Housed in Duke’s Sanford School, the Public Policy Ph.D. integrates micro-economics, causal inference, and leadership studies. Doctoral fellows craft climate-adaptation plans, evaluate school reforms with difference-in-differences, and brief bipartisan panels on AI regulation. A Washington, D.C., residency embeds scholars in federal agencies translating analytics into law.
Cost-benefit analysis of guaranteed-income pilots
GIS equity audit of urban heat-mitigation budgets
Impact evaluation of tele-mental-health reimbursement parity
Blockchain prototype for transparent disaster-relief funds
Serious game teaching citizens carbon-pricing trade-offs
Multi-criteria decision analysis for offshore-wind siting
Interactive dashboard on child-care subsidy models by state
Randomized postcard nudges increasing FAFSA completion
Policy toolkit for ethical drone use in public safety
Meta-regression of soda tax outcomes on obesity rates
Citizen deliberation platform for gentrification mitigation ideas
VR empathy experience informing prison-reform proposals
Social-return-on-investment analysis of arts grants
Machine-learning forecast of opioid-overdose hotspots
Participatory budgeting app integrating AR visualizations
Open-data standard for municipal climate disclosures
Policy brief on equity impacts of autonomous-bus deployment
Podcast interviewing mayors on AI procurement guidelines
Turn data into public good through Duke’s policy-making doctorate.
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