Applied Research from the Marron Institute: A Think-Do Tank at NYU

Angela Hawken, PhD, is a Professor of Public Policy at NYU and Director of NYU’s Marron Institute, a think-do tank. Marron’s team of faculty and research scholars, along with a growing cadre of NYU students, tackles the challenges of urban living, developing and testing novel interventions, tools, and technologies. Hawken is also the founding director of NYU’s BetaGov and Litmus programs, which support innovation-and-testing for social good, working closely with national, state, and local agencies, schools, and nonprofits across the United States and six countries in developing and testing practices and policies. Most recently, her team is helping prosecutors to harness their own data for equitable decision making and expanding opportunities for diversion, when appropriate.