Help support the next cohort of Science & Justice student researchers by giving through the Science & Justice campaign. Your donation goes directly to supporting students and providing opportunities for them to gain valuable professional development experiences working with scholars, researchers, mentors, and community members on meaningful projects.
“Working with the Science & Justice Research Center, I have gained a greater understanding of the social research process and how to apply the theoretical foundation I have built to a rigorous research environment. I have been supported and mentored by prominent scholars in the field of Science & Technology Studies (STS) and welcomed into a community of creative and critical collaborators. The center has provided invaluable professional development opportunities and a welcoming and inclusive research environment.”
- Chessa Adsit-Morris (PhD candidate, HAVC)
This year our graduate students will have a chance to work with us on a critical project not just for Science & Justice, but for efforts to create equitable and ethical STEM research, both nationally and internationally. Increasingly public and private funders recognize the critical importance of incorporating ethical and societal analysis into the design of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) research. Despite this growing demand, there is little guidance on best practices for fostering this integration or for evaluating its effects. Our LEED initiative—a national and international collaboration—aims to clarify, review, and revitalize the roles and value of engaging bioethicists and scholars in the social sciences, humanities, and the arts in STEM research. Our LEED project team and advisory board, comprised of scholars who bridge across these domains, are working to create practices and guidelines for the design, coordination, implementation, and dissemination of STEM research that integrates and centers diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and ethical, legal and social implications (ELSI) in a manner that leads to more equitable and just STEM research.
We hope that LEED will facilitate the creation of a cross-sector, cross-national effort to reformulate the meaning of good science in a manner that creates sustained organizational culture and policy changes that advance equity and justice.
More about LEED can be found on the project page.
Help us realize the LEED Principles and Practices! Central to the success of our students is their ability to work on core Science & Justice projects like LEED during the academic term and the summer. With your help, we can offer fellowships that support this critical dimension of the training of future leaders in the emerging field of Science and Justice.
The center’s reputation has attracted more and more scientists and engineers who seek to integrate justice issues into their own research. With limited resources, the center can accept only a fraction of these requests. We invite you to join a community of LEEDers who, like you, are passionate about a future in which science and technology are designed to create a more ethical, equitable, sustainable, and just world. Donate today!
If you are considering a more significant donation, a legacy gift such as an endowed chair, matching funds, or if you want to discuss your tax-deductible contribution, please email scijust@ucsc.edu. Together, we can determine how to best support Science and Justice research that is meaningful to you.
Thank you for making a more just world possible!
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