Strategic Initiatives

Research Projects

PPRI leads and partners on research projects that build capacity for data-driven decision-making. We focus particularly on projects that result in discoveries that can inform policy and positively affect the human condition.

• Autonomous Transportation (January 2018 – May 2019)

• Mellon Foundation Grand Challenges Research Initiative (April 2014-July 2016; August 1, 2016 – July 31, 2019)

• Purdue Peace Project (Ongoing)

• USAID-Ethiopia Project (Ongoing)

• INDOT Project (Ongoing)

• Shared Autonomous Vehicles (Ongoing)

• Diplomacy Lab (Ongoing)

Integrative Collaborations

PPRI provides the environment for new partnerships and leads the process of identifying new areas of research. We convene a wide array of experts and stakeholders on a range of wicked problems to co-create and design alternatives to solve to wicked problems.

• Consulting on Community Healthcare Workers (Ongoing)

• Policy and Diplomacy Student Collective (Launching Fall 2022)