Areas of research
Climate Inequality
SP2 faculty demonstrate the School’s understanding of the climate crisis as a significant social justice issue, brought on by structural oppression, resulting in human vulnerabilities and inequities. They are committed to addressing climate justice through mitigation, anticipation, adaptation, and community action.
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Femida Handy, PhD
Professor; PhD, York (Canada), 1995. Volunteering; volunteering & health; global philanthropy; corporate social responsibility; environmental habitus.
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R. Jisung Park, PhD
Assistant Professor; PhD, Harvard University. Environmental economics; labor economics; climate change; economic inequality; policy evaluation.
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Alice Xu, PhD
Assistant Professor; PhD, Harvard University. Inequality and social policy, urban and distributive politics, environmental politics, quantitative and spatial methods, Latin America, Global South.
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Chenyi Ma, MSW, PhD
Research Assistant Professor; PhD, University of Pennsylvania. Social epidemiology, disaster vulnerability and urban resilience.
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Siva Mathiyazhagan
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Faculty & Research
08/05
Alice Xu awarded 2024 Harold D. Lasswell Award for best dissertation in the field of public policy
The American Political Science Association (APSA) has announced that SP2 Assistant Professor Alice Xu is the recipient of the 2024 Harold D. Lasswell Award, presented annually by the APSA to honor the best doctoral dissertation in the field of public policy. The APSA is the leading professional organization for the study of political science.
Faculty & Research
04/23
Exploring sustainable development & the human impact of natural disasters
What factors allow people to prepare for and recover from natural disasters? Dr. Chenyi Ma, a research assistant professor at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2), conducts interdisciplinary research that investigates the role of inequality in disasters’ impact and points to policy solutions.
Faculty & Research
04/10
SP2’s R. Jisung Park publishes “Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World”
In “Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World,” Dr. R. Jisung Park, an assistant professor at Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice (SP2), encourages us to view climate change through a different lens: one that focuses less on the possibility of mass climate extinction in a theoretical future, and more on the everyday implications of climate change here and now.