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Katherine Richard wins the 2025 Peter Eckstein Prize

Jun 17, 2025
Katherine Richard, who holds a PhD in Economics and Public Policy from the University of Michigan, is the 2025 winner of the Peter Eckstein Prize for Interdisciplinary Research. She is recognized for her study on a policy reform that increased penalt...
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Micah Baum wins the 2024 Peter Eckstein Prize

Jul 10, 2024
Ford School PhD candidate Micah Baum is the 2024 winner of the Peter Eckstein Prize for Interdisciplinary Research, a competitive student award that celebrates the value of interdisciplinary research in public policy. Baums’s research paper, "Distrib...
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We must change hearts to achieve equality - Alemu

Mar 19, 2023
What is the best way to combat racism -- change policies or change hearts? That is the question Matthew Alemu (MPP '09, PhD) contends with in an essay for Bridge Detroit.  "Racism resides where society and policy have yet to tackle it directly, w...
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Wileden discusses Detroit's unchanged unemployment rate

Feb 4, 2022 WXYZ Detroit
In a recent interview with WXYZ, Lydia Wileden, PhD candidate and research associate on the Detroit Metro Area Communities Study, answered questions about Detroit's unemployment rate, which has stayed at 20% over the last year.  "We do see that a...
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Applications for interdisciplinary student prize now open

Jan 29, 2020
Submissions are now being accepted for the Ford School’s top award for student work, the Peter Eckstein Prize for Interdisciplinary Research and Policy Analysis. The second annual Peter Eckstein Prize will be awarded later this spring to a Ford S...
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Cyberattacks are major risk in elections, warns Ford School PhD

Nov 14, 2018
Data security is a hot topic in many aspects of life, including elections. Ford School doctoral student Nadiya Kostyuk’s recent research explores the pervasive threat that lies in the increasing ease of cyberattacks and how it could impact elections....
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STPP graduate certificate information session

Feb 13, 2023, 12:00-1:00 pm EST
Do you want to learn how science and technology policy is made? Are you interested in the social and ethical implications of developments like facial recognition, gene editing, or autonomous vehicles? Are you concerned about the increased politicization of science and research funding?
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STPP graduate certificate information session

Oct 19, 2022, 4:00-5:00 pm EDT
Do you want to learn how science and technology policy is made? Are you interested in the social and ethical implications of developments like facial recognition, gene editing, or autonomous vehicles? Are you concerned about the increased politicization of science and research funding?
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PhD Welcome Lunch

Aug 27, 2014, 12:30-1:30 pm EDT
Weill Hall, 4th Floor - Meijer Lounge
For Ford School faculty and PhD students only.
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PhD job placement

Doctoral alumni: first and current jobsThe Ford School's PhD alumni go on to impressive careers in academia and public sector organizations including think tanks, federal government agencies, and foundations. Review our list of first and current jobs...

PhD admissions

How to apply to our joint doctoral programsThe Ford School of Public Policy's joint PhD program in public policy and social science offers three distinct degrees: the PhD in public policy and economics, the PhD in public policy and political science,...