CLOSUP Research Projects
The core of CLOSUP's mission is its research component. Its major programs consist of conducting research projects run by CLOSUP, as well as supporting (financially, administratively and operationally) collaborative interdisciplinary research projects directed by other members of the University of Michigan faculty under the CLOSUP Policy Research Grants Program (for information on those awards, see the PRG prior awards page). The purpose of the projects, whether run by CLOSUP or sponsored by CLOSUP, is to bring together scholars from across the University who study related problems from diverse disciplinary and methodological perspectives. Each project is organized around a set of problems or issues that confront state and/or local policy makers. These might include, for example, education and local public finance; economic development, environmental protection, and land use; or the interrelated problems of regional governance. Alternatively, a project may consider the impact of specific state or local institutions on a number of areas of policy, such as the effect of direct democracy on economic, social, and governance policy; or the effect of tax limits on education and infrastructure.
CLOSUP Research Projects
