The Public Policy Lab is an intellectual home for researchers who study public policies and the social processes relevant to their development and consequences. Housed in the College of Liberal Arts, the non-partisan Lab provides an interdisciplinary forum for discussion of contemporary policy issues, research support for faculty and student scholarship and a mechanism to disseminate participants’ research findings.

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Sociology PhD Graduate Carries his Passion for Music into a Prestigious Postdoctoral Fellowship

by Jonathan Hernandez
October 06
This year, Stanley Collins completed his PhD in Sociology at Temple. He's since been selected as a Provost's Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania. Read on to ...
College of Liberal Arts

2023 PPL Fellows

by Colin Hammar
September 19
The Public Policy Lab (PPL) is pleased to announce its cohort of research fellows for the 2023 to 2024 academic year. PPL Fellows will develop their policy-oriented research p...
College of Liberal Arts

Public Policy Lab and the Population Studies Center form a new Collaboration

by Public Policy Lab
May 10
The Public Policy Lab (PPL) in the College of Liberal Arts at Temple University and the Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Pennsylvania are excited to announ...
College of Liberal Arts

College of Liberal Arts Announces New PPL Foreign Policy Hub Flagship Project

by Colin Hammar
November 02
The College of Liberal Arts (CLA) and the Public Policy Lab (PPL) have announced the formation of a new Foreign Policy Hub within PPL. The initiative will house a new national...
College of Liberal Arts

Dr. Nyron Crawford Awarded Russell Sage Foundation-Gates Foundation Pipeline Grant for Emerging Scholars

by Colin Hammar
April 04
PPL Faculty Fellow Dr. Nyron Crawford was recently awarded a Russell Sage Foundation-Gates Foundation Pipeline Grant for Emerging Scholars. Congratulations Nyron!...
College of Liberal Arts

PPL Director Discusses Poverty Policy in Future Biden Administration

by Public Policy Lab
November 16
PPL Director Judith Levine recently spoke with the Philadelphia Inquirer about potential poverty policy in the incoming Biden administration. Read the full article titled "Ho...
Africology and African American Studies

CLA Promotes Diversity and Anti-Bias

by Richard Deeg
October 28
This past year has seen race and racial inequality return as hot topics of national debate and contention. The problems currently receiving heightened attention are not new, b...
Public Policy Lab

PPL Announces 2020-2021 Fellows

by Public Policy Lab
September 02
The Public Policy Lab (PPL) is pleased to announce its cohort of fellows for the 2020-2021 academic year. PPL Fellows will develop their policy-oriented research projects in...
Public Policy Lab

Public Policy Lab Director Addresses Philadelphia’s Poverty Crisis

by Nick Santangelo
January 24
By: Nick Santangelo Much of Philadelphia may have experienced explosive growth in the years after the Great Recession, but that growth has not occurred equitably across the ci...

College of Liberal Arts Announces New Public Policy Lab, Calls for Fellowship Applicants

by Nick Santangelo and Colin Hammar
October 18
By: Nick Santangelo and Colin Hammar                                      Dean Richard Deeg of The College of Liberal Arts (CLA) at Temple University has a...

Media Mentions

Kevin Loughran's New Book Profiled on Bloomberg CityLab
via Bloomberg CityLab on March 07, 2022

Kevin Loughran's New Book Profiled on Bloomberg CityLab

Sociology Professor Kevin Loughran's new book Parks for Profit has been profiled on Bloomberg CityLab.

Judith Levine Quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer
via The Philadelphia Inquirer on February 15, 2022

Judith Levine Quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer

PPL Director Judith Levine was quoted in an Inquirer article titled Low-income Philadelphians...

Judith Levine Quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer
via The Philadelphia Inquirer on January 09, 2022

Judith Levine Quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer

By Alfred Lubrano

Judith Levine was quoted in an Inquirer article titled What happened to those in poverty with the child tax credit expansion ended?

Past PPL Faculty Fellow Caterina Roman Authored Op-ed
via The Philadelphia Inquirer on January 07, 2022

Past PPL Faculty Fellow Caterina Roman Authored Op-ed

By Caterina G. Roman and John K. Roman

Past PPL Faculty Fellow Caterina Roman authored an op-ed titled Mayor Kenney should create a cabinet of experts to stem gun violence | Opinion...