RAND Social and Economic Well-Being

Building safe, healthy, and thriving communities

RAND Social and Economic Well-Being tackles some of the most critical challenges facing today’s policymakers: fostering healthy and resilient populations, economies, and environments; strengthening a fair and effective justice system; and ensuring that individuals and communities can address inequities and prosper.About us »

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Informing the Agenda

RAND Social and Economic Well-Being works with the public and private sectors across disciplines to find and implement solutions to complex policy problems.

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Tackling Big Ideas

Our cross-disciplinary research teams are working on community and institution-based solutions for critical issues:

  • Living a longer and better-quality life
  • Adapting to climate change
  • Ending persistent poverty and advancing economic competitiveness
  • Making technology work for communities
  • Building resilience to disasters (e.g., pandemics)
  • Improving access to justice
  • Reducing social isolation and loneliness
  • Stemming the tide of substance abuse
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Cross-Cutting Expertise

A wide range of expertise gives us the tools and perspective to make connections to pursue deep systems analyses in key areas:

  • Leveraging localism and regionalism for innovative policy solutions
  • Balancing tradeoffs of regulation and deregulation
  • Establishing good governance and accountability
  • Reforming and strengthening civil society

Our cross-cutting research is housed in three programs:

  • Social and Behavioral Policy

    How do we actively promote policies, actions and behaviors that foster individual, family, household and social well-being?

    The Social and Behavioral Policy program advances solutions to improve the effectiveness of economic and social programs; support marital and family well-being; raise people out of poverty, improve the lives of older adults, populations living with disabilities, and their caregivers; and further the positive development of children, youth, and young adults. The program also develops and evaluates prevention and treatment programs to address substance use and abuse, mental health, active and independent living, and other factors that are critical for well-being. Learn more

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