Engagement Scholarship Consortium

Call for Proposals: Edited Volume about Graduate Student Preparation in Community Engagement

From editors Diana Soto-Olson, Samantha Bernstein-Sierra, Lucas Díaz, Susan Harris, Ryan McBride, Elaine Ward, Nicole M. Williams, and Meghan Zulian:

This Campus Compact-supported book examines the perspectives, programs, structures, and particular approaches that prepare graduate students for a wide range of community-engaged careers in and outside of academia. Such professional positions exist in public humanities programs, university service-learning centers, non-profit organizations, and community-engaged research offices. We are calling for contributing authors from a variety of disciplines and institution types who can offer their perspectives on graduate education preparation where community engagement plays a foundational role.

The editors welcome submissions of chapters focusing on innovations in pedagogy, disciplinary and cross disciplinary innovations, theory, research, practice, institutional models, and campus-community partnerships in graduate student service-learning and community engagement; we also seek short submissions offering personal reflections, experiences, or imagery that support community-engaged graduate preparation.

See the call for proposals, at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F_8p7lJ32Tf5PQQATpoWQ_VbfO26bg6L/view?pli=1

Feel free to direct any questions to [email protected], [email protected], or to the specific editors of the section to which you are submitting (see the call for editor contact details).

Call for Submissions_ Community-Engaged Graduate Education (published)

The Academy of Community Engagement Scholarship (ACES), an international academy honoring scholars and practitioners, whose work in and support of community engagement has changed the odds for communities and individuals throughout the world launches its new Research and Practice Series with its first report, Future Directions for Global Higher Education: Transdisciplinarity and Public Engagement. Learn more, at: https://academyofces.org/NewsItem/Index?n2page=306

Introduction to Community‑Engaged Evaluation
Community‑engaged evaluation is a values‑driven approach that strengthens trust, reciprocity and shared impact across partnerships.

Join us on 26 August, 1–2pm AEST for a webinar introducing the principles, practices and real‑world applications of community‑engaged evaluation. Ideal for engagement professionals, researchers and practitioners looking to deepen their understanding of collaborative evaluation approaches.

🔗 Details & registration: https://buff.ly/PwyRzdl

We look forward to welcoming you.

Making Scholarship Public Workshops are back! 🗣️

We're hosting a series of that will offer best practices on making more accessible to the general public.

Learn more and register: https://buff.ly/bst78sC

Global Launch of the Knowledge Democracy and Participatory Research Open Access Repository

How do we preserve the histories of knowledge that have been created with communities, rather than simply about them?

The Unesco Chair in CBR & Social Responsibility in Higher Education is pleased to announce the launch of the "Knowledge Democracy and Participatory Research Open Access Repository". This is digital platform bringing together the rich global history and contemporary practice of Participatory Research. It is a collection of foundational documents on Knowledge Democracy.

Over five decades, Participatory Research has been shaped by scholars, practitioners, communities, activists, and social movements across the world. Yet much of this history remains scattered across personal archives, institutional libraries, rare publications, reports, photographs, and audio-visual materials.

This repository is an effort to bring these histories together and make them openly accessible.

From Africa to Asia, Europe to Oceania, Latin America and beyond, the repository brings together diverse voices, experiences, and traditions of participatory knowledge-making. It is a space where histories can meet, conversations can continue, and knowledge can travel across generations and borders.

But this is not simply an archive. It is envisioned as a living and evolving knowledge commons — one that will continue to grow as scholars, practitioners, institutions, and communities contribute new materials, histories, and perspectives.

Join us for the online launch
Date: 26 August 2026
Time: 7:30 PM IST | 2:00 PM UTC
Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_K73U4anmSY2y7YdbcI-lfA #/registration

We invite scholars, practitioners, students, community researchers, institutions, and everyone interested in knowledge democracy and Participatory Research to join us as we open this collective resource to the world.

You can learn more about the repository here:https://unescochair-cbrsr.org/uploads/article_category/1784807690_Knowledge_Democracy_and_Participatory_Research_Open_Access_Repository_Concept_Note.pdf

The inaugural issue of the Catalyst Journal is here! Ft. contributions from faculty, staff, students, and community leaders, ranging from innovative research to creative works, this new publication advances the scholarship of service-learning and community engagement,

Catalyst was created in partnership with North Carolina Campus Engagement and ’s Office of Civic & Community Engagement.

Dr. Anshuman Karol, Lead for Governance & Climate Action at Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), shares some thoughtful insights on the importance of global university coalitions for advancing community-based participatory research and open science.

Read here: https://pria.org/blog/democracy-for-all/from-networks-to-movements--why-global-university-coalitions-are-essential-for-advancing-community-based-participatory-research-and-open-science/3230

New Resource Incoming!

On July 29th, The American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) in partnership with Campus Compact is launching the Higher Education Democracy Exchange (HEDEX). This new platform is designed to connect people, resources, and practices advancing civic and democratic engagement across higher education.

AAC&U and Campus Compact are jointly hosting a webinar to introduce the platform on July 29th at 1:30 P.M. ET.

Learn about the new platform and register for the webinar here: https://events.compact.org/hedex-launch/12302436

Join us on July 21 at 1:00 PM ET for a webinar that will explore how researchers are combining the strengths of community-engaged research and randomized controlled trials to produce evidence that is rigorous and relevant to the communities it serves.

Register here: https://bit.ly/4ylum4f

What does it mean for researchers to give back to communities?

Universities Canada hosted a day-long panel event titled "Scholar to Scholar: Advancing Knowledge, Impact and Community" on June 23rd, where students discussed the relevance of their research to communities.

Read here:

Research that gives back - University Affairs A one-day event brought scholarship winners together to discuss how their work can benefit communities.