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Sie Center
Responsible Public Engagement
Korbel ranked 12th best place in the world to earn a master’s degree in international relations.
Korbel ranked 20th in the world for the best undergraduate degree in international studies.
Academic research often aims to improve social outcomes, but engagement with policymakers can present ethical dilemmas. This is especially true during crises or moments of rapid change. Our ongoing work on Responsible Public Engagement, supported by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, aims to generate self-reflection and conversation related to the ethical questions around policy engagement. The project includes research, outreach, and teaching components. You can find more information on these elements on our Ethical Engagement Website.
Our research investigates general attitudes and practices of academics toward policy engagement in three ways. First, in partnership with the Global Research Institute, we are collecting and analyzing survey data of academics in the international relations field. Second, we are collecting carefully crafted reflections that detail how scholars in particular engagement positions have managed the ethical dilemmas they face. Third, faculty members on our team are continuing their individual research on uncertainty, ethics, and policy engagement.
In our outreach activities, we connect with peace and security scholars as well as scholars focused more broadly on comparative and global public policy issues across the world. We have established an Ethical Engagement Panel, a tool for asking Anonymous Advice on Ethical Engagement, and are fostering interactions with an expanded and broader pool of policy-engaged scholars who think critically about what it means to bring their expertise to bear on pressing policy issues.
Our teaching brings students and early career faculty—the new generation of researchers, practitioners, and leaders—into the conversation. We offer material from our Responsible Public Engagement Institute in partnership with other engaged scholar networks, and are developing new practicum courses in partnership with policy organizations.
The Carnegie Corporation of New York has been a leader in efforts to encourage interactions between academic researchers and policymakers. In 2014, it launched a “Rigor and Relevance Initiative” to expand its work in this area. The Sie Center was grateful to be one of the initial grantees in this initiative. The Carnegie Corporation’s insight and support has been critical to Sie Center efforts on Responsible Public Engagement.
We've been truly impressed by the scholarly collaboration at the Sié Center—how the team has thought intentionally about building the center, engaging with a broad range of policy professionals at each step, and maintaining an intense rigor in their research.
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