Welcome toThe Policy Lab
We’re at the center of Rhode Island’s
infrastructure for evidence-based policymaking.
Let’s learn together.
Why We're Here
The Policy Lab brings together experts from government, universities, and community organizations to collaborate on research tailored to inform decisions about how to improve policies and programs across the state.
Projects
Learn more about our work across state, local, and national partnersEvents
We host a variety of events including speaker series and technical workshops to advance the mission of the Lab and share its work with a diverse set of stakeholders. Learn about our upcoming and previous events.
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Reflections
The Policy Lab completes longitudinal study on the effectiveness of Providence Public School District’s Multilingual Learners programs
October 1, 2021 PROVIDENCE, RI — The Policy Lab at Brown University today released the results of an evaluation of the Providence Public School District (PPSD) Multilingual Learners (MLL) programs…
ZenTables: Stress-free table publishing in Google Docs with Python
zentables01 What is ZenTables? Data scientists often need to report descriptive statistics presented in neatly formatted tables, which is a process surprisingly not well-supported by either Python or…
Welcome to Reflections
I’m excited to welcome y’all to Reflections! Before I explain, you need to first notice that our website is growing. You can learn more about our projects in, well, in our new Projects section! There…
The Making of a Dashboard - Part 4: Refinements and Stakeholder Feedback
In the previous post we discussed general design patterns that put Vue and d3 together. This post will focus on how we improved the UI/UX design of the first prototype (shown above) according to the…
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Applied research can be remarkably difficult, as theories often fail to work in practice. We need scientists shoulder-to-shoulder with practitioners in those moments, co-designing fresh ideas and iteratively experimenting to optimize solutions. The Policy Lab is a place and group of people dedicated to this work. Think NASA or Bell Labs, but for public policy.
Our Team
The Policy Lab is a community of researchers, data scientists, project managers, designers, and practitioners dedicated to promoting the use of evidence-based research in policymaking.
Meet the Team
