Center for Social Development
Michael Sherraden, Co-Director
George Warren Brown Distinguished University Professor
Jin Huang, Co-Director
Irving Louis Horowitz Professor in Social Policy
Founded in 1994, the Center for Social Development (CSD) undertakes domestic and international research testing social innovations and uses evidence to inform policy and practice. The center is well known for innovations in asset building for family security and development. Many other initiatives are underway in the following areas: Financial Inclusion; Civic Engagement and Service; Thriving Communities; Child and Youth Development; Social Justice, Environment and Social Development; and Race, Inequality and Social Mobility.
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