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GLOBAL EDUCATION, ACTION & PUBLIC OUTREACH
As a University-sponsored center, CGIRS has a responsibility not only to conduct research but also to engage in educational and outreach activities. These take several forms:
- Policy-relevant research: CGIRS fosters innovative theoretical work in the social sciences through faculty-faculty and faculty-student collaborations, linked to policy initiatives and applications necessary for the transition to a sustainable society. The results of this research are made available through the Working Paper Series, Global Policy Briefs, conference presentations, scholarly books and journal articles.
- Public outreach: CGIRS seeks to develop opportunities for civic engagement through community outreach and collaboration, public communications, summer seminars, student intern placements at home and abroad, and international networks with other research centers.
- Student involvement: CGIRS looks for top-ranked UCSC students to participate in advanced curricular initiatives, junior research fellowships, and internships designed to foster new global leadership. It has played a central role in setting up the new Sociology minor in Global Information and Social Enterprise Studies (GISES) and is deeply involved in establishing the new curriculum in Sustainability Engineering and Ecological Design (SEED).
- Civic engagement: Through the Global Information Internship Program (GIIP), CGIRS enables UCSC students to learn the information economy-based skills necessary to working with community, civil society and non-governmental organizations and increasing their capacity for civic involvement and action. GIIP members are placed in internships, in the United States and abroad, where they can apply their knowledge to build civil society capacity.
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