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Robert M. La Follette
School of Public Affairs
1225 Observatory Drive
Madison, WI 53706
Telephone: 608.262.3581
Fax: 608.265.3233
Last updated:
March 5, 2012
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Public Service and Outreach
In carrying out the Wisconsin Idea, La Follette School faculty, staff and students engage in outreach activities to assist officials at all levels of government and at non-governmental organizations. Faculty, students and staff conduct research, hold conferences, serve on commissions and collaborate with policymakers to explore how to best address policy and administrative problems of local, national and international importance.
Faculty share knowledge about welfare reform, school choice and finance, economic development, environmental issues, global governance, energy, poverty, land-use reform, federalism, tax issues, regulatory affairs, public management, local government initiatives and criminal justice. They consult with Wisconsin municipalities and school boards, federal agencies and in dozens of countries. The La Follette School Outreach Office organizes conferences, coordinates seminars and helps provide leadership development for policymakers and legislators. The school regularly publishes research findings of faculty, staff and students.
Brochure highlighting public service of school and alumni
La Follette School Centers and Public Policy Outreach Initiatives
The Wisconsin Idea at 100: Making the Link to Policy Symposium, April 26, 2012
Lloyd D. Gladfelter Award for Government Innovation
Reinventing the Industrial Heartland: Supply Chain Sustainability and the New Automotive Industry, October 6-7, 2011
Conference on Long-Term Unemployment in Industrial Countries: Causes, Consequences and Policy Responses, April 28, 2011
Public Safety and Assistant District Attorney Staffing in Wisconsin, fall 2010-summer 2011
Performance Information Project
Paul Offner Lecture, 2007-
Symposium: Modern-Day Slavery, April 30, 2010
Symposium: Smart Regulation: Can New Types of Governance Improve Health?, October 2009
Symposium: From Sandbags to Sanity: The Policy Implications of the Midwest Floods of 2008, April 2009
Bowhay Institute of Legislative Leadership Development
Center for Wisconsin State, Local, and Tribal Governance
La Follette School Seminar Series
Public Affairs Writer in Residence
Senate Scholars, 2006-08
Symposium: The Potential of Stem Cells: Public Policy Issues Beyond the Microscope, 2007
Wisconsin Style: New Approaches to Regulatory Innovation, 2004-06
Seminars for Wisconsin Department of Administration’s Division of Executive Budget and Finance, 2007-08
Commission on State-Local Partnerships (the Kettl commission), 1999-2001
Gangs and Youth Violence, 1992-2003
Taxing and Spending Limits in Wisconsin, 2005
Campaign Finance Reform Commission, 1996-97
Commission for the Study of Administrative Value and Efficiency (SAVE commission), 1993-95
Collaborations, and Affiliated Centers and Institutes
Election Administration Project
Center for Public Policy and the Status of Women
Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy
Evidence-Based Health Policy Project
European Union Center of Excellence
Institute for Research on Poverty
Publications
Report from the Task Force on State and Local Government (the Sheehy commission), January 2003
Report from the Commission on State-Local Partnerships (the Kettl commission), January 2001
Commission for the Study of Administrative Value and Efficiency report (SAVE commission), 1995