School of Social Service Administration
University of Chicago
Research Fellow
Chapin Hall
Chicago
Professor Robert Chaskin advises the CFRC’s UNESCO programme in Children, Youth and Civic Engagement. He visited the CFRC in July 2008.
Prof. Chaskin oversees Chapin Hall's community research and its International Program for Children's Policy Research. His research focuses primarily on the role of community and community-based efforts to improve the lives of children and families. He has been principal investigator for the national evaluation of the Ford Foundation's Neighborhood and Family Initiative and for a series of studies on approaches to neighborhood-based governance as a mechanism to promote community development and improve the lives of children and families. Prof. Chaskin's work explores how to operationalize and measure the capacity of communities to promote social change and community development.
