The Carsey Policy Hour (formerly Coffee & Conversations) engages policymakers, public service professionals, and active citizens and organizations in the issues and policies that affect the people and places of New Hampshire. Each month features a dynamic expert speaker (or two), followed by an interactive audience discussion. The intent is to foster learning, problem-solving, and collaboration in service of New Hampshire's common good. Sessions are held on the second Wednesday of each month, from 8 – 9 am. Fall 2024 dates are: September 11, October 9, November 13 and December 11.
Upcoming Policy Hours!
A Special Election Edition!
Join us as political and demographic experts, UNH Professors Dante Scala and Ken Johnson, explore some of the more nuanced aspects of the November 5th election and its outcomes. They will focus on differences between urban and rural areas—nationally, in key battleground states, and in New Hampshire. This special Carsey Policy Hour will include evaluation of key factors driving the outcome and critical demographic components underlying those results.
Coming Soon!
Dante Scala is a professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire and faculty fellow at the Carsey School of Public Policy. He is an expert on the New Hampshire Primary, presidential politics, NH politics, political campaigns and debates, and the U.S. presidency.
Ken Johnson is senior demographer at the Carsey School of Public Policy and professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire. He is a nationally recognized expert on U.S. demographic trends. His research examines national and regional population redistribution, rural and urban demographic change, the growing racial diversity of the U.S. population, the relationship between demographic and environmental change, and the implications of demographic change for public policy.
Additional sessions
Additional Sessions
Stay tuned for details about our December event!
Our Partners
The State of New Hampshire provides a unique program of continuing professional development through the Bureau of Education and Training (BET). The Bureau offers a variety of training programs — including LEAN process Improvement and management and Certified Public Supervisor/Manager credentialling — to all public employees of New Hampshire.
The Certified Public Manager® program is a nationally accredited comprehensive management development program specifically for managers in federal, state, and local government. The program's primary goal is to improve the performance of public sector managers and the organizational performance of state, local, and federal government. In New Hampshire, the program is divided into two levels: Level I (called the Certified Public Supervisor program) and Levell II, which results in CPM status being awarded.
The New Hampshire Municipal Association, Inc. is a non-profit, non-partisan membership association established in 1941. It is a member-founded, member-funded, and member-governed association that works to strengthen New Hampshire cities and towns and enhance their ability to serve the public by promoting effective municipal government through education, training, advocacy and legal services.
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Upcoming Carsey Events
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Nov1211:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
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Nov125:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.
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Nov138 a.m. - 9 a.m.
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