Civic Engagement
Democracy faces enormous challenges in our local communities, our nation, and across the globe. UVA is committed to being a university that responds to those pressures by researching best practices and supporting democratic engagement. Three major units focus on public service to the Commonwealth (Weldon Cooper Center), presidential scholarship, public policy and political history (Miller Center), and civic education and political participation (Center for Politics) while numerous units embedded in the schools support civic engagement and well-being in more discrete areas.
Cooper Center
The UVA Weldon Cooper Center provides valuable data and services to communities, governments, and public sector leaders.
Miller Center
The Miller Center is a nonpartisan affiliate of the University of Virginia that specializes in presidential scholarship, public policy, and political history and strives to apply the lessons of history and civil discourse to the nation's challenges
Center For Politics - The Center for Politics at UVA
The UVA Center for Politics educates and inspires the next generation of civic leaders to encourage informed political participation. We believe by working together politics is a good thing.
Center National Security Policy Center
Our Work We facilitate imaginative thinking, problem-solving, and dialogue on otherwise intractable security policy issues of global concern.
Karsh Center for Law and Democracy
The Karsh Center is a nonpartisan legal institute at the University of Virginia School of Law that promotes civil discourse, civic engagement, ethics and integrity in public office, and respect for the rule of law.
Center for Effective Lawmaking
Effectiveness of individual lawmakers and legislative institutions.
Humanitarian Collaborative
Around the world, more than hundreds of millions of people in over 70 countries need global humanitarian assistance each year. Finding ways to improve prevention, response, and mitigation is critical. In response, the Humanitarian Collaborative at the University of Virginia brings together scholars, practitioners, university students, and community partners to address the world’s pressing humanitarian and development challenges
Program on Constitutionalism and Democracy
Scholarship and teaching informed by political theory and political science.
Center for Media and Citizenship
Studying citizen self-governance in a rapidly changing media environment.
Compass
Compass provides Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Outpatient Therapy, and Psychological Testing to the Charlottesville area.