Radius (and the Technology and Culture Forum) has a long tradition of partnering with a wide array of departments and programs here at MIT.  These partnerships have enriched our programming and widen our reach to members of the MIT community and beyond.

One of our most robust partnerships is with the Priscilla King Gray Public Service Center. From encouraging MIT community members to volunteer locally to assisting in creating programs that help students think about ethical frameworks in their lives, our relationship with the PKGCenter is rich  one.

Beginning this week on Thursday, November 3, the Center is sponsoring a series of five programs: Tools for Ethical Community-Based Engagement: An Innovation for Impact Workshop Series. These programs are designed to help students who are engaged in international development think about how their work impacts communities on multiple levels. The workshops include: Ethics of Social Innovation and Community Engagement; Context and Stakeholder Mapping; Fieldwork: User Research Framework; and Fieldwork Challenges: Case Studies and Scenarios. Brendan de Kenessey, a doctoral student in Philosophy and a good friend and colleague of Radius, will be co-leading the program this Thursday with Keely Swan, IDEAS Global Challenge Program Administrator.

As students head out into the world, programs such as this give them a foundation and a framework on which to make thoughtful and ethical decisions about their research, projects and interactions with global communities. We’re honored to be a part of laying that foundation. 

For more information, please click here. The workshops will be held in N51-310 and lunch/dinner will be provided. RSVP is required.