As community design moves into the mainstream, I’ve been spending a lot of time considering how design’s pretentiousness tends to keep people ,who could use design to more effectively navigate and ...

When I look at the gorgeous libraries in the annual Library Design Showcase, I always wonder what happened behind the scenes that led to a particular design. I’m especially curious how designers ...

Register with another institution? You probably will answer "No." Learner's Menu: Under My Courses, beside Community Based Participatory Research, Basic Course, click "Enter" to view and complete all ...

Movements for social justice have long recognized the motto “Those closest to the problem are closest to the solution.” People with relevant lived experience, who reside in a shared geographic area ...

The UB Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) provides seed grants that support the planning of community-based participatory research partnerships and engagement of communities on ...

Rory A. Cooper is the founding director of the Human Engineering Research Laboratories, a joint center of the University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). He is a VA ...

Extreme heat is a complex public health problem driven by interactions at the individual, community, health system, and policy levels. Participatory systems science engages interested parties to ...

Institute-wide mapping of Pratt’s community partners, produced in partnership with SAVI. This research project sought to document the current state of civic engagement across the institute, to ...

Students from a variety of disciplines combine coursework, practical experiences, independent research projects and guided reflection to develop essential skills for addressing complex local, national ...