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Timely and thoughtful research on sustainable development helps community leaders and policy makers understand the realities of challenges occurring today in rural America. This work is largely the result of our Community and Environment in Rural America project.

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Recent Publications

New Hampshire and New England

Forging the Future: Community Leadership and Economic Change in Coös County, New Hampshire

Michele Dillon

July 24, 2012
The Local Agricultural Community Exchange: Outcomes and Lessons Learned from a Public-Private Initiative to Revitalize a Downtown Community

Michele Cranwell Schmidt

February 28, 2012
Stretching Ties: Social Capital in the Rebranding of Coös County, New Hampshire

Michele Dillon

October 5, 2011
Continuity and Change in Coos County: Results from the 2010 North Country CERA Survey

Chris R. Colocousis, Justin R. Young

August 2, 2011

National

Public Knowledge About Polar Regions Increases While Concerns Remain Unchanged

Lawrence C. Hamilton, Matthew J. Cutler, Andrew Schaefer

February 7, 2012
Do You Believe the Climate Is Changing? Answers From New Survey Research

Lawrence C. Hamilton

December 6, 2011
Jobs, Natural Resources, and Community Resilience: A Survey of Southeast Alaskans about Social and Environmental Change

Thomas G. Safford, Megan Henly, Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad

September 27, 2011
Southeastern Kentuckians Remain Optimistic Through Great Recession: Growing Concerns about Sprawl, Housing, and Recreational Opportunities

Jessica D. Ulrich-Schad

September 6, 2011
Community Strength and Economic Challenge: Civic Attitudes and Community Involvement in Rural America

Michele Dillon, Justin Young

June 7, 2011
Climate Change: Partisanship, Understanding, and Public Opinion

Lawrence C. Hamilton

April 19, 2011

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Research Experts

Curt Grimm

Deputy Director

Mark Ducey

Professor, Department of Forest Biometrics and Management

Lawrence Hamilton

Professor, Department of Sociology

Joel Hartter

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography

Kenneth M. Johnson

Senior Demographer

Paul Kirshen

Research Professor, Environmental Research Group of Department of Civil Engineering, and Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space

Thomas Safford

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology

Justin Young

Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology