institutional context will enable the University to support the widest range of research interests and research projects from the individual to the multi-investigator scale.
The Center is organized around three functional areas--research and grant writing, community outreach, and policy communication. Investments in the Center may yield greatly enhanced research services, outreach and engagement, and a stimulating intellectual environment that ultimately can lead to greater research productivity and impact throughout and outside the University.
Mission:
By strengthening and enhancing the visibility of policy research at Penn State, particularly in project and grant design, writing, and the dissemination of results, the University will gain:
- National and international visibility that comes from large-scale and wide research results
- Greater recognition among major granting agencies
- Greater ability to forge ties with private foundations, corporations, and other granting agencies
- Enhanced public service opportunities
- Alumni development opportunities
- Teaching opportunities at both the graduate and undergraduate levels in both policy research and research methodology
- Research experiences and enhanced job placement possibilities at graduate and undergraduate levels
- Greater ability to recruit and retain top faculty
- A larger and more integrated intellectual community at PSU
For more information about the Center for Public Policy Research Research in Environment Energy, and Community Well-Being, please contact:
Amy Glasmeier
Department of Geography
312 Walker Building
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: (814) 865-7323
email: akg1@ems.psu.edu