{"id":15830,"date":"2024-09-04T13:57:45","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T17:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/?page_id=15830"},"modified":"2024-09-04T15:40:03","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T19:40:03","slug":"public-facing-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/about\/priorities\/public-facing-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Public-facing scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Extending the influence of our research beyond the university, translating it into terms meaningful for society, and working with partners outside Johns Hopkins to produce new knowledge, ensures the continued relevance of our scholarship, even as it helps to build trust with the citizens of the Baltimore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our strategies<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Pursue public scholarship in the social sciences.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The school will continue to promote and support the work of the SNF Agora Institute to strengthen studies of democracy in a broader program of research and teaching and to promote engaged scholarship. These efforts include the newly created Center on Economy and Society, which will, among other things, promote ideological diversity through its new major in moral and political economy. These efforts will reside in the new SNF Agora building but will also find a regular presence in Johns Hopkins\u2019 new Washington, D.C. facility located at 555 Pennsylvania Ave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Encourage community engagement in the city of Baltimore.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Krieger School will leverage existing relationships to expand its engagement with the city of Baltimore. The school will continue to support work such as the Ecological Design Collective, the Hard Histories Project, and Inheritance Baltimore while also using the path-breaking methodologies of the Baltimore Social-Environmental Collaborative and 21st<\/sup> Century Cities Initiative to research cities in general. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We intend to strengthen collaborations with the Center for Social Concern which may also enhance our work in the K-12 system where programs such as Writers in Baltimore Schools and BioEYES have proven successful. Opportunities for partnerships also exist with the Baltimore Museum of Art and several other arts institutions, fostering new research and educational opportunities for our entire community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Support public scholarship in the humanities and the arts.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Krieger School will explore new opportunities to promote the humanities and the arts.  We will advance the potential of the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute as a portal for faculty to present their scholarship to wider audiences. The public-facing work of the institute\u2014particularly in the Humanities in the Village (Baltimore) and Humanities on the Mall (Washington, D.C.) series\u2014offers faculty in the humanities departments opportunities to give talks, seminars, or conferences that address a variety of communities beyond Johns Hopkins. In addition, we will pursue ways for our students to become engaged in creative scholarship in the arts, including the establishment of an Arts Council, whose purpose will be to think through collaborative ways to realize this goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advance public scholarship in the natural sciences.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In addition to increasing partnership with Johns Hopkins Technology Ventures, we will engage our community across the sciences, arts and humanities, and public policy. For example, the recent launch of the James Webb Space Telescope has created an unprecedented opportunity to leverage our relationships with the Space Telescope Science Institute, the Applied Physics Lab, and the Whiting School of Engineering to engage the community in questions about the origin of the universe and life within it. The Krieger School has researchers working in critical areas such as climate change and artificial intelligence, devising new ways to share their findings with multiple audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Educate Krieger School faculty and students in methods of public scholarship.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The Krieger School will continue to provide access to resources such as The OpEd Project (where faculty members receive guidance on writing opinion pieces) to increase the likelihood that our voices will be heard. We are also seeking to develop a cluster of courses aimed at teaching faculty members and graduate students creative ways to bring their scholarship to the public beyond the walls of the university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our accomplishments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Public scholarship in the social sciences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

During the past academic year, the SNF Agora Institute introduced two new programs of study through its Center for Economy and Society. In fall 2023, they launched a new minor in Civic Life<\/a>, to prepare students from all areas of study to be engaged global citizens. In spring 2024, they launched a new major in Moral and Political Economy<\/a>, that trains students to think about economic problems in social, cultural, moral, and political contexts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community engagement in Baltimore<\/h3>\n\n\n\n