A student-run policy journal publishing work that contributes to the wider public dialogue, through research, opinion, interviews, and audio conversations.
The Virginia Policy Review is based at the University of Virginia's Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. We engage real-world challenges across disciplines, from energy and the environment to public health, institutions, and national security.
Founded in the fall of 2009, VPR has spent more than fifteen years curating meaningful insights on the issues shaping public life. After a pause during the pandemic, the journal was revived by a new generation of editors committed to rigorous, evidence-based analysis and genuine engagement across disciplines and across the aisle.
We publish a print journal each year, available in print and online, alongside Beyond Bias, our platform for shorter opinion and analysis, and Academical Angle, our podcast on policy, place, and the people who shape both.
More about who we are, what we stand for, and the people behind the Virginia Policy Review.
Although this organization has members who are University of Virginia students and may have University employees associated or engaged in its activities and affairs, the organization is not a part of or an agency of the University. It is a separate and independent organization which is responsible for and manages its own activities and affairs. The University does not direct, supervise or control the organization and is not responsible for the organization's contracts, acts, or omissions.
The Virginia Policy Review does not restrict its membership, programs, or activities on the basis of age, color, disability, gender identity, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family and genetic information.