Litmus

Litmus promotes innovation in the public sector. We work with public agencies and the people they serve to develop and rigorously test new ideas for improving the performance of the public sector.

Litmus creates opportunities for research to be done with, rather than on, public sector practitioners and the people they serve. We believe in the importance of people and place, and we never adopt a one-size-fits-all approach to policies and practices.

Whether working with agencies focused on criminal justice, education, healthcare, or social services, Litmus aims to change the way that knowledge is created in the public sector. We facilitate “deliberative innovation”—a process of engagement and experimentation that empowers public agencies to test their own ideas, on their own terms, with the full confidence that our team will support them on the analytical details. 

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Papers

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Featured Blog Posts

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Blog
/ Sep 22,2021

Litmus Receives Award

Litmus Received Award from Pritzker Family Foundation

more on: criminal justice
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/ Aug 26,2021

Funding for “Rehabilitative Release” Received

Litmus Team Receives Funding for Legislative Proposal in New Jersey

more on: criminal justice
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Blog
/ Jul 14,2021

Litmus Program Wins $4 Million Award

Granted from the United States Department of Labor

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Blog
/ May 19,2021

Collaborate Barrie Situation Table from BetaGov

Supporting Canadian Law Enforcement Tests of Community Strategies

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Blog
/ Mar 04,2021

Data Communication Research Assistant Opportunity

Apply by April 9

more on: data, employment
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Blog
/ Sep 02,2020

Litmus’ BetaGov Receives Award

from Victoria (Australia) Department of Justice and Community Safety

more on: betagov, criminal justice
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Blog
/ Apr 06,2021

Business Unusual during Covid-19

The Resilience of Africa’s Women Entrepreneurs

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Blog
/ Aug 06,2020

Litmus Receives NAF Award

for Developing a Neighborhood Index

more on: data, education
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Blog
/ Jul 27,2020

Conducting a Rapid Research Police Experiment

to Test the Effectiveness of Flashing Police Lights on Auto Crime

more on: betagov, criminal justice
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/ Apr 12,2021

Marron Featured on "Probable Causation"

Researcher Greg Midgette References Marron's Angela Hawken on Podcast

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Leader: Angela Hawken

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Angela Hawken

Director  / NYU Marron Institute

Program Director  / Litmus

Professor of Public Policy  / NYU Marron Institute

ahawken@nyu.edu

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