UMass Boston

CPDD’s Research Labs provide faculty and students with opportunities to examine issues that address the needs of our locational endowment in Boston through pressing global concerns, using interdisciplinary, community-focused and community-engaged approaches that foster partnerships between UMass Boston researchers as well as cross-institutional partnerships between UMass Boston researchers and local and global communities.  CPDD Research Labs provide students with foundational and applied experience with social research methodologies, complementing their classroom experiences and contributing to holistic student success.

As UMass Boston commits to a focus on Grand Scholarly Challenges, we are proud that CPDD’s Research Labs address all four areas at the core of our institution’s focus: Climate Equity, Bridging Divides in Health Equity, Education for the Future, and Advancing a Just Society - with a focus across multiple labs on gender equality and on grassroots peacebuilding and violence prevention.

CPDD Research Labs not only commit to undertaking research that directly responds to the grand scholarly challenges but also creates important platforms for engagement. To this end, these labs importantly create an opportunity for interdisciplinary research and dialogue that connects to policy and practice across UMass Boston, the Boston area, and beyond.

CPDD Research Labs include:

• The Feminist Peace & Security Lab
• The Global Health & Development Lab
• The Mental Health & Violent Extremism Lab
• The Measuring Networked Peacebuilding Lab
• The Education for a Peaceful and Just Future Lab
• The Migration, Peace and Security Lab