Inform: Our Research

ACE’s research is entirely student produced and overseen by our dedicated team of researchers and editorial board. As part of our non-partisan stance, all material is rigorously scrutinized, and our researchers take care to include accessible links to supplementary material so that our readers can delve further into issues, and receive greater context should they choose.

Research material is divided into three categories to assist readers in quickly identifying information that is relevant to them:

Context

Context research provides readers which the framework and background to understand complex policy issues.

Issue

Issue research focuses on an area of policy and broadly discusses the main debates in US politics relating that policy.

Policy

Policy research delves into a specific policy to discuss the logistics of the policy, arguments for and against, various stakeholders, and potential costs.

You can browse our research by using the sub headings in the Research tab in the Menu bar above, or scroll through the various themes below.