Mara Ostfeld, PhD, associate faculty director at Poverty Solutions, assistant research scientist at the Ford School of Public Policy, research director at the Center for Racial Justice, and faculty lead for the Detroit Metro Area Community Study,...
Collaborating with the University of Puerto Rico and acting as primary investigator, Ford School professor Mara Ostfeld, helped launch the Puerto Rican Public Opinion Laboratory (LabPOP). LabPOP aims to be the first to obtain data about the...
Mara Ostfeld, associate faculty director and director of communications at Poverty Solutions, has been awarded one of eight Anti-Racism Grants from the U-M Office of the Vice President for Research for her collaboration with the University of Puerto...
Story by Daniel Rivkin
Photos by Isaac Nico (MPA ’22)
The International Economic Development Program (IEDP) took a COVID-required turn in 2022, exploring the economic, environmental, and cultural circumstances of the Commonwealth of Puerto...
In the summer of 1999, Laura Rivera-Carrion (MPP ‘02, PPIA ‘99) attended the Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) Junior Summer Institute. The program gave her the necessary skills, knowledge, and confidence to pursue a master’s degree in...
In an essay in Caribbean Business, Pineiro says recent referendums have been non-binding and a waste of money. "Past results in status referendums have been closely split, with low participation rates and thousands of blank ballots as a form of...
“Puerto Rico’s primary did not receive the media attention of many of those that preceded it,” writes Mara Ostfeld in The Conversation. “And with only 60 pledged delegates, a primary late in the election season, and a population that is ineligible...
Susan M. Collins, the Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, will participate in a jobs and economic growth forum this week at the White House.Collins will join other business, labor and financial...
Policy for the People invites you to a lunch talk with Dr. José Caraballo-Cueto. Caraballo-Cueto will discuss the limitations to trade and commerce as a result of Puerto Rico's colonial relationship with the United States, reviewing legislation affecting Puerto Rico's economic transactions and assessing the impact of trade limitations on the island’s economy.