Established in 1987, the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy sponsors policy-relevant, interdisciplinary research and forums that link scholarship and education with decisionmaking.
The Center specializes in issues concerning: (1) environmental policy,
primarily
in the Southwest and U.S.-Mexico border region (2) immigration policy of the
United States (3) Indigenous nations policy.
The Native Nations Institute, founded in 2001 by the Morris K. Udall Foundation
and The University of Arizona, is an administrative unit of the Udall Center
and serves as a self-determination, governance, and development resource for
Indigenous nations.
ARIZONA'S ECONOMY AND THE LEGAL ARIZONA WORKERS ACT
Judith Gans, Manager of the Udall Center’s Immigration Policy Program, presented a report prepared for the Communications Institute at the recent forum "Immigration and the Economy" held in Phoenix. more>>
POLITICAL ECONOMY OF AMERICAN INDIAN GAMING
The prestigious Annual Review of Law and Social Science has published a comprehensive article by Udall Center Director Stephen Cornell on 'The Political Economy of American Indian Gaming'. more>>
BINATIONAL WATER-CLIMATE TEAM CONVENES IN SONORA
Udall Center researchers convened their binational water-climate research team in Hermosillo, Sonora, recently. See meeting notes and presentations in English and Spanish on the project's Web site. more>>