Network News – Public Impact Research Network

Network News October 19, 2026

Video: Flagship Universities Launch National Network to Accelerate Public Impact Research

Watch how scholars across 15 top public affairs schools are aligning tenure, resources, and cross-institutional tools to solve pressing community problems. Higher education stands at a crossroads. Across the country, public research universities are redefining how academic inquiry creates tangible, real-world value for the communities they serve. The Public Impact Research (PIR) Network is bringing […]

Charting the Course for Public Impact Research

From knowledge to public impact: Three days together in Columbus The Inaugural Public Impact Research Workshop and Training Institute September 11 to 13, 2026 | John Glenn College of Public Affairs, The Ohio State University Friday: Three stories, three threads. We began at the WOSU studio, where Jodi Sandfort and Stephanie Moulton opened with the […]

Announcing the Inaugural Class of Public Impact Research Fellows

The Public Impact Research (PIR) Network is proud to officially introduce its inaugural class of Public Impact Research Fellows and Emerging Fellows. The PIR Network is an inter-university collaboration of 15 public affairs schools designed to strengthen the capacity of public research universities to produce, support and recognize research that measurably improves public programs, policies […]