AREAS OF RESEARCH

Leading-edge research fuels SP2’s passionate pursuit of social justice

Bridging data-informed social policy and evidence-based social work practice, SP2’s research is fueled by leading-edge faculty designing innovative solutions to complex social problems. This important work advances SP2’s passionate pursuit of racial, social, and economic justice.

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24K Philadelphia addresses to receive survey from Philadelphia Economic Equity Project

As part of the Center for Public Service & Policy led by former Mayor of Philadelphia Michael A. Nutter at SP2, a survey from the Philadelphia Economic Equity Project (PEEP) will arrive in approximately 24,000 randomly selected city mailboxes.

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Dean Bachman speaks into a microphone, seated among panelists in a tent in front of a Climate Week at Penn banner

Deans of health schools discuss climate change in their fields

Penn Today highlights SP2 Dean Sara S. Bachman’s participation in a Climate Week at Penn panel alongside deans and leaders from Penn’s four other health schools.

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Millan AbiNader giving a presentation

Working to understand & prevent intimate partner violence: A Q&A with Assistant Professor Millan AbiNader

A long-time advocate for survivors of gender-based violence, Millan AbiNader, MSW, PhD, is a mixed-methods researcher and macro social worker who seeks to understand how systems and communities affect individuals’ experiences of gender-based violence. AbiNader began working as a victim services advocate as a college student and aims to stay connected to those roots as she leads research that supports survivor healing and perpetrator change.