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    • What is Social Transformation?
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Rooted in the Social Sciences Division at UC Santa Cruz, the institute supports innovative scholarship that changes the world. The institute is a critical intellectual and social hub, connecting scholars across UC Santa Cruz and partners beyond the University, developing research-based solutions to urgent problems in the world.

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    COVID-19 Response


    From conducting surveys to developing tracking apps, here are just a few ways that UC Santa Cruz is planning to change the trajectory of this global pandemic
  • Campus plus Community

    Campus + Community


    Dedicated to supporting ethical and mutually beneficial community-engaged scholarship at UC Santa Cruz
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    Solidarity Economics


    Works to identify opportunities, eliminate barriers, and promote new narratives to build a more inclusive economy
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    Global and Community Health


    A new program at UC Santa Cruz aimed at addressing challenges of ill-health both globally and locally
  • children learning

    New Gen Learning


    Research that identifies the cultural strengths of learning by children from historically underserved populations and ways to leverage those strengths
  • Lady justice

    Public Interest Technology University Network


    A partnership of colleges and universities dedicated to building the field of public interest technology and growing a new generation of civic-minded technologists
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    AgTech


    New technologies have the potential to dramatically reshape the agro-food system and will likely change the way we produce, process, distribute and consume food
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    Right Livelihood College


    Links faculty and students with ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ winners for education about solutions to the world’s most pressing problems
  • SEACoast Center for Southeast Asian Coastal Interactions

    SEACoast Center


    Works to build a “slow science” in which scholars and students across disciplinary divides have the opportunity to bring area studies insights to urgent ecological dilemmas
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    Urban Environment & Justice Collaborative


    A collaborative working at the intersection of urban development, environmental sustainability, and social justice

Research News


New global and community health majors available this fall
April 29, 2022

New study examines ethics of community-engaged research from the perspective of community partners
April 20, 2022

Two students wearing John R Lewis college t-shirts.

‘John Lewis’s legacy will imbue all we do’
February 2022

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Events of Interest


03 June 2022

Norris Center for Natural History: 50 Years of Wonder Weekend

Invite your friends and family to join the rest of the UCSC natural history community at this weekend reunion celebration in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Join us to reminisce, reconnect, celebrate, network, and envision what the next 50 years of natural history will look like at UC Santa Cruz.

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20 October 2022

RCA 30th Anniversary Celebration: Sharing Futures, Speaking Truths

A 30th anniversary celebration of the RCA will be an event not to be missed! It will be held at the Cowell Hay Barn on October 20, 2022 and feature …

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26 October 2022

All-In: Co-Creating Knowledge for Justice Conference

Save the date and be a part of this 3-day national conference that focuses on sharing strategies to expand and deepen collaborative approaches for the truly equitable co-production of knowledge. We will explore the dynamic links between campus-community partnerships, hands-on research, and student-community engagement. Together we can build partnerships for change.

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John R Lewis College presents: Students as Agents of Transformative Change

“Every generation leaves behind a legacy. What that legacy will be is determined by the people of that generation. What legacy do you want to leave behind?” ― John Lewis, Across That Bridge: A Vision for Change and the Future of America

Featuring Xavier Livermon, Ileana Waddy, Ivan Vega,Mak Aruta Konefał, Chris Cuadrado.  Watch it here >>


#WeChooseNow: Climate Justice From the Southern Frontlines

On April 4th, Colette Pichon Battle, Executive Director of the Gulf Coast Center for Law & Policy, was in conversation with UC Santa Cruz professor Flora Lu and graduate student Chris Lang. They discussed the urgent need: to stop investing in the same extractive industries that divide and harm us; to demand that corporations pay their fair share on an equitable and transformative recovery; to rebuild our communities better; and to act from a position of love and abundance together.

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