Portland-State-University 2024-2025 Bulletin

Research Centers and Institutes

Center for Women's Leadership

780 Urban Center

503-725-2895

www.pdx.edu/center-womens-leadership

The Center for Women’s Leadership (CWL) is invested in changing the narrative of leadership in Oregon. CWL has been a convener of a sustained community network since 2008. Thousands of individuals have participated in our Power Lunch, events, programming, and supporting the center through mentorship and program development. CWL currently facilitates an annual six-day program curated for female-identifying and non-binary Oregon college students. NEW Leadership Oregon (NLO) focuses on educating, inspiring, and cultivating meaningful connections for current and future leaders. CWL operates as an incubator space to explore new civic capacity building programming for women and gender expansive people in our region. In addition, CWL hosts a variety of events to convene community and amplify the intersectional policy work of Oregon women and gender expansive leaders.

 

Mark O. Hatfield Cybersecurity and Cyber Defense Policy Center

www.pdx.edu/hatfield-school/mark-o-hatfield-cybersecurity-cyber-defense-policy-center

The Mark O. Hatfield Cybersecurity & Cyber Defense Policy Center is a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Research designated by theNational Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. The center convenes scholars, managers, and policymakers from across Portland State University and beyond to train future leaders and translate research findings into effective policy. We achieve these goals through multi-disciplinary, multi-sector, and multi-stakeholder curricular and research partnerships.

 

National Policy Consensus Center

720 Urban Center

503-725-9092

www.pdx.edu/npcc

The National Policy Consensus Center advances the use of innovative collaborative governance methods in Oregon and nationally by providing collaboration services, university courses, professional training, and research. We help people work together collaboratively to develop public policy and implement community-based solutions.  NPCC provides the following services:

Collaboration and Community Engagement Services: We help government, nonprofits, the private sector, and communities collaborate to:

  • Resolve public disputes
  • Seek agreement on new public policies
  • Implement community solutions collaboratively to improve local economies and quality of life
  • Increase public participation that has a collective impact on public issues

Education and Professional Training: We offer academic programs and customized professional training to prepare students and professionals to:

  • Use consensus-seeking to resolve policy disputes
  • Apply collaborative approaches in their current professions
  • Work in the fields of conflict resolution and public engagement

Applied Research and Development: We have several state and national programs that work on the ground to:

  • Pilot special projects to test innovative practices in collaborative governance and public engagement
  • Implement investigations and case studies to document the value and unique outcomes of collaborative governance, to identify the shortcomings of the practice and strategies to overcome those
  • Work with other states to advance the use of collaborative governance approaches nationwide
  • Publish collaboration resource materials

 

Center for Public Service

570 Urban Center

503-725-8261

www.pdx.edu/cps

The Center for Public Service draws on the extensive expertise of faculty and students within the College of Urban and Public Affairs with a broad mandate to connect PSU's research capabilities and public service mission with real-world challenges in the public and nonprofit sectors. As part of its effort to forge productive and sustainable relationships with leaders at the local, state, federal, tribal, and international levels, the Center offers a wide range of leadership training and applied research capabilities. Located within CPS are the Nonprofit Institute (NPI) and the Institute for Tribal Government (ITG), along with a number of discrete programs such as Community Environmental Services (CES), the Executive Seminar Program (ESP), and the Initiative for Community and Disaster Resilience (ICDR).

In the specific area of leadership development, CPS offers a wide range of education, specialized training, and research programs that serve elected officials and public and nonprofit sector leaders throughout the Oregon/SW Washington area, as well as in international venues such as Japan, South Korea, China as well as countries in the ASEAN region, the Middle East, and North Africa. These offerings include custom-designed leadership development programs for experienced practitioners; and applied research and technical assistance across a wide range of fields including diversity and inclusion, change management, and organizational performance.

Institute for Tribal Government

570-K Urban Center

503-725-9000
http://www.pdx.edu/tribal-gov/

 

The Institute for Tribal Government, housed within the Center for Public Service, is a national leader in its field, providing elected tribal leaders with the information and leadership skills to work with tribal, state, local, and federal governments within a wide range of related policy issues. Tribal leaders are offered programs to meet their own unique needs either with sessions at the Hatfield School or at tribal sites. Programs are available for addressing federal Indian law, tribal government duties and responsibilities, tribal and state relations, the federal legislative process, federal judicial and administrative procedures, and effective tribal leadership strategies. Additionally, the Institute for Tribal Government offers customized consultation and training services to agencies and organizations interested in increasing their capacity for building strong collaborative relationships with tribes.

Certificate in Tribal Relations (CTR) Program:
In addition to organization-specific training, the Institute also offers a 9-month Certificate in Tribal Relations program from December-August. Registration begins in August and is open until spots are filled. This program is designed for mid-career professionals employed by local, state, federal, and regional government agencies, non-profit and for-profit organizations, and trade associations who work regularly with tribal nations and native communities, members of a tribal government, and other native communities interested in collaborative governance. Cohort members attend monthly class sessions on various relevant topics including three in the field learning experiences in Washington, DC, Salem, OR, and tribal communities in order to better understand tribal policy making at multiple levels of governance.

Nonprofit Institute

570 Urban Center

503-725-8261

http://www.pdx.edu/nonprofit-institute/

The Nonprofit Institute (NPI) operates out of the Center for Public Service in the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government. Its mission is to support the Oregon nonprofit sector so that it can fulfill its promise to bring people together to build a more just, inclusive and sustainable society. To support this mission, NPI:

  •  Builds the sector's capacity to organize, learn and lead;
  •  Strengthens and grows its networks;
  •  Tells the sector's story and articulates its promise;
  •  Advances vanguard issues collectively and across sectors.

These goals are accomplished through a set of integrated strategies:

  • Conducts primary research and collates scholarship generated by others to create a knowledge-bank that can be used to advance the organizational design, governance, and practice of nonprofit organizations. Emphasis is placed on applied research that generates knowledge of immediate relevance to address the needs and missions of nonprofits.
  • Strengthens the capacity of nonprofit organizations in Oregon to engage in culturally appropriate evidence-based evaluation and assessment practices to enhance organizational performance and increase impact.
  • Advances professional development for members of nonprofit and community-based organizations.
  • Offers high quality academic programs and learning opportunities that address a changing nonprofit landscape and shift in focus to community-building for both today's leaders and the next generation leaders in the nonprofit sector.
  • Facilitates discussions and collaborations that build networks and bring people together to share knowledge, reflect on practice, and generate new ideas to engender greater collective impact. We believe that these goals strengthen civic life and participation, and collectively impact the pressing issues of society.