Centers & Initiatives

O’Neill Research Centers and Initiatives

Indiana University Public Policy Institute

We deliver data-driven research to help public, private, and nonprofit sectors make decisions that impact the quality of life in Indiana and throughout the nation. Based on our Indianapolis campus, we staff the Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations and house the Center for Health and Justice Research.

Manufacturing Policy Initiative

A multidimensional initiative to study challenges facing the U.S. manufacturing sector and assess public policies that impact the industrial sector. We draw upon the O’Neill School’s expertise as well as the expertise of other disciplines and institutions.

Institute for Development Strategies

We work to further research, graduate-level education, and scholarly exchange in economic development and public policy. We coordinate faculty research across IU, hold seminars, courses and workshops, and are a frequent conference sponsor.

Local Governance Initiative

We partner with local governments and communities to work on their unique concerns that affect the everyday life of citizens.

Transportation Research Center

We conduct research for government agencies and the private sector including highway crash data and safety analysis, and evaluating alternative DWI treatment programs in Indiana's Marion County. Our recent projects include researching highway safety, aviation safety, transportation economics, and the transport of hazardous materials.

Indiana Clean Lakes Program

A monitoring and education program in partnership with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management Office of Water Quality.

Center for Research on Inclusion and Social Policy

We examine systemic issues at the intersection of social policy and equity, and help leaders and residents make informed decisions about those issues. We are affiliated with the IU Public Policy Institute.

Center for Cultural Affairs

Our mission is to advance the understanding of the role of arts and culture in public life. We facilitate a network of scholars and practitioners interested in advancing cultural affairs research.

O’Neill Affiliated Centers

Bloomington Urban Forestry Research Group

We study the urban forest as a social-ecological system, drawing from the Social-Ecological Systems Framework developed by the late Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom and colleagues.

GT-IDEA

GT-IDEA, the Grant Thornton Institute for Data Exploration for Risk Assessment and Management, is an interdisciplinary institute that spans O'Neill, the Kelley School of Business, and the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering.

Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

Established by the General Assembly in 1995, our mission is to create effective communication, cooperation and partnerships between the federal, state and local units of government to improve the delivery of services to the citizens of Indiana.

Integrated Program in the Environment

We bring together more than 90 faculty members across 25 departments and five schools in IU to encourage collaboration among those that study the environment and to prepare our next generation of scientists and leaders.

Indiana University Research and Teaching Preserve

Our mission is to provide natural field settings for research and teaching at IU. We address environmental issues which require solutions that include studies in the natural world and affirm that not all scientific research is done in a lab and not all teaching is done in the classroom.

The Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis

Established in 1973, our faculty teach in the O’Neill School, the departments of Political Science, Economics, and Psychology, and the Kelley School of Business. We conduct three central areas of research: institutional analysis of public goods and common pool resources, the nature of macro-political order, conflict at an international level.

Paul H. O’Neill
School of Public and Environmental Affairs

Centers & Initiatives

O’Neill Research Centers and Initiatives

Indiana University Public Policy Institute

Manufacturing Policy Initiative

Institute for Development Strategies

Local Governance Initiative

Transportation Research Center

Indiana Clean Lakes Program

Center for Research on Inclusion and Social Policy

Center for Cultural Affairs

O’Neill Affiliated Centers

Bloomington Urban Forestry Research Group

GT-IDEA

Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

Integrated Program in the Environment

Indiana University Research and Teaching Preserve

The Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis

Additional links and resources

Centers & Initiatives

O’Neill Research Centers and Initiatives

Indiana University Public Policy Institute

Manufacturing Policy Initiative

Institute for Development Strategies

Local Governance Initiative

Transportation Research Center

Indiana Clean Lakes Program

Center for Research on Inclusion and Social Policy

Center for Cultural Affairs

O’Neill Affiliated Centers

Bloomington Urban Forestry Research Group

GT-IDEA

Indiana Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations

Integrated Program in the Environment

Indiana University Research and Teaching Preserve

The Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis

Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs resources and social media channels

Additional links and resources