What is a Research Community?
Research Communities at 糖心logo are created by faculty, often with staff and students participation, who share common interests in cross-disciplinary research topics.
Learn more about our current research communities:
- Poverty Research Initiative (PRI)
- Latinx Research Community (LRC)
- Multicultural Perinatal Mental Health Collaborative (MPMHC)
- STEM Research Initiative for Diversity and Equity (STRIDE)
- LGBTQ+ Research Community / Studies Group
- Telehealth Research Community (TRC)
- Democracy Lab / Civic Science Initiative
Upcoming Events
Visit individual research community web pages to view their past events.
MAY 2025
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Wednesday, May 21 @ 10:00 AM, 707 Hub
Democracy Lab / Civic Science Initiative
"Where do we go from here: Civic Science in today's climate - A conversation for researchers and stakeholders" - Contact Jill Birren if interested. |
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Friday, May 23 @ 11:00 AM, Raynor Library 3rd Floor (Tommy G. Thompson room)
LGBTQ+ Research Community
Reconnecting to discuss the remainder of Chitty's (2020). Folks can find an . |
JUNE 2025
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Coming Soon |
Looking to start a research community at Marquette? Applications are now open!
BACKGROUND: The 2021 Academic Planning Research Workgroup (comprised of the University Committee on Research and additional Academic Senate Representatives) recommended the creation of research communities as a 鈥渄ynamic way to identify emergent research strengths and focused areas for potential growth.鈥� The goal was to 鈥渃reate focused opportunities for interdisciplinary conversations and intellectual community within and beyond campus, including the development of faculty and support for participation in these conversations. Importantly, this opportunity-making includes a recognition of the time necessary to incubate collaboration and shared ideas.鈥� The Research Workgroup also noted the opportunity to align many of these cross-disciplinary groups with two of the Jesuit鈥檚 Universal Apostolic Preferences, Care for our Common Home and Walking with the Excluded. Building on the success of a group of pilot research communities, growing this initiative is now a priority of the Care for the World theme of Marquette鈥檚 Strategic Plan. Opportunities to create new research communities or align existing groups with the campus research community collective will now be offered on a rolling basis.
Research communities are provided administrative support through the Office of Research and Innovation, including website development and assistance with program development. Some limited funds are also available for research community activities. Given the range of research, scholarship, and creative activities among Marquette鈥檚 community of scholars, the research community model is intended to be flexible. Research communities are expected to focus on a multidisciplinary topic and be open to participation from colleagues from across campus. We strongly encourage student participation. All research communities are expected to have a leadership team and to participate in the Council of Research Communities which meets each semester to share best practices and help inform programming for the growing network of research communities. You will also be expected to have members participate in other joint activities offered through the Office of Research and Innovation that are offered once or twice a semester, in addition to the activities organized by your individual community. Examples of activities organized by individual research communities include (but are not limited to) writing groups, seminars, and social events that bring together people with common research interests. Some research communities develop collaborative projects or grants, while others come together to support the work of individual scholars.
