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Public policy ph.d. (ithaca), field of study.

Public Policy

Program Description

Situated in the Brooks School of Public Policy, the Ph.D. Program in Public Policy trains the next generation of scholars and professionals to address pressing national and international public policy issues.

Building upon the academic strengths of the Brooks School, the core areas of focus in the Ph.D. program include data science and technology policy; education policy; environmental and sustainability policy; demography and family policy; global security; health policy; inequality and social policy; the politics and economics of development; race, racism, and public policy; and regulatory policy.

Our program combines a focus on substantive policy areas with advanced training in a disciplinary area, empirical methods, and multiple disciplinary approaches. Our multi-disciplinary faculty and students also work closely with the Ph.D. programs in Economics, Sociology, Government, and other graduate fields at Cornell.

Across these specializations, Public Policy Ph.D. students graduate with the skills to shape and evaluate policy in a range of settings, from faculty positions in academic institutions to leadership roles in the public and private sectors

Contact Information

2301 Martha Van Rensselaer Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY  14853

Concentrations by Subject

  • public policy

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Application Requirements and Deadlines

Fall semester admission: applications due Jan. 15

No spring semester admission

Requirements Summary:

  • all  Graduate School Requirements , including the  English Language Proficiency Requirement  for all applicants
  • two letters of recommendation
  • Ph.D.--GRE general test is required

Learning Outcomes

  • Demonstrate knowledge of a social science discipline (such as Economics, Sociology or Government). 
  • Demonstrate PhD-level knowledge of the field of public policy and a policy specialization area.
  • Conduct original, publishable research in public policy. 
  • Write and speak effectively to professional audiences. 

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Policy Analysis

Sociology is increasingly linked to issues of social policy. This includes public policy, health policy and related domains. Students who specialize in this area must demonstrate knowledge of both the practical concerns that drive policy analysts to attempt to understand particular social problems (and solutions), as well as the research approaches that are typically adopted by policy analysts to evaluate or demonstrate the relevance of particular social factors in understanding policy related problems.

Related people

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Professor, Rebecca Q. and James C. Morgan Dean, Cornell Human Ecology

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Professor of Public Policy and Sociology, Director of the Cornell Population Center

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Ferris Family Professor of Policy Analysis and Management, Emeritus and Professor Emeritus of Sociology

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Professor of Public Policy and Sociology, Brooks Senior Associate Dean of Research

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Hazel E. Reed Professor of Human Development and Professor of Gerontology in Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

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Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Sociology

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Professor of Public Policy and Sociology

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Associate Professor

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