Engagement Lab at Emerson College Email Format
Civic and Social OrganizationsMassachusetts, United States0-1 Employees
The Engagement Lab at Emerson College operates as an applied research and design lab based in Boston. It investigates and creates media and technology aimed at reducing disparities in civic participation. Working with partners, the lab co-designs solutions to challenges in democracy and governance, including participation gaps, gender or racial discrimination, lack of basic media literacies, youth exclusion, and gaps in public health practices. It develops tools and processes that enable people to participate creatively in civic life, whether in classrooms or town squares. The work seeks to make civic engagement meaningful for citizens and communities, and the lab operates within the civic and social organizations domain with a very small staff.