New Support for CES

We are thrilled to report that the Freedom Together Foundation has just approved a two-year $200,000 grant to the Center for Engaged Scholarship. As part of the grant, we have created a Democratic Resilience Fellowship to fund research in support of strengthened...

CES Scholar Protects Mixed Status Families in Colombia

Andrés Besserer, a 2024-2025 CES fellow, reports that he was first author with faculty member, Robert Smith, of an amicus brief filed with the Constitutional Court in Colombia on a case involving the deportation of a Nigerian family that had sought asylum in...

Meet the 2025-2026 Fellows

The Center for Engaged Scholarship is pleased to announce our 2025-2026 awardees. These twelve fellows will each receive $35,000 to support their dissertation writing. There are also five honorable mentions.

CES Mourns the Unexpected Death of Michael Burawoy

The Center for Engaged Scholarship mourns the unexpected death of Michael Burawoy, Berkeley sociologist who mentored many generations of activist scholars.  He was killed on February 3rd by a hit and run driver in Oakland.   Michael had retired from teaching the...

Mellon Foundation Awards Grant to CES

We are thrilled to announce that CES was just awarded a 3-year grant from the Mellon Foundation for $558,000 to continue pursuing our vision of building a new generation of engaged scholars. Such a substantial amount will allow us to increase the number of fellowships...

2023-2024 Fellow Updates

We are tremendously proud of the fellows who recently completed their CES fellowship. All have exciting plans for next year and beyond. Rishi Awatramani will be starting a post-doctoral position at the Equity Research Institute at USC, which is Manuel Pastor’s...

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