The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service supports research on civic and political engagement, civil society, and citizenship. Through the Civic Engagement Research Group (CERG), Tufts Community Research Center (TCRC), the Civil Society Series of the University Press of New England, and its collaborative initiatives with Campus Compact to bring together research universities that are committed to promoting civic engagement, Tisch College promotes the highest quality of civic engagement research and analysis.
Research Areas
- Nature and Impact of Civic and Political Engagement
- Civic and political engagement of young people
- Nonprofit Organizations and Philanthropy
- How Civic Engagement is Taught and Learned
- Civic Engagement in Positive Youth Development
Faculty Publications
Recent Research Projects Include
- The Collaborative Cities Project
- The Shape Up Somerville Project
- The John Hancock Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition
- The “Outcomes Study” of Tufts Undergraduate Civic and Political Engagement
- New Times Demand New Scholarship report by Cindy Gibson
- The National Survey of Civic and Political Engagement of Young People
- Acting Civically: From Urban Neighborhoods to Higher Education, book edited by Susan A. Ostrander and Kent E. Portney. Table of Contents
Research Resources for Civic Engagement Scholars
- Community Research (The Tufts Community Research Center)
- Civic Engagement Research Group (CERG)
- Civic Engagement Research Group’s Working Papers Series
- The University Press of New England Civil Society Series
- The Tufts University Vice Provost’s Office , the central administrative office responsible for grants management, and IRB approval of research projects
- The Tufts Faculty Research Awards Committee (FRAC) , the Arts, Sciences and Engineering Committee that provides direct research grant support to faculty
- The Undergraduate Summer Scholars research program
The Civil Society Series
Published by the University Press of New England and co-sponsored by Tisch College. Learn more
The Massachusetts Nonprofit Sector: An Economic Profile (March 2005)Tisch College, in partnership with MassINC, issued this major report that profiles the economy of the nonprofit sector in Massachusetts, available at www.massinc.org.
Tufts Roundtable, a new student journal, provides an 
Citizenship and Public Service (CPS) Scholar Nathan Tanaka is helping local teenagers make music – and learning that he can 