The Urban Institute Press Manuscript Editing Services

The Urban Institute Press publishes research on poverty, housing, health, and the social policies that shape economic opportunity in America. Its manuscripts are expected to be both analytically rigorous and accessible to the policy audience — researchers, advocates, journalists, and policymakers — who will use the findings to make the case for change.

Off the Grid Editing prepares manuscripts for the Urban Institute Press with attention to the analytical precision, policy clarity, and Chicago accuracy that Urban Institute’s research audience demands. Our editors bring experience in social policy, public health, and poverty research writing — and attend to the specific challenge of Urban Institute manuscripts: presenting rigorous quantitative and qualitative evidence in prose that is accessible to a non-specialist policy reader.

Urban Institute Press manuscripts often present complex quantitative data and policy analysis for a mixed research and practitioner audience. Our editors attend to the clarity of data presentation, ensure that evidence is cited precisely in Chicago style, and flag passages where the analytical argument needs to be translated more clearly into policy implications for a practitioner or advocate reader. If you have questions about which service is right for your manuscript, contact us directly. We respond to every inquiry the same day during business hours.