Category: News
ReSearching for the Common Good: Solbee Kang
The Institute for Social Concerns leverages research to respond to the complex demands of justice and to serve the common good. This series, ReSearching for the Common Good, highlights some of the scholars in our community.
Bridging worlds through art—Kyla Walker joins institute as international poetry justice fellow
As the international justice poetry fellow at the Institute for Social Concerns, Kyla is practicing what she learned from her grandfather as a child—using her art to create understanding and connection across differences of language, culture, and geography.
The power of encounter—RISE Hometown prepares incoming students for learning in service of justice at Notre Dame
As Notre Dame’s 2,118 incoming first-year students were preparing to make the significant transition from the world they have known into the world of higher education, 63 of them prepared by exploring the complex demands of justice through the RISE program at the Institute for Social Concerns. These students were selected from a competitive pool of applicants to the program, which includes both a Hometown and a South Bend option.
The beauty of everyday democracy—Institute convenes scholars, practitioners, Luke Bretherton for democracy conference
In addition to Bretherton’s keynote address, the conference featured two days of panels, listening sessions, and roundtable discussions where academics and practitioners shared from their respective expertise about what everyday democracy looks like on the ground in our local communities.
Catalyzing collaborations with South Bend citizens for the common good—Institute launches South Bend Citizens Collaboratory
Building on the institute’s deep ties to and ongoing work in the South Bend area, the Collaboratory brings together the wisdom and experience of South Bend civic leaders with the disciplinary expertise of Notre Dame faculty in order to cultivate long-term, impactful partnerships in service of justice and the common good.
Expanding the reach of research—Institute welcomes new scholar, cohort of fellows
Postdoctoral research scholar Dustin Webster is one of five new scholars joining this institute this fall, along with four research fellows: Kyla Walker, Michael Stayer, Wonu Fasasi, and Hayden Kirwan. Each of their fellowships expands the scope of the institute’s work in key areas.
ReSearching for the Common Good: Gray Nocjar
The Institute for Social Concerns leverages research to respond to the complex demands of justice and to serve the common good. This series, ReSearching for the Common Good, highlights some of the scholars in our community.
Bringing a just peace to Ukraine—Shanahan co-leads new project with Ukrainian Catholic University
Suzanne Shanahan and Rev. Yuriy Shchurko will head a project titled “Bringing a Just Peace to Ukraine.” Shanahan, Leo and Arlene Hawk Executive Director and professor of the practice at Notre Dame’s Institute for Social Concerns, will be joined by colleagues Daniel Philpott, a professor in the Department of Political Science, and Gerard Powers, director of Catholic Peacebuilding Studies at the Kroc Institute.
Summer of Social Concerns—students engage in justice research around the globe
This summer, nearly 300 Notre Dame undergraduates are engaging with marginalized communities across the United States and around the globe, continuing the Institute for Social Concerns’ longstanding commitment to offer students opportunities to explore questions of justice and the common good.
Printmaking history—the institute partners with community to celebrate South Bend’s Latino heritage
Through a partnership between La Casa de Amistad and the Institute for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame during the spring semester, local Latino high school students not only learned about Latino history—they took part in making it.