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Research & Facilities

College of Liberal Arts Research

51³Ô¹ÏÍø is a community of diverse, curious thinkers who are eager to discover more and create real impact. As a public research institution, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø equips its students with the tools and opportunities they need to identify their passions, pursue their ideas and create real, sustainable change in the world.

Students in the College of Liberal Arts work collaboratively with each other, faculty and industry experts to tackle some of the world’s most pressing issues and answer some of its biggest questions. 

Research Facilities

Students in the College of Liberal Arts have access to the following state-of-the-art research centers and institutes.

  • The , founded in 1993 by Richard Immerman, Russell Weigley and David Rosenberg, fosters interdisciplinary faculty and student research on the historic and contemporary use of force and diplomacy in a global context. CENFAD is housed within 51³Ô¹Ï꿉۪s History Department.
  • The  is an interdisciplinary forum for scholarship and intellectual inquiry in the humanities, intended to bridge the disciplinary divide between departments and colleges.
  • The  is home to researchers who study public policies and the social processes relevant to their development and consequences.
  • The  conducts integrated social and environmental research on natural, technological and socioeconomic systems to address the challenges of sustainability—how to meet the needs of people locally and globally through equitable, innovative and practical solutions that protect the environment which sustains life on the planet.
  • The  is an interdisciplinary research hub dedicated to the study of neurological biology and behavior.
  • The  prepares and supports youth and young adults to become confident, effective leaders, and it creates cultures that value and integrate the contributions of youth with the goal of building stronger communities.
Criminal Justice students can participate in research across the social sciences, with opportunities to investigate critical issues in Philadelphia and the United States in the context of global developments and concerns.

Department Research 

The Criminal Justice Department is committed to deepening our understanding of crime, governance and social justice. Research areas in the department include 

  • community crime;
  • geography of crime and justice;
  • policing, security and crime prevention;
  • youth crime, delinquency prevention and juvenile justice; and more. 

The Center for Security and Crime Science

 is the first center in the United States devoted to crime science. The Center seeks to address multiple levels of security concerns and engages in projects, often in partnership with law enforcement agencies, to examine those crimes which occur most frequently and use that information to develop policy options which close them off. This approach can work to reduce both the inclination and the opportunity to commit crime.

Research Funding

In 2016, the National Science Foundation placed 51³Ô¹ÏÍø among the top 100 in terms of research expenditures, which amounted to $242 million. .