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Certificate in Public Policy and Economic Analysis

Economic Democracy Initiative and OSUN created an undergraduate Certificate in Public Policy and Economic Analysis, designed for the next generation of policymakers who are interested in addressing the structural determinants of inequality, unemployment, and poverty. It offers training in cutting-edge economic thinking by combining the tools and techniques from several methodological traditions in economics with an intersectional approach to data science and a focus on historical and institutional factors. 

edi.bard.edu/education/osun-certificate/

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

Students currently enrolled in the following Academic Certificate programs must complete their certificate by Summer 2025.

  • Food Studies
  • Global Educational Development
  • Public Policy and Economic Analysis
  • Sustainability and Social Enterprise

The Civic Engagement and Human Rights certificates are currently open for student applications.

New certificate programs in Democracy, Global Humanities, Global Studies, Sustainability and Climate Solutions, and Technology and Society will be announced in Fall 2025.

Students completing the Certificate in Public Policy and Economic Analysis will develop the capacity to:

1. Understand and apply multiple economic paradigms, including those not typically emphasized in traditional curricula; 
2. Use interdisciplinary and intersectional research methods to interrogate questions of employment, inequality, discrimination, economic (in)security, and related issues;
3. Develop data skills to examine these challenges from macro and micro perspectives;
4. Write public policy briefs for policy-making audiences.

Eligibility

All undergraduate students at OSUN member institutions. Applicants from all programs are welcome.

Requirements

At each institution, a student can earn the certificate by completing:

  • The two regularly offered EDI Core OSUN Network Collaborative Courses: "The Right to Employment" and "Economic Perspectives for Policy Making." If an institution does not yet offer both courses, students can substitute one of them by enrolling in one of these OSUN summer courses: "Democratizing Work after the Pandemic," "The Right to Employment," or "Public Policy and Finance."
  • One methods course offered at the home institution
  • 2 elective courses offered at the home institution
  • A writing component: completion of a public policy brief
Application Portal

For more information, please contact

Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Bard College
[email protected]