The Center is home to The System Dynamics Society, which is devoted to encouraging the development and use of systems thinking and system dynamics around the world.
The Center is also home to the Education Finance Research Consortium, a research and policy analysis partnership of academics from various institutions and the NYS Education Department, which is committed to improving education policy.
Within its broad mission, the Center has two major objectives. The first is to support and conduct research in decision and policy sciences that will ultimately contribute to the improvement of policy processes and decision making at all levels of society. This represents the majority of our work and is the primary reason for our international reputation.
The Center's second objective is to support University faculty in obtaining research funding for policy research. The Center is eager to assist any faculty member in submitting grant proposals and administering projects. Administrative and financial dealings with the Office for Research, The Research Foundation of SUNY, and funding agencies can be handled on behalf of faculty members by our experienced staff.
