Engagement Lab

Reimagining civic engagement in a digital culture.

Other | United States of America | Access to Education |

http://elab.emerson.edu/

Overview

The Engagement Lab is an applied research and design lab dedicated to reimagining civic engagement for a digital culture. Engagement Lab find new ways for communities to bring their voice forward and new ways for institutions to respond. Engagement Lab work with partners to co design solutions to the most pressing problems in democracy and governance including participation gaps gender or racial discrimination lack of basic media literacies youth exclusion and gaps in public health practices. Engagement Lab research and practice are influenced by the fields of media studies communications human centered design and cultural studies. Engagement Lab research ranges from basic research about play and learning to specific program evaluations.