The Civic Engagement Research Group provides opportunities for the Tufts community, local community organization partners, and interested Boston area researchers to share ideas, present work in progress, develop intellectual community, conduct joint projects, and increase the scholarly research on civic engagement. The overall aim of CERG is to create and sustain a supportive and stimulating intellectual community of scholars, practitioners, and activists to generate civic engagement research and put Tufts on the map as a place where this research is done. Susan Ostrander, Professor of Sociology, and Kent Portney, Professor of Political Science, convene the group with support with support from Tisch College. Begun in March 2003, CERG meets monthly during the academic year.
CERG strategies toward overall aim:
- Share work in progress and obtain useful comments and questions from others well-versed in some aspects of the field
- Learn from one another about current thinking in our various fields
- Create and sustain a supportive and stimulating intellectual community
- Develop common projects and activities (e.g. co-authorship, edited volume, mini-conferences)
- Create collaborations both within Tufts and with other institutions, organizations, and individuals
- October 2006 - Read about the October 2006 CERG meeting here.
- January 2007 - Read about the January 2007 CERG meeting here.
- March 2007 - Read about the March 2007 CERG meeting here.
- May 2007 - Michael Delli Carpini, "That's (Not Just) Entertainment: The Impact of Popular Culture On Democratic Engagemnt."
Seed Funding for Civic Engagement Scholarship
Tisch College provides seed funding of up to $5000 for civic engagement scholarship when there is promise that seed funding can leverage additional funds.
Learn more about the Civic Engagement Research Group
For further information, contact Susan Ostrander or Kent Portney.
