External Engagement
In line with the University's civic mission, Newcastle Institute for Social Renewal seeks to maximise the impact of the University's work through its research, teaching and engagement activity in order to deliver tangible benefits to society.
At Newcastle Institute for Social Renewal we work with a variety of organisations, community and voluntary groups and policy makers.
Our engagement with people and institutions beyond academia allows us to be better informed about societal needs, which in turn can help us to play a role in civic society.
Our engagement work is focused in three key ways:
- Acting as thought leaders in social renewal
- At the moment many people are struggling to make sense of the rapid change that is happening to their families, their communities and the societies in which they live. Newcastle Institute for Social Renewal can help to shed light on key issues and respond to questions and concerns raised by society.
- Co-production of research and knowledge to improve the practices and effectiveness of social renewal initiatives
- Our intention is to explore new ways in which a research intensive university – its staff and students – can connect with civil society in order to engender such co-production. This may take the form of students volunteering in the community and students researching relevant societal topics within their taught studies; to our academics working in collaboration with others to address key questions.
- Production and dissemination of high quality research that informs policy making at all levels, governmental and non-governmental
- Such research, we believe, is best conducted in many cases on a multi-disciplinary basis, which the academics involved in our Institute help to make possible. Newcastle Institute for Social Renewal shares its research in order that many of us in society are able to make use of the University’s specific knowledge and expertise to enrich decision making.
Find out more about who we work with.