SPP faculty and students are actively involved with projects outside of the classroom. In this way, SPP is broadening the impact our faculty and students have on our world.
The National Center for Digital Government seeks to build global research capacity, advance practice, and strengthen the network of researchers and practitioners engaged in building and using technology in government.
The Public Engagement Project supports and trains faculty members at the University of Massachusetts Amherst to use their research to contribute to social change, inform public policy, and enrich public debate.
The Wellspring Cooperative is creating an engine for new, community-based job creation in inner-city Springfield, Mass., based on the purchasing power of area anchor institutions such as hospitals and universities.
A report prepared by a team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, and Lowell campuses, with the support of the Massachusetts Municipal Association.
Prepared by a team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with the support of the Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA).
- Principal Investigator: Marta Vicarelli, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and School of Public Policy. Email.
- Yu Ya Htut Tin, Departments of Economics and Mathematics
- Anna Gishin, Isenberg School of Management and Department of Economics
- Elizabeth Murphy, MPP, School of Public Policy (’20)
- Madeline Leue, School of Public Policy
- George Plouffe, School of Public Policy
Prepared by a team of researchers of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst College, and Indiana University, with the support of the Vermont Commission on Women, the Vermont Women’s Fund, Change The Story, and Vermont Works for Women.
- Principal Investigator: Marta Vicarelli, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and School of Public Policy, UMass Amherst. Email.
- Meredith Canada, School of Social Work, Indiana University
- Yu Ya Htut Tin, Departments of Economics and Mathematics, UMass Amherst
- Anna Gishin, Department of Economics and Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst
- Madeline Leue, School of Public Policy, UMass Amherst
- Elizabeth Murphy, School of Public Policy, UMass Amherst
- Aryen Shrestha, Amherst College
- Yash Tyagi, Department of Economics and Isenberg School of Management, UMass Amherst
A report prepared by a team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst College, and Indiana University, with the support of the Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts, Boston Women’s Fund, the Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) and International City/Council Management Association (ICMA).
Principal Investigator: Marta Vicarelli, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and School of Public Policy. Email.
- Ali Alsadadi, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Meredith Canada (MSW, MPA, LCSW), School of Social Work, Indiana University - Public Health Analyst for the Indiana Overdose Response Strategy, CDC Foundation | IN HIDTA
- Yu Ya Htut Tin, Departments of Economics and Mathematics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Anna Gishin, Department of Economics and Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Madeline Leue, School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Elizabeth Murphy, School of Public Policy, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Aryen Shrestha, Amherst College and Research Fellow at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Yash Tyagi, Department of Economics and Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts Amherst
This study by a team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst focuses on opportunities and challenges associated with the implementation of Community Choice Energy (CCE) aggregation programs across Massachusetts municipalities. The study examines the goals that motivated municipalities to acquire CCE programs, the self-reported challenges associated with their implementation, and the benefits obtained, including cost-savings. The researchers also discuss the potential of CCE programs to support federal and state climate goals by increasing renewable energy demand while reducing costs, thus contributing to climate mitigation (i.e., ability to reduce CO2 emissions), and facilitating the green energy transition.
Lead Author: Marta Vicarelli, Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and School of Public Policy - Contact: Dr. Marta Vicarelli <@email>
Research team:
- Ajay Dawani, Department of Economics '22
- Emily Laus, Department of Physics '23
- Nihal Warawdekar, Department of Economics '20, and Department of Resource Economics '23