Join us to explore how inequalities and inequity can emerge in community-engaged research and our responsibility as researchers to address it. Participants in this interactive workshop will walk away with strategies to incorporate principles of equity-minded practices in their work.
The Center for Social & Behavioral Science, College of Education, and Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute hosted community-engaged researchers at the second event in the Spring 2024 Community-Engaged Research Series, Community-Engaged Work: Imagine, Write, Publish, March 22, 10 a.m. to noon. This event was attended by community-engaged researchers and writers of all levels across campus. Participants […]
3/4/2024 – Written by Hannah Wirth, IHSI The Center for Social & Behavioral Science (CSBS), College of Liberal Arts & Sciences Office of Research, and Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute (IHSI) recently co-sponsored a Health Equity Research Collaboration Workshop. Aimed to increase interdisciplinary collaboration at Illinois, the workshop attracted nearly 80 researchers from more than 30 departments and 14 colleges and […]
The Center for Social & Behavioral Science, College of Education, and Interdisciplinary Health Sciences Institute invited community-engaged researchers to the first event in the Spring 2024 Community-Engaged Research Series, Navigating the IRB for Community-Engaged Research, on February 28, noon – 1:30 p.m. via Zoom. Sarah Mumford, Director at the Office of the Protection for Research […]
Joshua Barbour, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Prof. Barbour recently returned to Illinois after several years at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2018, Prof. Barbour founded the Automation Policy and Research Organizing Network (APRON), which aims to build a community of scholars, practitioners, […]
Sneha Das, Ph.D. (she/her) joined CSBS in January 2024 as Research Development Manager. In this role, Sneha is responsible for supporting all aspects of CSBS’s research development, including identifying, expanding, and supporting new research initiatives and working to build research capacity in the social and behavioral sciences. Tell us briefly about your background.I earned my B.Sc. […]
Illinois Science Explorers (I-Sci Explorers) is a community outreach group that works with researchers to transform research ideas and findings into educational activities, materials, and curriculum for general audiences, including young children. A collaboration between several university research centers and institutes, including Beckman Institute, Cancer Center at Illinois, Center for Social and Behavioral Science (CSBS), Institute […]
The CSBS Policy & Research Legislative Fellows (PRLF) program matches graduate students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with state legislators representing Champaign-Urbana or a neighboring district to collaborate on a policy research project that can inform public policy and help make Illinois a better place to live. This non-partisan initiative is supported by the […]
The Center for Social & Behavioral Science (CSBS) hosted a virtual workshop on September 11, 2023, focused on developing an open-source platform that makes it easy for scientists to develop mobile apps for research. The workshop aimed to attract social and behavioral scientists from institutions around the globe so that the platform can be built […]
In this interview, Prof. Ng and Prof. Tanja share their experience as recipients of a CSBS Small Grant for their interdisciplinary project, Mapping Global Geographies of Online Consumption: Comparing Usage of Websites, YouTube trends, and Twitter Trends over 100 countries. Margaret Ng is an assistant professor in the Department of Journalism. Prof. Ng is a […]