University of Massachusetts Boston - McCormack School of Policy Studies

At UMass Boston's McCormack School, we drive dynamic and innovative change. Nationally recognized as a model of public service schools, our teaching and research emphasize social justice, effective governance, and policies that are economically, environmentally, and socially sustainable.

We are home to world-renowned institutes and entrepreneurial centers where our scholars critically explore better policies and practices in the fields of aging, climate change, democracy-building and development, governance and sustainability, mobility, peace and reconciliation, post-disaster reconstruction, public management, social policy, and women’s political advancement.