Our faculty lead or collaborate with a wide variety of on-campus interdisciplinary research centers that are exploring vital policy questions and bringing provocative and timely speakers to campus. Through these research hubs, students can work with faculty on ground-breaking research, and engage with leaders in many fields.
Center for Child and Family Policy
Jennifer Lansford, Director
Research Professor
Email: lansford@duke.edu
Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society
Joel Fleishman, Director
Professor of Law and Public Policy
Director, Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center for Ethics, Public Policy, and the Professions
Email: joel.fleishman@duke.edu
Center for the Study of Philanthropy and Voluntarism
Kristin Goss, Director
Kevin D. Gorter Professor of Public Policy
Email: kgoss@duke.edu
Counterterrorism and Public Policy Fellows Program
Tim Nichols, Executive Director
Visiting Professor of the Practice of Public Policy
Email: timothy.nichols@duke.edu
DeWitt Wallace Center for Media & Democracy
Philip M. Napoli, Director
James R. Shepley Professor of Public Policy
Email: philip.napoli@duke.edu
Duke Center for International Development
Edmund (Eddy) Malesky, Director
Professor of Political Science
Email: ejm5@duke.edu
Duke in DC – Policy, Leadership & Innovation
Kristin Goss, Director
Kevin D. Gorter Professor of Public Policy
Email: kgoss@duke.edu
Hart Leadership Program
Andrew Nurkin, Director
Hart Associate Professor of the Practice of Public Policy
Email: andrew.nurkin@duke.edu
POLIS: Center for Politics
Deondra Rose, Director
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Political Science
Email: Deondra.rose@duke.edu
Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Center for Ethics, Public Policy, and the Professions
Joel Fleishman, Director
Professor of Law and Public Policy
Director, Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society
Email: joel.fleishman@duke.edu
Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security
David Schanzer, Director
Professor of the Practice of Public Policy
Email: schanzer@duke.edu
Triangle Institute for Security Studies
Peter Feaver, Director
Director, Program in American Grand Strategy
Professor of Political Science
Email: pfeaver@duke.edu
World Food Policy Center
Norbert Wilson, Director
Professor of Public Policy
Professor of Food, Economics and Community (Divinity)
Email: nwilson@div.duke.edu
SAMPLE INITIATIVE
DURHAM CONNECTS
The Duke Center for Child & Family Policy launched a nurse home visiting program as Durham Connects in 2008 as part of research into ways to prevent child maltreatment. The program, Family Connects International, is now being implemented across the country. Evidence from an ongoing randomized controlled trial shows that the model delivers a significant reduction in emergency room visits and an estimated 3-to-1 return on investment.