Faculty
Practice Areas
Our faculty study and engage in many practice areas. This list is comprised of the most common research areas at the Bloustein School. Please visit individual faculty profiles to see their list of publications.
- Artificial Intelligence
- Cannabis Use
- Community Development
- Disparities
- Economics
- Energy
- Environment
- Finance
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Health Administration
- Health Policy
- Housing
- International
- Labor
- Land Use
- Management
- Political Institutions
- Public Health
- Public Informatics
- Public Policy
- Qualitative Methods
- Social Policy
- Transportation
- Urban Design
- Urban Planning
- US Health Systems
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In today’s competitive job-search environment, exacerbated for older applicants by age bias, many older job hunters are turning to professional help. This can include career coaching, résumé writing, networking support and more. Additional job-search costs can include...
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New Jersey’s unemployment rate in November was the highest since the COVID-19 pandemic, preliminary numbers show, as the national job market saw major signs of cooling. In November, the state clocked an unemployment rate of 5.4%, up 0.2 percentage points from...
TECH UPDATES: Essential Technology Questions (and Answers) for Decision-Makers, Part 2
By Marc Pfeiffer (Published January 1, 2026 at ICMA.org) Practical guidance on auditing IT infrastructure, managing technology budgets, staffing IT roles, and adopting AI technologies This two-part series was written to address questions that elected and appointed...
HMN 2025: What are the promising strategies for providing health care to homeless people
Organizations aiming to help homeless people with either housing or health care can be more effective when they form partnerships with other service groups, a Rutgers study has found. “Our paper describes how homeless services and health care providers are working...
New Jersey’s business outlook for 2026: What you need to know
An array of issues Rutgers University economist James Hughes, dean emeritus of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, said a rise in unemployment nationally, mixed messaging from Washington, D.C., the increasing cost of electricity and...