Promoting scientific knowledge in society's interest

MISSION

The Newkirk Center focuses on the interaction between science and society, including the role of society in the production of scientific knowledge and technological systems and artifacts and the effects of scientific knowledge on society.  It seeks to explore and think critically about the process by which scientific information is communicated to the public and policy-makers.  It fosters the use of science to enhance the environment, education, health care, public infrastructure, and justice. The Center carries out its mission through support of research, public engagement, and events.

Research Justice Shop

The Research Justice Shop builds authentic research partnerships with diverse and uniquely situated community members, trains university and community-based researchers in participatory, emancipatory methods that lead to the development of relevant research questions and more inclusive knowledge production practices, and enables & understands the inclusion of BIPOC communities that are often structurally impeded from accessing and participating in the production of technoscientific knowledge.

Newkirk Graduate Student Fellowship in Community-based Research

An integral part of the Research Justice Shop, the fellowship offers graduate students a year of training and experience in community-based research with the goal of spanning boundaries between the University and community organizations to collaboratively address urgent social and environmental problems including air and water quality, racial and ethnic inequality and exclusion, and their intersections.

Newkirk Faculty Fellowship

The goals of Newkirk Faculty Fellowship program are to: 1) provide a forum for cross-disciplinary interaction; 2) increase the visibility of UCI scholars and their activities within and outside the university; 3) build community around the strategic mission of the Newkirk Center for Science & Society.

National Registry of Exonerations

The mission of the National Registry of Exonerations is to provide comprehensive information on exonerations of innocent criminal defendants in order to prevent future false convictions by learning from past errors. The Registry collects, analyzes and disseminates information about all known exonerations of innocent criminal defendants in the United States.