Social Research and Public Policy New York University

Overview

The Social Research and Public Policy course from New York University aims at inspiring students’ critical theoretical imagination and will help them to make better sense of the world around themselves.

The flexible and multidisciplinary nature of Social Research and Public Policy is attractive to students who are concerned with the major social problems of our times such as international migration, unequal economic development, poverty and inequality, racism and sexism, environmental change, ethnic conflict, violence, as well as health inequality and population dynamics.

Social Research and Public Policy prepares students to analyze real-world problems and shape policy through rigorous qualitative and quantitative approaches, making them ready for a wide range of careers in industry, academia, private foundations, and local and international NGOs.

Career opportunities:

Social Research and Public Policy majors will be regarded as excellent candidates for law school, and for graduate programmes such as:

• public policy
• business school
• public health
• education
• urban planning
• social work

Graduates will have a good chance to land in jobs working for NGOs, in public service, urban planning, and community action. Its breadth and its emphasis on critical thinking and hands-on empirical research, especially research linked to policy questions, distinguish the major.

Social Research and Public Policy graduates from NYU Abu Dhabi are working and in graduate schools around the world. This is just a small sample.

Companies

• Department of Community Development Abu Dhabi
• Executive Affairs Authority
• Google
• Noon.com
• PwC
• UNICEF
• Venture for America
• Bayzat
• Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine
• Hult Prize Foundation
• Invest2Innovate Andarkis Advisory Services