Trygve Throntveit and Tania Mitchell have been awarded $35,000 from the American Educational Research Association (AERA) to support a two-day, international workshop for scholars committed to weaving civic purpose throughout the academic enterprise.

“Civics Studies: The University as Civic Catalyst” (November 13-14, 2020) will scrutinize, criticize, and build upon the emerging field of Civic Studies to explore the potential of higher education to support anyone and everyone seeking to promote the exercise of self-determination, self-governance, and civic agency (i.e., the capacity for co-creative, publicly significant work).

Throntveit and Mitchell are working with Harry Boyte of Augsburg University and Shigeo Kodama of the University of Tokyo and have secured commitments from participants in Japan, South Africa, and several US states.