Hanna Love

Hanna Love is a 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.

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

DW Rowlands and Hanna Love

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Hanna Love

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

‘40 acres and a mall’: How community ownership models can preserve economic power in Black neighborhoods

How place governance impacts the civic potential of public places

Exploring the often fraught relationship between public spaces and social divides