Hanna Love

Hanna Love is a Senior Research Associate in Brookings Metro. Love conducts research and analysis for the program’s Bass Center for Transformative Placemaking, where she focuses on enhancing opportunity in communities impacted by disinvestment and structural inequities. Prior to Brookings, Love served as Research Analyst at the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center, specializing in youth justice, decarceration, and community-based solutions for safety. Love holds a master’s degree from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree from Pomona College, both in Sociology.

Compton, California / USA - March 29, 2020: Street scene along Compton Boulevard, a main artery in South Los Angeles

Five ways city leaders can support Black entrepreneurs’ efforts to ‘buy back the block’

Prince Osemwengie, Hanna Love, and Tracy Hadden Loh

Monday, January 9, 2023

Hanna Love

The geography of crime in four U.S. cities: Perceptions and reality

Breaking the ‘urban doom loop’: The future of downtowns is shared prosperity

Five ways city leaders can support Black entrepreneurs’ efforts to ‘buy back the block’

A new community safety blueprint: How the federal government can address violence and harm through a public health approach

Addressing the root causes of gun violence with American Rescue Plan funds: Lessons from state and local governments

Mapping gun violence: A closer look at the intersection between place and gun homicides in four cities

Centering neighborhood priorities for economic inclusion: Early outcomes from five cities

The infrastructure law’s untapped potential for promoting community safety

Want to reduce violence? Invest in place.

Mapping rural America’s diversity and demographic change