Community Research Publications
Mayfield, Loomis, Maureen Hellwig and Brian Banks. April 1998. "The Chicago Response to Urban Problems: Building University/Community Collaborations." The Great Cities Institute, College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago.
Sclove, Richard E. 1998. "Better Approaches to Science Policy." Science, vol. 279 (27 Feb.), p. 1283.
Murphy, Danny, Madeleine Scammell, and Richard Sclove, Eds. 1997. Doing Community-Based Research: A Reader. Amherst, MA and Knoxville, TN: The Loka Institute and Community Partnership Center, The University of Tennessee.
Raffensperger, Carolyn, ed. The Networker: The Newsletter of the Science and Environmental Health Network. Available by sending an E-mail request to SEHN: 75114.1165@compuserve.com
Snyder, Will, Madeleine Scammell, and Phil Shepard. 1997 "Building a Community Research Network: Report of the 1996 Community Research Network Conference, Amherst, Massachusetts." Amherst, MA: The Loka Institute and UMass Extension.
Williams, Lee, ed. 1996. "An Annotated Bibliography for Participatory and Collaborative Field Research Methods." Knoxville, TN: Community Partnership Center, University of Tennessee. Available from the Community Partnership Center, University of Tennessee- Knoxville, Hoskins Library, Room 108N, 1401 Cumberland Ave., Knoxville, TN 37996-4015, USA; E-mail: Rogero@utk.edu
Sclove, Richard E. 1995a. "Putting Science to Work in Communities." The Chronicle of Higher Education, Vol. 41, no. 29 (31 March): pp. B1-B3.
Online Research Tools
- Action Research Resources, links to action research, action learning and related resources at Southern Cross University and elsewhere.
- The national network of Dutch Science Shops, and similar institutions internationally. (new URL)
- Center for Community Partnerships at the University of Pennsylvania working with West Philadelphia public schools
- Center for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development, Worldwide - Iowa State University. Read about their Indigenous Knowledge Resource Centers
- CLEAR: The Clearinghouse on Environmental Research and Advocacy (CLEAR) is a Washington DC-based non-profit that monitors and reports on the anti-environmental "wise use" movement. CLEAR is a project of the Environmental Working Group, a policy and research organization that uses the Internet to share information with activists. CLEAR provides environmental activists with the facts they need to counter misinformation about environmental policy and science, and about the impacts of environmental law on the economy and private property.
- Danish Technical University, science shop at Danish Technical University, see English version under menu.
- Delft Technical University, science shop at Delft Technical University.(new URL)
- EBIC: The Environmental Background Information Center (EBIC) helps non-profit organizations with corporate research, in most cases without charge to the organization. Staffed by grassroots activists and professional investigators, EBIC was founded to give environmental activists access to background information on corporations involved in environmentally dangerous projects. EBIC's staff also helps link activists in different communities who are monitoring the same corporation. EBIC is located in Pennsylvania and can be reached by phone at 814-867-7341, or by E-mail at ebic@envirolink.org.
- Howard R. Swearer Center for Public Service located at Brown University.
- Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada developing Community Research and Information Crossroads in universities across Canada.
- Institute for Energy & Environmental Research dedicated to increasing public involvement in and control over environmental problems through the democratization of science.
- Institute of Action Research for Community Health collaborating with communities, universities and the World Health Organization for health communities.
- Jacksonville Community Council Inc. a broad-based organization seeking to improve the quality of life in Northeast Florida
- John Snow, Inc. Center for Environmental Health Studies Facilitates participatory environmental health research
- Neighborhood Planning for Community Revitalization providing applied research assistance to community-based organizations in Minnesota.
- PARnet (Participatory Action Research Network) serving students, faculty, and participatory practitioners internationally committed to social research for social change.
- Policy Research Action Group (PRAG) a Chicago-based collaborative research network of academics and community-based organizations.
- PRATT Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development (PICCED)
- Project South: Institute for the Elimination of Poverty & Genocide a community-based membership institute that develops and conducts popular political and economic education and action research for organizing and liberation.
- Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGS) advocating research in the public interest.
- Securities Fraud: The Stanford University Law School has a Web site with extensive information on businesses and corporations involved in securities fraud. The site lists companies named in class-action securities fraud lawsuits, and includes the allegations, the company responses, and contact information for the attorneys on both sides of the dispute.
- Swedish National Institute for Working Life Sweden's R&D centre for occupational health and safety, working life and the labour market.
- Urban Options helping ordinary people in East Lansing, Michigan, find local solutions to the global challenges of the environment and sustainable living.
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