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Three UCLA Luskin alumni helped advance California's Higher Education AI Response (HEAR) Survivors Act (AB 2212).

  • October 15, 2026
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UCLA Awarded $1.05 Million to Strengthen Youth Civic Engagement

Three-year research project led by Laura Wray-Lake will identify best practices and develop tools to help community organizations strengthen youth participation and civic health.

  • October 13, 2026
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How Data Centers Are Uniting Americans From Across the Partisan Divide

UCLA Luskin scholar Megan Mullin on the economic and political calculations surrounding the growth of AI — and how communities can leverage their power

  • September 28, 2026
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  • October 15, 2026
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Awards Support Research Into Confederate Monuments, Caltrans Naming Conventions

UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy fellows will seek policy solutions through deep historical analysis

  • October 6, 2026
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Jorja Leap shares insights from decades of research on community violence, healing and her decades-long partnership with Homeboy Industries.

  • October 1, 2026
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Co-edited by UCLA Luskin Dean Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, the volume is an important tool for planners and agencies seeking to make transit systems safer.

  • September 24, 2026
The UCLA Voting Rights Project (VRP) joined by Sr. Advisor Xavier Becerra filed a federal lawsuit today on behalf of, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), and Pedro Trujillo, a naturalized U.S. citizen and registered California voter

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The lawsuit challenges federal efforts to target eligible naturalized voters.

  • September 10, 2026
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The 2026 European Berggruen Governance Index assesses governance across 39 Council of Europe countries from 2000 to 2023

  • September 4, 2026
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    Evaluates the quality of political governance and democracy worldwide.

  • Center for Neighborhood Knowledge (CNK)

    Specializes in spatial analysis of socioeconomic disparities in neighborhoods.

  • Center for Policy Research on Aging (CPRA)

    Explores the societal and policy implications of an aging population.

  • Agile Visual Analytics Lab (AVAL)

    Empowers stakeholders with data to make informed decisions for children, families, and communities.

  • Berggruen Governance Index

    Evaluates the quality of political governance and democracy worldwide.

  • Center for Neighborhood Knowledge (CNK)

    Specializes in spatial analysis of socioeconomic disparities in neighborhoods.

  • Center for Policy Research on Aging (CPRA)

    Explores the societal and policy implications of an aging population.

  • Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS)

    Advances research, education, and meaningful civic engagement on transportation issues.

  • Institute on Inequality and Democracy

    Advances scholarship that confronts threats to democracy in America and around the world.

  • Latin American Cities Initiative

    Connects urban planning and policy networks across the Americas.

  • Latino Policy & Politics Institute (LPPI)

    Addresses policy challenges facing Latinos and communities of color.

  • Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS)

    Advances research, education, and meaningful civic engagement on transportation issues.

  • Institute on Inequality and Democracy

    Advances scholarship that confronts threats to democracy in America and around the world.

  • Latin American Cities Initiative

    Connects urban planning and policy networks across the Americas.

  • Latino Policy & Politics Institute (LPPI)

    Addresses policy challenges facing Latinos and communities of color.

  • Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

    Studying housing affordability and transportation equity in the L.A. region.

  • Los Angeles Education Research Institute (LAERI)

    Collaborates with schools to improve educational outcomes for L.A. students.

  • Luskin Center for Innovation

    Informing effective and equitable environmental policy that improves lives.

  • UCLA Voting Rights Project

    The flagship project for voting rights litigation and policy research.

  • Lewis Center for Regional Policy Studies

    Studying housing affordability and transportation equity in the L.A. region.

  • Los Angeles Education Research Institute (LAERI)

    Collaborates with schools to improve educational outcomes for L.A. students.

  • Luskin Center for Innovation

    Informing effective and equitable environmental policy that improves lives.

  • UCLA Voting Rights Project

    The flagship project for voting rights litigation and policy research.

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