Civic Participation
[Article] Surveying a Crowd: A Field Experiment Comparing Data Collection Techniques at Protest [...]
In a new peer-reviewed article published in Sociological Methodology, three CECE researchers study the effectiveness of digital techniques to collect survey data in crowds. While protest surveys have traditionally been gathered by interviewing protesters using a paper and clipboard or asking them to self-administer the surveys, these methods are often time-consuming and tedious for both […]
Second Year of DataCorps Fellowship Kicks Off With Site Visit in Seattle
On the first day of our visit, our research team visited two sites where EarthCorps crews have been working on restoration projects. Our first visit was to Magnuson Park, a beautiful park situated on a former naval airfield in Seattle’s Sandpoint neighborhood with an impressive view of Mt. Rainier. The intentional communication style the crew […]
No Kings 3 Turns Out Locals from Across the DMV
The No Kings 3 Day-of-Action mobilized millions of people across the country. Our team collected data through a field survey at a No Kings 3 demonstration in Washington, DC on 3/28/2026. Data were collected as people assembled to rally and march over the Frederick Douglass Bridge in Washington, DC (this event was expected to be […]
CECE Featured in NYT’s ‘No Kings 3’ Protest Coverage
CECE Director Dana R. Fisher was recently featured in two New York Times articles discussing her work related to the “No Kings” Protests. In “A Challenge for ‘No Kings’ Protests, the Third Time Around,” Fisher shares her reflections on the protests and what more can be done. In “5 Takeaways From the ‘No Kings’ Rallies […]
Apocalyptic Optimist: Why Solidarity Is So Hard — and How We Build It Anyway
In this episode of the Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast, Dana talks with Dr. Rashawn Ray about the realities of building solidarity in a deeply divided moment. From his work with communities-of-color and police departments to learning from the Black Lives Matter movement, Dr. Ray breaks down what works, what doesn’t, and how people can show up as […]
CECE Whitepaper No. 4: Understanding Community Response to Disaster: Results from Three AmeriCorps [...]
AmeriCorps members and volunteers engage in community response to disaster across the United States. How do they explain the skills they use, the motivations that urge them to respond, and their experiences with disaster? Across the three programs that we visited, participants reported drawing from their prior life experiences, whether personal or professional,to increase their […]
Apocalyptic Optimist: Learning from the Free America Walkout
In the inaugural episode of the Apocalyptic Optimist Podcast, Dr. Dana R. Fisher talks with Rachel O’Leary Carmona and Tamika Middleton from the Women’s March about what we can learn from the Free America Walkout. You can watch all of the episodes here or access them via our YouTube Channel, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.
[Article] Resistance to Trump 2.0 Is Getting More Confrontational
CECE Director Dana R. Fisher recently wrote about how resistance has shifted during the second Trump administration. The article, published in The Guardian, outlines how Resistance 2.0 has become, and will continue to be, more confrontational. The full article can be found here.
[Article] Inside the Movement Challenging—and Disrupting—ICE
Data gathered by CECE Director Dana R. Fisher and Postdoctoral Fellow Arman Azedi was recently featured in an article in The Economist. The article provides a look inside the network of activists disrupting ICE across the country. The full article can be found here.
[Article] Drawing Systems of Stewardship to Guide Action and Reveal Critical Relationships of Care
CECE Postdoctoral Fellow Natalia C. Piland is lead author of a new paper in Earth Stewardship titled, “Drawing systems of stewardship to guide action and reveal critical relationships of care.” This paper is a presentation of a tool she, with her co-authors, developed while working at the U.S. Forest Service. The tool is meant to lower activation […]
COPOut Episode 1: Platforming Activism
In the inaugural episode of the COPOut Podcast, Dr. Dana R. Fisher talks with climate leaders about how to platform activism and empower civil society in the struggle to address the climate crisis. Tune in to hear from Ingmar Rentzhog from We Don’t Have Time, Jamie Minden from This Is Zero Hour, and Magnolia Mead […]
[Article] What’s radical? Comparing how climate activists and the general public perceive social [...]
A team from CECE has published a paper in Environmental Research Letters that compares perspectives about social movement tactics between climate activists and the general public. Read the abstract below and and Click here to read the article. As the climate crisis worsens, activists have employed a wide range of tactics to draw attention to […]