Jens Ludwig

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https://harris.uchicago.edu/directory/jens-ludwig

Jens Ludwig is an economist who studies violence and urban poverty. The co-director of the University of Chicago Crime Lab, he also conducts research on Head Start, a United States federal educational program that assists children from economically disadvantaged families.

His research has been published in leading scientific journals across a range of disciplines including Science, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of the American Medical Association, American Economic Review, Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Economic Journal, and the American Journal of Sociology. His co-authored article on race, peer norms, and education with Philip Cook was awarded the Vernon Prize for best article in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. He is also co-author of Gun Violence: The Real Costs (2000), co-editor with Cook of Evaluating Gun Policy (2003), and co-editor of Controlling Crime: Strategies and Tradeoffs (2012).

Jens Ludwig

  • Title: Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor
  • Education: PhD, Duke University; BA, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
  • Joined UChicago faculty: 2007
  • jludwig@uchicago.edu
  • @profjensludwig

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Guns, Urban studies

Ludwig Stories

Education Lab: Using tutoring to reverse pandemic-era learning loss An instructor works with a student at the Education Lab

Education Lab: Using tutoring to reverse pandemic-era learning loss

Jens Ludwig

Confronting gun violence with data, with Jens Ludwig (Ep. 82)

Director of Crime Lab explains evidence behind community-based solutions to violent crime

 

What’s next for the University of Chicago Crime Lab? Panel discussion with Joyce Foundation president Ellen Alberding, CPD Supt. Eddie Johnson and CPS CEO Janice Jackson.

What’s next for the University of Chicago Crime Lab?

University of Chicago Crime Lab to mark first 10 years at October event Chicago Skyline

University of Chicago Crime Lab to mark first 10 years at October event

Urban October at University of Chicago to focus on urgent challenges facing global cities Moscow, Russia

Urban October at University of Chicago to focus on urgent challenges facing global cities

How Crime Lab uses academic research to impact public policy Obama at BAM roundtable

How Crime Lab uses academic research to impact public policy

Faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships Thumbnail

Faculty members receive named, distinguished service professorships

With high-tech help, there's been less bloodshed in Chicago this year, but results are mixed on the West Side With high-tech help, there's been less bloodshed in Chicago this year, but results are mixed on the West Side

With high-tech help, there's been less bloodshed in Chicago this year, but results are mixed on the West Side


Los Angeles-style policing driving down Chicago shootings, city’s experts say

Los Angeles-style policing driving down Chicago shootings, city’s experts say


Crime in Chicago – Beyond the Headlines

Crime in Chicago – Beyond the Headlines