How do culture and values influence approaches to the public good? The actions of governments at all levels can ensure or detract from the material well-being of individuals. Schar School faculty research key topics – such as housing policy, regional development, transportation, and social welfare – that influence how societies respond to the growing global challenges of social, political, economic, and demographic change. Social policy is concerned with how governments at all levels set priorities, and along with that, the roles that power, inequality, and economic systems play in the design of public policies.
Areas of research include:
- Poverty alleviation
- The design of welfare programs
- Access to housing and education
- Race, class, & gender
- Religion and politics
- Tax and welfare policies
- Urban and housing policy
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Associate Professor
Areas of Research: Comparative Politics, Europe, Federalism/State and Local Government, Qualitative Methods, Social Welfare Policy, Comparative Welfare States, European Union, Governance
Associate Professor
Areas of Research: Economics, Development, and Public Finance; Social Policy.
Associate Professor
Areas of Research: Federalism/State and Local Government, Health Policy, Legislatures, Presidency and Executive Branch, Quantitative Methods
Professor of Public Policy; Co-Director, Center for Science and Technology Policy
Connie L. McNeely is a sociologist and professor of public policy in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, where she is also co-director of the Center for Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy.
Assistant Professor
Areas of Research: U.S. Politics and Legal Studies, Social Policy, Regional Expertise – United States
Dean, Schar School of Policy and Government
Areas of Research: Elections, Federalism/State and Local Government, Public Law, U.S. Politics, Presidency, Religion and Politics, Separation of Powers (U.S.)
Associate Professor
Areas of Research: Democratization, Political Theory, United States, Religion, Secularism, Constitutionalism
Professor of Public Policy
Areas of Research: Economic Policy, Microeconomics, Economics of Aging, Political Economy, Public Finance, Quantitative Methods
Associate Professor; Founder and Director, Gender and Policy Center
Areas of Research: Gender, Policy Analysis, Program Evaluation, Bioethics, and Ethics in Public Policy
University Professor, Director of the Center for Advancing Correctional Excellence!
Areas of Research: Evidence-Based Practices, Criminal Justice Organizations, Fairness Issues in Risk Assessment, Health and Justice Policies, Corrections and Probation/Parole Implementation Science, Intervention Science, Motivational Interviewing in Justice Settings, Implementation-Effectiveness Studies