Research

Our team manages a robust research portfolio that typically involve multi-sector collaborations. Policymakers and community residents alike have leveraged Kirwan’s research to develop their own local solutions that build prosperity for all. In the next 10 years we aim to revolutionize the landscape of research through innovation and expanded community partnerships, driving and disseminating innovative research discoveries to transform society.

Kirwan’s Role in Research Excellence

While Kirwan has a tradition of partnering with faculty affiliates on our research, we play a larger role in the research enterprise by facilitating excellence across all phases of the research process: initiation, execution, and completion. We de-mystify the research process for many early-career faculty, providing them with a better understanding of the research resources at Ohio State and an exploration of emerging questions in the study of race and ethnicity. We also partner with established faculty providing them with both opportunities to share their work with an interdisciplinary audience, meeting with journal editors, and intellectual communities that explore different research challenges. All of these activities build intellectual communities of practice, another hallmark of Kirwan’s work.