This November, the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) will welcome more than 2,500 individuals from the public policy research community to Seattle for the 47th Annual Fall Research Conference. The multi-disciplinary convening features research on current and emerging policy and management issues. This year, Center for Social Development (CSD) affiliates are contributing […]
New findings published in a series of studies add to the growing body of evidence on the transformative potential of Child Development Account policy. The findings from SEED for Oklahoma Kids, a long-running experiment conducted by the Center for Social Development. come as federal officials are developing a strategy for implementing the new Trump Accounts policy.
Changes build upon CSD’s legacy, will shape a productive future. The Center for Social Development (CSD), a leading research center located within the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, announces an expansion of organizational leadership. Jin Huang, the Irving Louis Horowitz Professor in Social Policy, has been named Co-Director of CSD alongside Michael […]
In recognition of his many contributions to social work research, policy, and practice, CSD’s Associate Director for Research, Jin Huang, was inducted into the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare on January 18. “I am honored and humbled to be counted among the nation’s finest social-work researchers and practitioners, and my team shares […]
The 29th annual conference of the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) featured the work of 41 affiliates of the Center for Social Development (CSD) across 72 events. Faculty, staff, and associated researchers contributed to 11 symposia, three roundtables, 16 oral presentations, five flash talks, and 30 poster presentations. They convened five Special Interest […]
The new CSD will have expanded leadership, a broader research agenda and greater potential for policy and program impacts. The start of this integration is a key step in the broader beginning of a new era of leadership and excellence in social development and policy at Washington University’s Brown School.
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