Carsey School of Public Policy

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Carsey School Webinar: Master in Community Development for Practitioners

Join us on Dec. 16 for a live webinar and learn how the Master in Community Development degree can better prepare you to help build stronger communities.
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New Hampshire Demographic Trends in an Era of Economic Turbulence

In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson reports that New Hampshire gained 40,000 residents (a 3 percent increase) between 2010 and 2018, and the population reached 1,356,458 on July 1, 2018, according to the Census Bureau.
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Government Spending Across the World: How the United States Compares

In this brief, authors Michael Ettlinger, Jordan Hensley, and Julia Vieira analyze how much the governments of different countries spend, and on what, to illuminate the range of fiscal policy options available and provide a basis for determining which approaches work best.
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What is New Hampshire? Report

We’re excited to relaunch What is New Hampshire? – a report detailing where we are as a state, where we have been, and what challenges we may face.
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Policy Education for Leadership and Change

Our programs offer a special mix of academic rigor and real-life expertise to prepare students for a career with impact.
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Connect With Your Community

New Hampshire Listens partners with local communities, municipal and state government, and state-wide organizations to create environments that help address challenges and move conversations forward.

The Carsey School of Public Policy at the University of New Hampshire is nationally recognized for its research, policy education, and civic engagement. The school takes on pressing public issues with unbiased, accessible, and rigorous research; builds the policy and political problem-solving skills of its students; and brings people together for thoughtful dialogue and practical problem-solving. The school is a hub for work that spans its own faculty and staff, and faculty from across UNH and other institutions. The faculty boasts a national reputation and its work appears in leading journals. The school publishes forty policy-relevant briefs each year, offers three master's degree programs, and engages with experts, leaders, the media, and the public in the United States, New Hampshire, and around the world.