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Systems Change Lab – Mississippi State University

Systems Change Lab - Mississippi State University

Helping our clients make transformational changes that address complex societal problems

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What We Do

Ready to change, improve, or build your system?
We have the tools you need!


With our team’s expertise in research-based practices, we can help you address policies and processes at the community, state, and national levels.

We Are Researchers

We can develop and lead research activities through:

  • Qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis,
  • Survey development and administration,
  • Focus groups,
  • Landscape analyses of key actors, components, and practices within the current system,
  • and other data driven tools.

We Are Systems Mappers

We help partners identify the elements in their system and how they interact, so we can determine the most impactful changes needed.  We create system actor maps, process maps, and journey maps. Co-creating systems maps across stakeholders can help build shared understandings of problems and potential solutions.  

We Are Facilitators

We convene and participate in collaborations, teams, and collective efforts and projects with partners who are addressing the same societal problems.

We Are Communicators

We analyze research, data, and collected information and present it in easy-to-understand visuals, graphics, and written formats that inform changes in policy and systems.

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Recent Projects

Child Health and Development Project: Mississippi Thrive!
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Child Health and Development Project: Mississippi Thrive!
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2021 Mississippi Child Care Market Rate Survey
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2021 Mississippi Child Care Market Rate Survey
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Analysis Of Census Community Microdata to Show Specific Child Care Capacity Information
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Analysis Of Census Community Microdata to Show Specific Child Care Capacity Information
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Recommendations from Child Care Providers for a New Mississippi Child Care Quality Support System 
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Recommendations from Child Care Providers for a New Mississippi Child Care Quality Support System 
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Preschool Development Grant (PDG): Birth to Five
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Preschool Development Grant (PDG): Birth to Five
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Child Health and Development Project: Mississippi Thrive!
Products & Projects
Child Health and Development Project: Mississippi Thrive!
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2021 Mississippi Child Care Market Rate Survey
Products & Projects
2021 Mississippi Child Care Market Rate Survey
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Analysis Of Census Community Microdata to Show Specific Child Care Capacity Information
Products & Projects
Analysis Of Census Community Microdata to Show Specific Child Care Capacity Information
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Recommendations from Child Care Providers for a New Mississippi Child Care Quality Support System 
Products & Projects
Recommendations from Child Care Providers for a New Mississippi Child Care Quality Support System 
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Preschool Development Grant (PDG): Birth to Five
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Preschool Development Grant (PDG): Birth to Five
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The Systems Change Lab is a division of both the Office of Research and Economic Development and the Division of Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine at MSU and receives support from the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station.

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