This workshop brought together IGRI leadership and affiliates on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson. Participants presented on research conducted as part of the NSF Research Coordination Network project ‘Coordinating and Advancing Analytical Approaches for Policy Design’, as well as discussed strategic planning around the IGRI, with a focus on redefining the IGRI’s research themes, and began work towards applying for a new grant following the end of the RCN funding period.