The Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement (CSCCE) is a research and training center to support and study the emerging field of scientific community engagement.
The goal and focus areas of the Center
The goal of CSCCE is to professionalize and institutionalize the role of the community engagement manager (CEM) within science. All of our activities are in service of this.
Underpinned by an ethos of collaborative, evidence-based activities and the development of network-centric leaders, CSCCE has three focus areas:
Fellowships
The Community Engagement Fellows Program (CEFP) and its alumni network, which provides a one-year, cohort- based professional development opportunity to existing scientific community engagement managers.
Training and Resources
The development and delivery of scalable, modular training materials, white papers and other professional development resources for individuals and organizations working to build or fund scientific teams and communities.
Research
Research to better characterize and support the emerging role of the scientific community engagement manager – including through collaborations with visiting scholars.
These three areas are tightly interlinked – with the research informing training materials and organizational feedback signposting future areas for research and/or curriculum development.
Join the conversations
We are working to nurture a vibrant community of scientific community professionals and those interested in scientific community engagement. Join the conversations in the following places:
Recent blog Posts
- October’s community call recap: Culture change in scholarly communications
- It’s our first birthday! The CSCCE community of practice in numbers
- October’s Community Call: How communities can instigate culture change in scholarly communications
- CSCCE Community Tools Trials Recap: Wonder
- CSCCE Community Tools Trials Recap: Remo
- September’s Community Call Recap – Community Profiles: What they are, how we made them, and who they serve
- CSCCE Community Tools Trial Recap: Etherpad+Video
SLACK GROUP
We host CSCCE’s online community of practice in Slack, bringing together scientific community engagement professionals from a range of scientific communities – including the CEFP2017 and CEFP2019 Fellows. You can request to join here.
Latest resources
- CSCCE Community Profiles
- CSCCE Community Participation Model
- Using virtual events to facilitate community building: event formats
Monthly webinars
We host monthly community calls to introduce some of the foundational ideas and activities of the Center and to connect community managers from different scientific contexts.
Upcoming community calls:
- Wednesday 18 November, 2pm US EDT. Topic TBD.
- Wednesday 16 December, 2pm US EDT. Annual potluck party.
Virtual TOols trials
Tools Trials will return soon. Recaps of previous trials: