Annual Conference on Collaborative State and Local Policy Research
Every year, the Hoover Institution’s State and Local Governance Initiative hosts its Conference on Collaborative State and Local Policy Research. The conference brings together leading public policy researchers with public servants working in municipal, county, and state governments with the objectives of 1) sharing insights into successful research partnerships between academics and the public sector; 2) learning about datasets and cutting-edge research conducted at the state and local levels; and 3) connecting researchers and practitioners to build a network of support, enable future collaborations, and proliferate best practices across the nation.
2025 Conference on Collaborative State & Local Policy Research
The State and Local Governance Initiative at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution is excited to host its 2nd Annual Conference on Collaborative State & Local Policy Research on January 27-28, 2025.
The conference will feature academic paper presentations, a panel with public servants, and a breakout session allowing for in-depth discussions of research insights across issue areas.
Airfare and lodging near campus will be covered for presenters and their government partners; meals will be provided to all participants.
To join the conference with travel and lodging covered, please submit a working paper that you would present if selected.
The paper must be a product of a collaboration between the researcher(s) and a state or local government entity or entities. The paper may be under review in an academic journal, but should not have been accepted for publication prior to submission to this conference.
Issue areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to, workforce and economic development, health policy, criminal justice, education, public finance, environment, and energy.
If you would like to attend the conference without a paper, please reach out and let us know, but we will be unable to cover your travel or lodging expenses.
Paper presentations will go for 25 minutes and will be followed by 10 minutes of Q&A discussion with the audience. Presentations should explain why and how the research partnership came together; how the research was carried out; what challenges arose and how they were overcome; what the research found; and how the results have been used and shared to improve public policy. Government partners will be encouraged to participate in some aspect of the presentation and to engage in the Q&A discussion afterwards.
Submission Deadline: October 18th, 2024
Presenters Selected: Mid-November, 2024
Conference Dates: January 27-28, 2025
If you have any questions, please contact Jillian Ludwig at jcludwig@stanford.edu.
Past Conferences
2024 Conference
Monday, January 22, 2024 – Tuesday, January 23, 2024
2024 Conference on Collaborative State & Local Policy Research
The inaugural conference of the Hoover Institution’s State and Local Governance Initiative focused on state and local policy research.
February 7, 2024
Hoover Institution Pairs US Policy Officials with Leading Scholars at Inaugural Conference Focused on State and Local Policy Research
Civil servants and policy scholars from across the United States speak at the 2024 Conference on Collaborative State and Local Policy Research on January 22, 2024, in Hoover’s Stauffer Auditorium.
Peter Mueser, Chancellor's Professor of Economics, University of Missouri (left); Michael Farren, Assistant Director and Policy Fellow, State and Local Governance Initiative, Hoover Institution; Oliver Giesecke, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution (right)
Ben Hyman, Research Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of New York (left); Natalie Millar, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution; Josh Rauh, Senior Fellow and Program Director, State and Local Governance Initiative, Hoover Institution; Becky Lester, Associate Professor of Accounting, Stanford Graduate School of Business (right)
Representatives from Alabama; Dale Greer, Director, Cullman Economic Development Agency (left); Angela Till, Deputy Secretary, Department of Commerce of Alabama; Senator Garlan Gudger, Alabama State Senate (right)
Anthony Welsch, Assistant Professor of Accounting, University of Chicago Booth School of Business (left); Anya Nakhmurina, Assistant Professor of Accounting, Yale School of Management (right)
(left to right) Alex Jucta, Allegheny County Department of Human Services; Jonathon Attridge, Tennessee Office of Evidence and Impact; Garlan Gudger, Alabama State Senator; Becky Lester, Stanford Graduate School of Business
(left to right) Valentin Bolotnyy, Hoover Institution; Condoleezza Rice, Director, Hoover Institution; Josh Rauh, Hoover Institution
(left to right) Pim Welle, Allegheny County of Department of Human Services; Natalia Emanuel, Federal Reserve Bank of New York; Valentin Bolotnyy, Hoover Institution; Alex Jucta, Allegheny County Department of Human Services
