There is a new book called, "What Counts: Harnessing Data for America’s Communities," from the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Urban Institute, which outlines opportunities and challenges for the strategic use of data to reduce poverty, improve health, expand access to quality education, and build stronger communities.

We are pleased to share the results of the global survey on institutional structures to support Community University Research Partnerships, an initiative of the UNESCO Chair in Community-based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education.  The survey was conducted between January - March 2014, and administered globally through our national and global network partners.

As part of the on-going ‘mainstreaming community-based research’ project of our UNESCO Chair we are developing a series of case studies on community-university research partnerships looking at policies and supportive structures making it possible for university based academics and civil society academics to work together in the co-creation of knowledge for a better future.

A Canadian Government Environmental study of the effects of tailing ponds, a by-product of Canadian Tar Sands oil production shows that an un-Godly mixture of toxic and carcinogenic chemicals are leaching into the ground water and finding their way to the Athabasca river, a major waterway in northern Alberta.

Engage 2020 has been created to provide practical advice to the European Scientific Research Agenda (Horizon 2020). They note the following: