Centers & Initiatives
Bloomberg Centers of Practice
Our centers place students and researchers inside cities and communities, working alongside local leaders to innovate and solve problems.
Center for Public Innovation
Supporting city leaders worldwide by driving innovation, civic engagement, and the use of world-class research to improve residents’ lives.
Center for Government Excellence
Supporting local governments to creatively use data and AI for public good and to improve the lives of residents around the globe.
Center for Opportunity & Wealth Data
Building a hub for wealth data, equipping leaders with trusted and reliable data to inform policy decisions and investments.
Our initiatives
Putting the school’s research and ideas to work.
Democracy Reform Primer Series
The primers narrow the gap between research and public dialogue to responsibly advance conversations and strategy about proposed changes to our political institutions. Produced in a partnership between Johns Hopkins University’s School of Government and Policy and the University of Chicago’s Center for Effective Government, each primer focuses on a particular reform idea, clarifies its intended purposes, and critically evaluates what the best available research has to say about it.
Mayors AI Leadership Council
Established by Bloomberg Philanthropies with Johns Hopkins University, the initiative is the first of its kind to bring together mayors from across the globe to shape how AI is developed and deployed—accelerating practical applications in government, working directly with companies as tools are designed, and shaping policy from the economic centers where its promise is consequential and its impacts are immediate.