UC Davis Center for Public Policy Research
The Center for Public Policy Research at the University of California, Davis serves state and local governments, private agencies and academic institutions.
- We conduct research to bring science to policy
- We provide research services to support social policy and evidence-based practice development
- We draw on the expertise of faculty and researchers at UC Davis and throughout the UC/CSU system
Mission: To inform public policy through rigorous research and conscientious, impartial analysis of issues.
Scope of services
- Methodological support
- Statistical analysis of population-based survey data
- Analyses of administrative data
- Program evaluation
- Surveys
- Experimental and quasi-experimental research
- Longitudinal research
- Literature reviews, policy analysis and technical writing
Specific areas of research expertise
- Poverty and child abuse links
- Mental health treatment effectiveness
- Long-term outcomes of foster care
- Child-caregiver relationships
- Child maltreatment and parenting
- Effects of childhood trauma
- Child forensic psychology
- Juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice and corrections
- Welfare and work participation
- Women’s health
Center resources
- CPPR principals direct and manage allĀ facets of projects
- Project staff include research faculty, graduate students and specialists from UC Davis
- Project staff have extensive experience with empirical research
- Additional research services and methodological support are available via sub-awards with other UC and CSU campuses
- Dedicated private network for CPPR researchers (not connected to the Internet)
- Secure server on private network for housing confidential data
- Proximity to the California State Capitol, which facilitates communication and collaboration