News
Will the labor shortage help close the pay gap between men and women?
Linda Stamato, a senior policy fellow at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, says the current labor shortages may provide some of the necessary leverage to eliminate the pay gap between women and men. Opinion, NJ.com,...
New Jersey Policy Lab: New Jersey Intercounty Migration Trends, 2018-2019
A new R/ECON report examines the migration trends across counties within New Jersey between 2018 and 2019 using Internal Revenue Service (IRS) data.
Rutgers students needed to conduct bus rider surveys for New Jersey Transit
Students will be paid $15 to $20 per hour depending on experience. Those students with a car/driving will be compensated at a higher rate than non-drivers.
Some Newark charter schools fail to fully comply with transparency rules
Charter schools’ failure to keep the public informed about their board proceedings is significant, as more than a third of Newark’s public school students attended charter schools last year and $300 million, or 28% of the district’s budget this school year, will go to...
Research: Community Visioning for Place Making
In his new book, Anton Nelessen details how this process works for community organizations, municipalities, and neighborhoods to evaluate their existing community and translate images into plans that embody their ideal characteristics of places and spaces.
Rutgers University to Host 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders
Associate Teaching Professor Patti O’Brien Richardson will co-lead the Leadership in Civic Engagement Institute with Olabode Ibironke, Department of English; and Greg Costalas, Rutgers Global.
Ian Vlahović, MPP ’23
In 2017, Ian Vlahović and fellow Rutgers graduates formed PROTESTRA, an organization and orchestra of activist musicians bridging the divide between advocacy and classical music to combine live orchestral performances with their interests in social justice issues.
The Heldrich Center: A National Center of Workforce Development, Policy, and Scholarship
The Heldrich Center is one of the nation’s foremost research and policy organizations dedicated to strengthening the American workplace during an era of rapid global economic change.
New Jersey Policy Lab: Is Telehealth Making Healthcare More Accessible For the LGBTQ+ Community?
Using telehealth, providers have reported reaching more vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations by addressing and reducing numerous barriers to care; in New Jersey, telehealth interventions are particularly useful in reaching the LGBTQ+ community.
Elliott School researchers updating international data governance map
Experts in data informatics said the project is an accessible compilation of various data governance factors that can help national governments determine which attributes need improvement to better democracies. Jim Samuel, the executive director of the informatics...
Alumni Profile: Music is inherent in building design
Mrunmayee Atre, MCRP ’18 believes that music resides in everyone through heartbeats and breathing, and musical concepts can be applied to buildings which will have a different impact on people in the various spaces that they enjoy.
New Jersey Policy Lab: Has New Jersey’s Housing Market Peaked? A New Year’s Assessment
The available stock of both single-family and townhouses for sale has been progressively falling since July 2021 when it reached a pandemic peak. But even that peak was close to a third of numbers ten years prior.
Follow Us
Upcoming Events
Career Virtual Drop-ins
VirtualBloustein Career Development Specialists Cheryl Egan and Andrea Garrido will be in a Zoom Room on Monday's beginning January 22, 2024 (excluding holidays and spring break) to answer questions, provide […]
Bloustein Research Seminar Series: The place-based turn in U.S. federal policy (1990-2019): Implications for gentrification, racial stratification, & spatial inequality
Bloustein School, Civic Square Building 33 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ, United StatesPresented by Emily Parker, Assistant Professor, Rutgers Bloustein School. This venue will enable our faculty to share research, build community, and extend our networks. Pizza will be served. The goal […]
Virtual Information Session: Graduate Program in Public Informatics
VirtualYou are cordially invited to join us at this virtual informational session for the - Bloustein School's spring 2024 virtual information sessions for our Master of Public Informatics (MPI) degree […]