The Weidenbaum Center supports research projects conducted by University faculty in the social sciences and professional schools. 

• "Detecting Contagion in Currency and Bond Market Crises," Professor James Morley
• "The Economic Growth and Development of Metropolitan Areas in the U.S.," Professor Sukkoo Kim
• "Accountability and Political Parties in Latin America," Professor John Carey
• "Conceptions of Citizenship," Professor Lester Spence
• "Economic Growth, Technological Innovation, and Financing Constraints," Professors Steven Fazzari and Bruce Petersen
• "The Economics of the Movie Industry," Professor Charles Moul
• "The Perceived Legitimacy of American Political Institutions," Professors James Gibson and Lester Spence
• "Measuring the Preferences of Supreme Court Justices," Professor Andrew Martin
• "New Democracies, Institutions, and Party Systems," Professors Mikhail Filippov and Olga Shvetsova
• "Under Lock and Key: The Reproductive Rights of Women in U.S. Jails and Prisons," Professor Rachel Roth
• "Endogeneous Formation of Committed Relationships," Professors Gary Miller, Sergio G. Lazzarini, and Todd Zenger
• "The Political Economy of Anglo-French Trade," Professor John Nye
• "The Politics of Multi-Party Systems," Professor Itai Sened
• "The Replacement of Domestic Currencies with the Dollar in Emerging Market Economies," Professor Gaetono Antinolfi
• "Trust in Principal-Agent Negotiations," Professors William Bottom and Gary Miller
• "Women in Parliaments and the Rise of Gender Quota Laws," Professor Lisa Baldez
• "The Truth and Reconciliation Project," Professor James Gibson