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Research Centers and Institutes

Students at the Bloustein School have the opportunity to conduct hands-on research through through appointments as researchers employed by the school’s centers and institutes in such areas as community development, neighborhood revitalization, transportation, workforce development, and energy policy. The school serves as an intellectual focal point at Rutgers University for the examination of societal problems and solutions. Research undertakings are governed by a strong commitment to quality through the use of sound social science theory and methods and to full dissemination of results and peer review of findings. Research is carried out on a wide variety of challenging topics.

The school is host to several nationally recognized research centers and collaborative programs, established by the University’s Board of Governors. These specialized centers carry out large-scale projects and are supported by external funding, which maximize the school’s ability to perform in-depth research; extend its activities beyond the classroom through public service; and provide students with the opportunity to develop professional skills and experience. Many of these centers offer continuing education and training programs for government officials, nonprofit leaders, and career professionals, enabling the school to broaden its outreach endeavors.

 

Bloustein Center for Survey Research

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Nancy Wolff, Director (nwolff@ejb.rutgers.edu)

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue, 2nd Floor
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone: (848) 932-1900
Fax number: (732) 932-1881

Website

http://bcsr.rutgers.edu

Center Overview

The Bloustein Center for Survey Research (BCSR) conducts survey and evaluation research. Our clients come to us because they need information to better serve their stakeholder groups and we respond by designing studies and collecting reliable, representative, and meaningful data to inform their decision-making.  Our staff has experience conducting survey and evaluation research in a wide variety of public policy areas and works with a diverse set of clients. The major areas of our work are comprised of projects that highlight our expertise and versatility in survey and evaluation research. Our specialties include:

  • Survey and Evaluation Research
  • Maternal and Child Health
  • Education and Youth Risk Behavior
  • Developmental Disabilities Policy Institute

Bloustein Local Government Research Center

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Raphael J. Caprio, PhD, Director (caprio@rutgers.edu)
Marc H. Pfeiffer, Assistant Director and Research Fellow (marc.pfeiffer@rutgers.edu)

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue, 3rd Floor
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone: (848) 932-2830
Fax: (732) 932-1881

Website

http://blousteinlocal.rutgers.edu/

Center Overview

New Jersey is served by more than 1,500 distinct local government agencies: municipalities, school districts, utilities, counties, and more.   Yet, even with this wealth of opportunity, precious little substantive research as been done within the local government environment to inform some of our State’s most pressing policy issues.  The Bloustein Local Government Research Center will serve as a focal point to disseminate and support, through a variety of mechanisms, research and analyses useful to New Jersey’s elected and appointed officials, faculty and researchers, policy analysts and practitioners. Bloustein Local also works directly with Bloustein School faculty and center directors to advance and support education and research within the Bloustein School. 

Center for Energy, Economic & Environmental Policy

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Frank A. Felder, Director (ffelder@rutgers.edu)

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue, Second Floor
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone: (848) 932-2750
Fax number: (732) 932-0934

Website

http://ceeep.rutgers.edu

Center Overview

Established within the Bloustein School in 2003, the Center for Energy, Economic & Environmental Policy (CEEEP) conducts applied research to evaluate and help develop energy policy at the state, regional, national, and international levels. The Center explores the interrelation of energy, economic and environmental policy issues.

Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (CNCR)

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Sanford M. Jaffe, Co-Director
Linda Stamato, Co- Director

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue, 4th Floor
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone: (848) 932-2896
Fax: (732) 932-2493
Email: cncr@ejb.rutgers.edu

Website

http://cncr.rutgers.edu/

Center Overview

The Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (CNCR) is at the forefront of a movement that believes disputes can be settled by constructive negotiation and consensus-building and problem-solving approaches instead of by force or adversarial argument. Created in 1986, the Center’s mission comprises education, training, research and direct services in preventing and resolving disputes. It serves all three campuses at Rutgers University and serves as a resource both in and outside New Jersey for those interested in negotiation and the theory and practice of conflict resolution. The Center is also part of a consortium of eighteen conflict resolution centers at such universities as Harvard, Michigan, Minnesota, Penn State, Northwestern, Stanford, Syracuse and Wisconsin. The centers collaborate through joint research projects and workshops, seminars, and conferences that explore ideas and works in progress.  

Center for Urban Policy Research

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David Listokin, Director

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue, Suite 400
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone: (848) 932-2374
Email: cupr@ejb.rutgers.edu

Website

http://cupr.rutgers.edu

Center Overview

For four decades, the Center for Urban Policy Research (CUPR) has served the nation with basic and applied research on a broad spectrum of public policy issues. CUPR is nationally and internationally recognized for its research on affordable housing, land use policy, the arts and cultural policy, development impact analysis, the costs of sprawl, transportation information systems, environmental impacts, and community and economic development. CUPR has developed a wide array of fiscal, environmental, transportation, and quality of life impact models that have been used in major public policy evaluations throughout the United States.

Environmental Analysis and Communications Group

Contact Information

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Jeanne Herb, Executive Director (jherb@ejb.rutgers.edu)

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue, Suite 400
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone (848) 932-2725
Fax number: (732) 932-0934

Website

http://eac.rutgers.edu 

Center Overview

EAC Group is a University-based  Center of research, outreach, training and service focused on the analysis and communication of environmental issues facing communities, governments, businesses and organizations.

Center for Transportation Safety, Security and Risk (CTSSR)

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Michael Greenberg, Director (mrg@rutgers.edu)

Jeanne Herb, Executive Director (jherb@ejb.rutgers.edu)

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue, Suite 400
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone (848) 932-2725
Fax (732) 932-0934

Website

http://eac.rutgers.edu/ctssr

Center Overview

The Center for Transportation Safety, Security and Risk combines the strengths of faculty and staff with complementary expertise in risk analysis and transportation. Organizationally, the Center is part of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and works cooperatively with its sister organizations the National Transit Institute and the Voorhees Transportation Center. Through NTI, the Center operates as a U.S. Department of Homeland Security designated National Transportation Security Center of Excellence.  The Center also works with other Rutgers faculty and staff in the School of Engineering, Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation, School of Environmental & Biological Sciences, School of Public Health and with University staff involved in disaster preparedness and emergency response.  Together, these organizations provide outstanding, perhaps unmatched, expertise in risk analysis and transportation security and safety.

Sustainable Raritan River Initiative

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Sara Malone, Facilitator (raritan@ejb.rutgers.edu)

c/o Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue, Suite 400
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone: (848) 932-2720

Website

http://eac.rutgers.edu/srri/

Center Overview

Rutgers University launched the Sustainable Raritan River Initiative in 2009 to bring together concerned scientists, environmentalists, engineers, businesses, community leaders and governmental entities to craft an agenda that meets the goals of the U.S. Clean Water Act to restore and preserve New Jersey’s Raritan River, its tributaries and its bay.

The Initiative, a joint program of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, partners with other Rutgers schools, centers and programs to ensure the best contributions from the sciences, planning and policy for a more sustainable Raritan.

New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance

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Jeanne Herb, Associate Director (jherb@rutgers.edu)

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue, Suite 400
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone: (848) 932-2725

Website

http://njadapt.rutgers.edu/

Center Overview

The New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance was formed in response to a diverse group of stakeholders who came together on November 29, 2011 at Rutgers University to participate in the conference “Preparing NJ for Climate Change: A Workshop for Decision-Makers.”

National Center for Neighborhood and Brownfields Redevelopment

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Michael Greenberg, Director

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue, Suite 400
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone: (848) 932-2714
Fax number: (732) 932-0934

Website

http://eac.rutgers.edu/brownfields/

Center Overview

Established in 1998 at the E. J. Bloustein School of Planning & Public Policy, the National Center for Neighborhood and Brownfields Redevelopment has been designated by the Rutgers Board of Governors as a strategic planning initiative of the University. It’s mission is to establish itself as a pre-eminent university-based center for neighborhood and brownfield redevelopment focused on the three themes of service, education and research. The Center seeks to: Educate community leaders about the complex inter-relationships between brownfields and neighborhood redevelopment. Provide a national forum where public and private organizations, elected officials and neighborhood representatives can share their problems, initiatives and innovations. Conduct research into related issues such as reducing sprawl through urban redevelopment, releasing mothballed properties for redevelopment, building housing on former brownfield sites, and measuring the environmental impact of different land use scenarios. 

HIV Prevention Community Planning Support and Development Initiative (CPSDI)

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Ann Dey, Program Development Administrator (anndey@rutgers.edu)

HIV Prevention CPSDI
Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
120 Albany Street
Tower Two, 2nd Floor
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Phone: (848) 932-4189
Fax: (732) 932-2493

Website

http://hiv.rutgers.edu 

Center Overview

The HIV Prevention Community Planning Support and Development Initiative (HIV Prevention CPSDI) is a joint initiative of the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS), Division of HIV, STD and TB Services (DHSTS) and the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development

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Carl E. Van Horn, Director

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
30 Livingston Avenue, Second and Third Floors
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone: (848) 932-4100
Fax number: (732) 932-3454

Email: hcwd@ejb.rutgers.edu

Website

http://www.heldrich.rutgers.edu

Center Overview

Founded in 1997, the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development is a research and policy organization dedicated to applying the best research to address the core challenges of New Jersey’s and the nation’s workforce. The center’s goals are focused on easing the skills crunch, ensuring that no one who is able to work is left behind in the 21st century economy, connecting dislocated workers to lifelong learning and job opportunities, addressing the career crisis of non college-bound youth, and ensuring that workforce and other government programs are managed for results, with cost-effectiveness and transparency to the taxpayer and customer. The center’s researchers, scholars, and practitioners combine their talents to develop solutions to put people to work, ensure that workers remain competitive, and provide employers with qualified and productive workers. 

Planning Healthy Communities Initiative (PHCI)

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Jeanne Herb, Facilitator

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue, 1st Floor
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone: (848) 932-2725
Email: PHCI@ejb.rutgers.edu

Website

http://phci.rutgers.edu/

Center Overview

The Planning Healthy Communities Initiative (PHCI) is a partnership dedicated to promoting the integration of public health impacts into planning and decision-making. The goal of the PHCI is to build partnerships that enhance opportunities to conduct Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) that inform state, regional and local decisions, so that these decisions result in healthier communities and citizens.

 

Rutgers Center for Green Building

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Jennifer Senick, Executive Director

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue, room 163
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone: (848) 932-2903
Fax number: (732) 932-0934

Email: dplotnik@rutgers.edu

Website

http://www.greenbuilding.rutgers.edu/ 

Center Overview

The Rutgers Center for Green Building promotes green building through research, advocacy and education. The Center conducts applied research utilizing planned and existing green building projects, works with industry and government to promote these concepts, and develops undergraduate, graduate and professional education programs. It seeks to establish itself as the pre-eminent interdisciplinary center for green building excellence in the Northeast, while serving as a single accessible locus for fostering collaboration among green building practitioners and policy-makers. 

Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON)

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Michael Lahr, Director

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue, 4th Floor
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone: (848) 932-2372
Email: recon@ejb.rutgers.edu

Website

http://recon.rutgers.edu/

Center Overview

Rutgers Economic Advisory Service (R/ECON™) was founded in 1992 to improve the quality and accessibility of tools for economic forecasting and policy simulation. R/ECON provides private-sector and government entities with a comprehensive set of tools for analyzing the New Jersey economy. These include an econometric forecasting model and an input-output model. 

Rutgers Regional Report / State Data Center

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James W. Hughes, Director

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue, Suite 300
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone: (848) 932-2816
Fax number: (732) 932-1771

Email: wirving@rutgers.edu

Website

https://bloustein.rutgers.edu/centers/rutgers-regional-report/

Center Overview

The Rutgers Regional Report produces formal studies on regional and state economies, demographics, housing markets and other key public policy issues.  These reports are used extensively in Trenton and by the state’s planning and public policy communities. Additionally, the Rutgers Regional Report is a Coordinating Agency of the New Jersey State Data Center (New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development) Network.

Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center

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Robert B. Noland, Director

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue, 4th Floor
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone: (848) 932-2832
Fax number: (732) 932-3714

Email: vtc@ejb.rutgers.edu

Website

http://vtc.rutgers.edu/

Center Overview

The Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC) is the nucleus of transportation training and education, policy, and research at Rutgers University. The university established the center in 1998 to continue its tradition as a leader in research and education on urban affairs and public policy at the national, state, and regional levels. VTC was created to facilitate informed public debate on critical transportation issues and to conduct research in areas not otherwise addressed by conventional sponsors. The Center specializes in identifying and exploring transportation linkages to other public policy areas, such as economic development, land use, political governance, finance and social policy. VTC includes:

  • The New Jersey Travel Independence Program
  • The National Transit Institute
  • New Jersey Bicycle and Pedestrian Resource Center
  • New Jersey Safe Routes to School Resource Center
  • Together North Jersey

New Jersey Travel Independence Program (NJTIP)

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Karen Alexander, Managing Director (karen.alexander@njtip.rutgers.edu )

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue, 4th floor
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone: (848) 932-2831
Fax: (732) 932-3714

Website

http://vtc.rutgers.edu/njtip/

Center Overview

The mission of the New Jersey Travel Independence Program (NJTIP) is to increase the independence and self-sufficiency of people with disabilities, older adults and others by empowering them to use the public transit system safely and independently. In 2013 NJTIP merged with the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center (VTC), a national leader in transportation research and education and the nucleus of transportation-related policy research, training and education at Rutgers University’s Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy. Since 2005, NJTIP has worked with a variety of government agencies, community organizations and schools to teach travel skills to more than 900 individuals. 

National Transit Institute

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Paul Larrousse, Director  (plarrousse@nti.rutgers.edu)

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
120 Albany Street Tower Two, Suite 250
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901-2163

Phone: (732) 932-1700
Fax: (732) 932-1707

Website

http://www.ntionline.com 

Center Overview

A unit of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center, the National Transit Institute (NTI) is a training and education resource for the transit industry nationwide. Established by Congress, NTI has been funded through a cooperative agreement with the Federal Transit Administration since 1992. NTI develops and delivers a national program of training and education for and about the transit industry. 

Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement

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Kathe Newman, Director  (knewman@rutgers.edu)

Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
33 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901

Phone: (848) 932-2799
Fax: (732) 932-6564

Website

http://rwv.rutgers.edu

Center Overview

The Ralph W. Voorhees Center for Civic Engagement is a collaborative effort of university faculty, students and community development actors that seeks to enhance educational opportunities, facilitate innovative research, and build community development capacity. The center builds on the strength of existing relationships between faculty and students at the Bloustein School and community development networks and organizations in New Jersey and beyond. The Center hosts the Ralph W. Voorhees Public Service fellowship program for undergraduate and graduate students who work collaboratively with community organizations on group projects each Fall. 

Bloustein Center for Survey Research

Bloustein Local
Government Research Center

Center for Energy, Economic
and Environmental Policy

Center for Negotiation and
Conflict Resolution

Center for Urban Policy Research

Environmental Analysis and
Communications Group

Center for Transportation
Safety, Security and Risk

Sustainable Raritan River Initiative

New Jersey Climate Change Alliance

National Center for Neighborhood
and Brownfields Redevelopment

HIV Prevention Community Planning
Support and Development Initiative

John J. Heldrich Center
for Workforce Development

Planning Healthy Communities Initiative

Rutgers Center for Green Building

Rutgers Economic Advisory Service
(R/ECON)

Rutgers Regional Report/
State Data Center

Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center

New Jersey Travel
Independence Program (NJTIP)

National Transit Institute (NTI)

Ralph W. Voorhees Center
for Civic Engagement

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