Civic Engagement and Public Policy

Learn more about the leadership of CEPP and the affiliated UB faculty members and their research interests.

This Strategic Strength collaborates with the centers of research, schools and departments at UB that focus on issues of social policy and equity.

As an urban public research university, UB possesses strengths across its various units including its ability to marshal collaborative expertise in research, teaching and service that can positively impact local, national and even global constituencies.

CEPP has established two internal fellowship programs with a total of five fellowships to help advance and support community-based research by members of UB faculty.  These fellowships support community-based research used to study issues of social justice, equity, and public policy and the research may be local or global in scope.

In addition to offering competitive fellowships for UB faculty researchers, CEPP supports and advances community-based research and scholarship by UB researchers by providing a forum for research presentations, internal research series and workshops, and research network meetings.

CEPP hosts and sponsors many public workshops and conferences each year, both on campus and throughout the Buffalo and Western New York community.  These community-wide research events facilitate discussion and networking between community research partners and scholars.  Annual research workshops are held to focus on the crisis of poverty in Buffalo, major forums bring in nationally recognized experts, and policy summits and workshops are held jointly with community organizations.