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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
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    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


Grant funding will support university-community partnership on inclusive economic development in Salinas
June 15, 2022

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

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Events of Interest


14 September 2022

JAVIER ZAMORA- SOLITO: A MEMOIR

IN-STORE EVENT: Bookshop Santa Cruz and Research Center for the Americas at UC Santa Cruz welcome poet Javier Zamora for a discussion of his moving, page-turning memoir, Solito—the unforgettable story of …

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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. Join us …

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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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