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research for the common good

RESEARCH
Virtues & Vocations
Justice Labs
SPIRE: Scholarship in CST
Higgins Labor Program
Journal of Poverty and Public Policy

Creating knowledge in service of justice


Grounded in Catholic social tradition, the Institute for Social Concerns develops and supports interdisciplinary research on the environment, labor, mass incarceration, migration, poverty, and technology, as well as initiatives on virtue and character formation. To address urgent social and moral challenges, the Institute brings rigorous research, ethical imagination, and lived experience together.

VIRTUES &
VOCATIONS


Virtues & Vocations is a national forum for scholars and practitioners across disciplines to consider how best to cultivate character in pre-professional and professional education.

JUSTICE
LABS


ND Justice Labs are opportunities for research collaborations among teams of faculty, community stakeholders, and both undergraduate and graduate students.

SPIRE:
SCHOLARSHIP
IN CST


The Global Catholic Social Tradition Network. The network systematically explores ways to apply the Church’s social teaching to concrete social problems that communities face around the world.

HIGGINS
LABOR
PROGRAM


The Higgins Labor Program is an interdisciplinary unit of the Institute for Social Concerns sponsoring research, education, and community engagement on issues involving work.

Journal of Poverty and Public Policy


The Journal of Poverty and Public Policy provides a platform for scholars to share research, enacting the institute’s aim to apply scholarship for the common good and address the preferential option for the poor.

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