About PERE

Established in 2007, the USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE) is a research unit headed by Professor Manuel Pastor and situated within the USC College of Letters, Arts & Sciences. 

PERE conducts research and facilitates discussions on issues of environmental justice, regional inclusion, and immigrant integration.  PERE’s work is rooted in the new three R’s: rigor, relevance, and reach.  We conduct high-quality research in our focus areas that is relevant to public policy concerns and that reaches to those directly affected communities that most need to be engaged in the discussion.  In general, we seek and support direct collaborations with community-based organizations in research and other activities, trying to forge a new model of how university and community can work together for the common good.

Watch a video highlighting PERE and Director Manuel Pastor on the USC College website: http://college.usc.edu/videos/featured/103/professor-manuel-pastor/