About

Mission

The Policy Innovation Hub leverages people-centered scholarship to confront pressing policy challenges at every scale, from the local to the global. By connecting and amplifying the expertise, experiences, and perspectives of students, faculty, centers, communities, and decision makers, PIH cultivates partnerships, creates spaces for shared learning, and strengthens the ties between policy research, policy practice, and public impact.

Values

Collaborative Engagement

We build long-term, trust-based relationships with students, scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and communities to support meaningful collaboration and public impact.

Engaged Policy Scholarship

We support rigorous, interdisciplinary scholarship that connects research, experiential learning, and practice to real-world policy challenges.

Context and Responsiveness

We approach policy work with humility, recognizing that e ective solutions must be grounded in the needs, priorities, and realities of the communities and systems they seek to engage.

Integrity and Accountability

We value ethical practice, transparency, evidence-informed work, and shared responsibility in how we conduct research, partnerships, and engagement.

Student Partnership and Learning

We create meaningful opportunities for students across Northeastern University to contribute to research, partnerships, and applied policy work as active collaborators and emerging leaders.

Vision

We envision a future where policy innovation emerges through shared learning, meaningful partnership, and public engagement, creating new possibilities for addressing complex challenges across communities, institutions, and borders.