Toward Transformative Engagement: Reflections & Provocations for Research Futures

This research reflection and provocation emerged from a series of dialogues convened and facilitated by CESI between 2021 and 2025. It reflects an evolving set of questions, commitments, perspectives, and practices that emerged from contributors’ conversations about the constraints, strengths, and possibilities they have witnessed in the field of community engaged scholarship. Overall, project contributors shared a need and desire to be in deeper learning and practice with others in the field who are committed to supporting movements for social justice through their work and scholarship.  

This document is intended as a resource for conversation, practice, and relationship building to support community engaged scholars, practitioners, institutes, and community organizations in advancing toward transformative engagement through learning and leading together within, between, and across communities and universities. To reflect the diverse voices and perspectives of contributors, this document includes shared provocations, direct quotes from contributors, and pop-out field notes that provide more information on the collaborative process/inquiry. 

Read Toward Transformative Engagement: Reflections and Provocations for Research Futures.

Read the accessible, plain text version of the Toward Transformative Engagement Report.

Learn more about the process in this article written for the CESI website.