Jens Ludwig

Professor, School of Social Service Administration and the Harris School, and Director, University of Chicago Crime Lab at University Of Chicago

Jens Ludwig is the McCormick Foundation Professor of Social Service Administration, Law, and Public Policy in the School of Social Service Administration and the Harris School and Director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab. He also serves as a Non-Resident Senior Fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution, Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and Co-Director of the NBER's working group on the economics of crime. His research focuses on social policy, particularly in the areas of urban poverty, education, crime, and housing policy