Engagement Scholarship Consortium

06/10/2026

A new article from Katrina Messiha (PhD Fellow in Theory-based Principles for Co-creation in Public Health at Amsterdam University Medical Center) examines the importance of building trust in researching about and engaging with underserved communities.

Read the brief here: https://i2insights.org/2026/06/09/trust-and-underserved-communities/ -52633

06/08/2026

New Journal - IMPACT
IMPACT is a new open-access journal dedicated to advancing knowledge about the ways that research, evidence, research use, and scientific discovery lead to broader impacts in the world. IMPACT is built on the premise that multiple kinds of knowledge—public and private, empirical and experiential, disciplinary and applied, global and local—are necessary to understand and facilitate the impact of research and scientific discovery. The inaugural issue of IMPACT will be launched in November 2026 and bring together a global community of researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and funders working to advance the contribution of research, evidence, and scientific discovery to society. Learn more at:

IMPACT Inaugural Issue - Call for SubmissionsSubmission Deadline: June 26, 2026Call for Submissions PDFMailing List Sign-upAbout IMPACTIMPACT is a new open-access journal and web platform dedicated to advancing and improving knowledge on the ways that research, evidence, research use, and scientific...

06/06/2026

📚 New Book Available Now!

The Community-Centric Path to Rebuilding Trust in Higher Education by Campus Compact Fellow, Byron P. White, reimagines community engagement as an essential driver for sustaining universities and offers a bold alternative to customer-focused strategies many colleges use to regain stability. 📖

Across eight chapters, White highlights innovative practices and community-focused approaches that advance strategic priorities and support organizational transformation.

💡 Perfect for higher education leaders, community engagement practitioners, and scholars.

🔗 Click the link in our bio to get your copy today!

06/06/2026

New Release - The Handbook of Broader Impacts: Strategies for Enhancing the Societal Impacts of Research, a resource for researchers, administrators, policymakers, and anyone interested in the societal benefits of research. The volume blends policy contexts and practical strategies, and explores a wide range of real-world initiatives, including — open science, science communication, citizen science, informal STEM learning, K–12 partnerships, undergraduate research, teacher development, international collaborations, and more. Special congratulations to Handbook editors Laurie Van Egeren and Susan Renoe!

Order it at:

TheHandbook of Broader Impacts is an essential resource for researchers, administrators, policymakers, and anyone interested in the societal benefits of rese...

06/05/2026

🖥️ Upcoming Webinar! 🖥️

The REVISE Center, an organization that focuses on providing informal STEM education, is hosting an upcoming webinar on using media to deepen public engagement with science! Details below:

Title: Storytelling Through Fil and Media to Deepen Public Engagement with Science
When: June 18th at 2:00 P.M. ET
Where: Zoom
Link to Register:

How can storytelling help people connect more deeply with science and climate research? This session explores how immersive technologies and cinematic storytelling can engage audiences with polar science and climate change. Panelists will discuss two NSF AISL-funded projects that explore complementa...

06/03/2026

Community-Based Research Canada is hosting a webinar on June 11th titled "Community-Engaged Insights: Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Immigrant and Refugee Health"

The presentation will showcase how robust community engagement methods helped generate quality findings on a critical public health topic. Details below:

When: June 11th, 2026 from 12:00 - 1:00 ET
Where: Zoom
Follow the link to RSVP: https://www.communityresearchcanada.ca/events-1/community-engaged-insights-understanding-the-impact-of-covid-19-on-immigrant-and-refugee-health?mc_cid=b9d4f88c15&mc_eid=c0afb317e3

05/31/2026

Science communication occurs with others, not to them.

This is a critical and strategic starting point on the path to being an effective science communicator, and one on which the Alda Center and its methods were founded.

The Alda Center approach to science communication emphasizes genuine human connection through dialogue, active listening, and mutual respect rather than simply delivering information “to” audiences. Effective science communication means not only helping others reconsider what they think, feel, and do, but also allowing experts themselves to be changed by listening, reflection, and engagement with diverse perspectives.

Learn more about Alan's inspiration to create an institution to champion effective science communication, and how we help scientists, researchers, and engineers connect people to their work, here: https://www.aldacenter.org/about/alda-origins.php #2024-Present

05/27/2026

The Metropolitan Universities Journal, published by the Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU), has just published its first issue of 2026 titled "Evolving Higher Education: Organizational Change and Institutional Transformation through Leadership"

The issue features five articles centering on community engagement and institutional transformation that are quite interesting!

Read the issue here: https://journals.indianapolis.iu.edu/index.php/muj/issue/view/1814?utm_source=CUMU+Membership&utm_campaign=ddb8d622ed-muj-vol-37-no-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bf28fdfe6b-ddb8d622ed-438573646&mc_cid=ddb8d622ed&mc_eid=12379d796c

05/23/2026

Deadline is next week! Send your applications!