The Faculty of Public Affairs supports the maintenance and expansion of a set of Research Centres, which at times undertake training and teaching functions as well as research. The titles of a selection of these centres illustrate the range of interdisciplinary activities undertaken in The Faculty of Public Affairs.

The Faculty is also home to research networks, consisting of individual faculty members and Research Centres; one such network is the Centre for Urban Research and Education.

Carleton Research Unit on Innovation, Science and Environment Policy (CRUISE)
Glen Toner, Director

Carleton Centre for Community Innovation (3CI)
Frances Abele, Academic Director
Tessa Hebb, Managing Director
Genevieve Harrison, Administrator

Centre for Conflict Education and Research (CCER)
Cheryl Picard, Director
Neil Sargent, Research Director
Jennifer Links, Administrator

Centre for European Studies (CES)
Joan DeBardeleben, Director
Natasha Joukoskaia, Administrator

Canadian Centre for Intelligence & Security Studies (CCISS)
Jeremy Littlewood, Director

Centre for Security and Defence Studies (CSDS)
David Mendeloff, Director
Chris Penny, Deputy Director

Canadian Centre for Treaty Compliance (CCTC)
Trevor Findlay, Director
Justin Alger, Administrator

Canadian Initiative for Law, Culture and the Humanities
Sheryl Hamilton, Director

Carleton University Survey Centre
Jon Pammett, Director
Heather Pyman, Research Director

Centre for International Migration and Settlement Studies (formerly Research Resource Division for Refugees)
Behnam Behnia, Academic Director
Adnan Türegün, Executive Director

Centre for Monetary and Financial Economics
Keir Armstrong, Management Board Chair
Charles Freedman, Co-Director
Stephen Ferris, Co-Director

Centre for Trade Policy and Law (CTPL)
Fen Hampson, School Director
Philip Rourke, Centre Director
Doris Whitteker, Administrator