Community-Engaged Research for Economic Justice: Reflections on Concepts and Practices

Eva Bertram () and Heather E. Bullock
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Eva Bertram: Department of Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
Heather E. Bullock: Department of Psychology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 96064, USA

Social Sciences, 2023, vol. 12, issue 9, 1-13

Abstract: The growing practice of community-engaged research (CER) creates new opportunities for practitioners, both to affirm the importance of critical approaches to CER and to strengthen our work by reflecting on the concepts and practices of our research. We offer reflections on the meanings of “community,” “engagement,” and “research” in the context of on-the-ground community–university collaborations conducted by the Blum Center on Poverty, Social Enterprise, and Participatory Governance, a campus-based research center at the University of California, Santa Cruz. This account is provided in the spirit of sharing observations, insights, and lessons learned about CER, generated through its practice in a range of community-based research projects.

Keywords: community-engaged research; economic justice; inequality; food insecurity; housing insecurity; basic needs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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