RAND is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organisation founded in 1948, providing rigorous policy research and analysis across security, health, education and related fields.
RAND is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organisation founded in 1948. It provides leaders with rigorous research and analysis intended to support evidence-based policy and decision-making. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, RAND maintains offices across the United States and a presence in Europe and Australia.
Its work spans public policy research and analysis, data science, national security, health care, education, energy and the environment, infrastructure and transportation, international affairs, science and technology policy, social equity and communications. Alongside its research and analysis services, RAND operates four federally funded research and development centres (FFRDCs). The organisation states it has more than 75 years of research and analysis behind it.
RAND also houses the RAND School of Public Policy, a graduate school containing what is described as the oldest and largest public policy Ph.D. programme in the United States.
The organisation describes its culture in terms of objectivity and quality, free from political or commercial pressure. Work is multidisciplinary, bringing together researchers, policy analysts, data scientists and communications professionals, with a stated mission of making communities safer, more secure, healthier and more prosperous.
