The Carsey Institute

Explore policy and research areas, find applied research publications, and contact research experts on topics from vulnerable families and civic engagement to community development finance and rural America.

The Center on Social Innovation and Finance at the University of New Hampshire provides for-profit and nonprofit organizations the talent, skills, knowledge, and networks needed for growing successful social enterprises.

The Carsey Institute’s Community and Environment in Rural America (CERA) project seeks to better understand the connections between changing social, economic, and environmental factors and the implications for ecologically sustainable economic development policies.

We provide rigorous program evaluation, applied research, and evaluation technical assistance and training that address the needs and challenges of families and communities and the organizations that serve them.

The Master of Arts in Development Policy and Practice (MADPP) is a fourteen-month program that prepares individuals for advanced policy- and practice-oriented work in sustainable development both in the United States and in developing countries.

Bringing people together for engaged conversations and informed community solutions

Our work:

• Create engaged community conversations on local and statewide issues
• Foster the development of local Listens groups
• Cultivate a network of facilitators for public engagement and action

The Carsey Institute and the Whittemore School of Business and Economics at the University of New Hampshire are proud to present the 2013 Stonyfield Entrepreneurship Institute, a "boot camp" for community-minded entrepreneurs.

Founded in 1999 as the Microenterprise Development Institute, the Carsey Institute’s Sustainable Microenterprise and Development Program (SMDP) provides training...

The Carsey Institute is working with the Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation to conduct three research projects designed to examine the attitudes and experiences of Coös County residents as the region is challenged following the closing of area paper mills.