With support from the Rita Allen Foundation, First Draft News has published a series of reports that analyze the relationship between misinformation and vaccine hesitancy among communities of color. Last…

To drive our theories of change, which strategies are most useful and when: Deliberative? Emergent? Both? These are questions our Civic Science Fellows explored this month with…

Pioneering civic science initiative announces 21 leaders from diverse demographic, cultural, and professional backgrounds who will join a community working to strengthen the role of science in public life. The…

Stephanie Nguyen, 2020, shares insights from the research initiative she led to help the public understand—and avoid—deceptive design tactics. Dark patterns are design tactics used in websites and apps to…

During Research!America’s 2021 National Health Research Forum, John Siniff, former USA Today opinion editor, led a workshop designed to help early career scientists write, sharpen, pitch, and have…

With 12 funding partners and 23 host partners, the second cohort of the Civic Science Fellows program will explore civic science opportunities that promote social progress. As society faces rapidly…

In a perspective piece in the Fall 2021 issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review, co-authors Elizabeth Good Christopherson, Emily L. Howell, Dietram A. Scheufele, Kasisomayajula…

A recently released digital magazine, The Future of Science in America: The Election Issue, explores the connection between science, politics, policy, and the election through different perspectives, including…

As part of the 2020 Media Impact Forum, Elizabeth Christopherson, President and CEO of the Rita Allen Foundation, interviewed Science Philanthropy Alliance Civic Science Fellow Karen Andrade about lessons…

The inaugural cohort of Civic Science Fellows are diverse leaders—rising stars in science, media, education, social science, civic engagement, and other fields—spending one to two years experimenting with new evidence-based…