Pepperdine School of Public Policy
The School of Public Policy, located in Malibu, California, enrolls approximately 100 students and offers a Master of Public Policy (MPP) degree built on a distinctive philosophy of nurturing leaders to use the tools of analysis and policy design to effect successful implementation and real change.
The program offers specializations in American Politics, economics, international relations, and state and local policy.
It prepares graduates for careers as leaders and seeks also to strengthen the institutions which lie between the federal government and the individual, including the family, religious organizations, volunteer associations, local and regional government, and nonprofit organizations.
Joint degree programs include the MPP/JD degree and the MPP/MDR degree in conjunction with the School of Law and the MPP/MBA degree in conjunction with the Graziadio School of Business and Management.
Book Event: In Defense of Christian Patriotism with author, Daniel Darling
(James Coyle) Book Webinar: Tbilisi and the Bear
(Robert George) Faithful Free Speech: From Campus to the Hill
(William Bratton) PANEL 4: The Comeback Playbook: NYC's Lessons for LA's Future
(Senator Ben Allen) PANEL 3: The Power of Work: How Opportunity, Not Welfare, Transforms Cities
PANEL 2: The Crime Factor: How Public Safety Fuels Urban Prosperity
A Faithful Response to Homelessness in California
(Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern) 2025 Constitution Day Lecture
James Q. Wilson Award for Public Service Dinner
(Full Conference Video) Revitalizing Los Angeles: Lessons from New York’s Historic Comeback
(Angelino Viceisz) A Quick Tour Around the World: Research on Global Poverty
Class Session with Vice President Mike Pence
(Greg Lukianoff) Cancel Culture & The Conformity Gauntlet in Higher Education
(Jesús Fernández-Villaverde) The Demographic Future of Humanity: Some Economic Implications
The Omni-American Dream Interview with: John Wood, Jr.
(Richard Florida) Going Forward: Planning the Region’s Transportation Future in a Time of Crisis
PANEL 1: Transit and Mobility: Following Crisis
PANEL 2: At What Level Should These Decisions Be Made?
PANEL 3: How Will Technology Shape L.A.'s Future?
(Wade Graham) Going Forward: Planning the Region’s Transportation Future in a Time of Crisis
Office Hours with Victor Davis Hanson 2: The Holocaust
A Conversation on Viewpoint Diversity with Dr. Robert George
Office Hours with Victor Davis Hanson 2: WWII's Leaders and Conflicting Ideologies
PANEL 3: Making Men Moral through Civil Society and Subsidiarity
PANEL 2: Social Science and Public Morality
PANEL 1: How Making Men Moral Challenges Liberalism
(Robert George) Making Men Moral Conference - Keynote Lunch Conversation
Office Hours with Victor Davis Hanson 2: Churchill's Rise / Hitler Goes East
(General H.R. McMaster) Cascading Crises: The Challenges America’s President Will Confront
Session 3: Energy & Environment: Key Legal and Policy Issues