Research

Rigorous scholarship is at the heart of everything we do, and our city derives lasting benefits from our innovative ideas and research programs.

Our research collaborations bring our faculty and students together with expert practitioners in our adjacent communities. By working alongside civic partners who provide experience-based insights, we achieve a stronger understanding of pressing urban issues and develop pragmatic, thoughtful policies to help solve them.

As part of our commitment to fruitful research collaborations, we work to promote our results to the broadest possible audience, here in Chicago and far beyond, with the goal of achieving lasting positive impact.

The solutions we develop here in Chicago have the potential to transform the lives of people in cities around the world.

12/02/2025

UChicago Inclusive Economy Lab evaluation finds unique partnership between One Million Degrees and City Colleges of Chicago boosts student success at scale

New findings from a multi-year evaluation by the University of Chicago Inclusive Economy Lab (IEL) indicate significant gains in enrollment, retention, and course completion among City Colleges of Chicago students as a result of a comprehensive student support program.

11/03/2025

Families at the center: building a Chicago without homelessness

Nearly 200 social sector leaders, researchers, practitioners, and concerned community members gathered at the Crown Family School on Friday, October 24 to discuss and explore solutions to eradicating housing insecurity in Chicago.

04/12/2025

$15M Gift from Sue Ling Gin Foundation Will Help Reduce Gun Violence by Training Chicago Police Supervisors

Reducing the toll of gun violence in Chicago is the highest priority of the Chicago Police Department. To dramatically advance that goal the Sue Ling Gin Foundation is making an unprecedented gift of $15 million over five years for the development and implementation of a world class leadership and management education for Chicago’s police supervisors.

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Dec 3rd, 2025 | 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Policy Outlook: The Global War on Fentanyl

Fentanyl has become one of the deadliest public health crises of our time. In his new book Fentanyl: Fighting the Mass Poisoning of America and the Cartel Behind It, former White House official Jake Braun—now executive director of Harris’s Cyber Policy Initiative—details the federal government’s strategy to save lives and disrupt the networks behind the epidemic.

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Ethan Sitzes
Collegiate Scholars Program

When Ethan Sitzes first heard about behavioral science during his sophomore year at Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, the field wasn't on his radar. But after attending University of Chicago Collegiate Scholars Program (CSP), that curiosity soon opened doors to hands-on research he wouldn’t have imagined.