Research

The Baldy Center uses multiple means to advance interdisciplinary research on law, legal institutions, and social policy.

The Baldy Center advances interdisciplinary research on law, legal institutions, and social policy. We award research grants to faculty members and support conferences and workshops focused on critical issues. Our Baldy Center postdoctoral fellows and senior fellows intensively engage in their research during funded residencies at The Baldy Center. Our international network of scholars and globally accessible working paper series keep us connected as we catalyze new work in the complex mosaic of law and social policy research.

We award research fellowships in interdisciplinary legal studies

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  • The Baldy Center Grants
    4/1/24
    The Baldy Center fosters and supports scholars and UB faculty whose work bridges disciplines and contributes to the great and growing mosaic of law and society scholarship. Topics include human rights, courts, environmental governance, legal geography, international trade, intellectual property, social inequality, administrative regulation, state and urban government, the legal profession, family, religion, and cultural understandings of law.
  • Grant Recipients
    2/20/24
    The Baldy Center proudly supports conferences, workshops and research projects that advance our understanding of law, legal institutions, and social policy. This page provides a listing of recent grant awards, as well as those awarded since 2006.
  • Fellowship Recipients
    7/13/23
  • Buffalo Legal Studies Research Paper Series
    1/24/24
    The Buffalo Legal Studies Research Paper Series publishes research in progress addressing important issues of law and social policy, and provides an international, interdisciplinary audience for the faculty and visiting scholars. Buffalo Legal Studies Research Paper Series goes back to 2004.
  • Global Research Network
    2/3/22
    The Baldy Center is just one node in an international network of organizations that advance interdisciplinary research on law, legal institutions and social policy. This page contains a list of links (subject to change) to the websites maintained by members of the global network.
  • Publication Spotlight
    8/22/23
    This page shows a list of selected publications by our faculty authors. The representative listing is updated occasionally as forthcoming books and articles are published.
  • Socio-Legal Blogs
    2/3/22
    Blog forums provide important insights and opportunities for discussion regarding socio-legal research. On this page is a short list of forums and resources  of interest to the extended Baldy Center community.