Welcome to the Civic Science Media Lab
We are an investigative newsroom that examines the civic nature of science around the world. The primary goal is to make civic science more accessible, informative, and actionable for diverse stakeholders in the field who are building solutions to benefit society. The CSM Lab conducts investigative civic science journalism to interrogate and unravel ongoing progress and shed light on important developments across the field. Our journalistic endeavor allows us to pose probing questions to elicit actionable for researchers, practitioners, and local community leaders.
The CSM Lab is currently affiliated with the Sai Resident Collective and the College of Arts, Media, and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University. The lab is led by civic science entrepreneur Dr. Fanuel Muindi (fmuindi@saicollective.org).
The CSM Terminal is an advanced aggregation and thematic analysis hub that integrates the various civic science journalism sources (see below) developed by the Civic Science Media Lab to provide fast access to new insights that help diverse stakeholders turn information into knowledge and action.
The terminal helps users stay current with new developments, make faster connections between ideas, analyze insights from multiple angles, learn new skills, and so much more.
As the flagship project of the CSM-Lab, the main goal of the CivicSciTV Network is to provide diverse stakeholders with timely and usable civic science insights by:
- Bringing to the forefront the newest thinking and actionable ideas from civic science scholars and practitioners;
- Covering the latest news & telling engaging stories from civic science users, leaders, and organizations in the field;
- Enhancing the visibility of innovative initiatives connecting people to science;
partnersorganizations that have supported our work through sponsorships, grants, special features, and/or other in-kind mechanisms
our engineeringa collection of some of the initiatives built by the M-Lab
some of the publications and visualizations
Distribution of the National Science Foundation’s Advancing Informal STEM LearningAwards (AISL). Read the paper.
A working visual of a predicted shape of the rapidly growing science engagement ecosystem.
Evolving Structure and Diversity of Human Narratives in the Journal of Stories in Science. Read the paper.
Building a new dashboard to map the network of public engagement with science training initiatives in the US. Read the report and explore the interactive dashboard.
Emerging network of resources for exploring paths beyond academia. Read the paper
Optimizing the utility of the individual development plan for trainees in the biosciences Read the paper.
Dashboard mapping the global landscape of funding for public engagement with science (under construction)
Visualizing ASTC’s Publicly Accessible Data on Science Engagement Interests, Motivations, and Barriers among Adults in the U.S. (Learn more about the dataset)
Current Lab Members
Recent Alums
Victoria Gonzalez, Special Correspondent (Jan 2022 – Jan 2024)
Project: Anchored the Changemakers Show on the CivicSciTV Network and supported the Questions of the Day Show.
Heidi Houzenga, Research Associate (Oct 2021 – May 2022)
AbuBakr Sangare, Summer Intern (2022) from Williams College
Khushbu Kshirsagar, Research Associate & Fellow (Apr 2021 – Sept 2021)
Project: Developed a marketplace called MakerXchange for creators in informal S.T.E.M. Education to exchange ideas and collaborate. Watch the project pitch at the SAi Fellow (Cohort 6) Pitch Day
Abigail Lambert, Summer Intern (2021) from Dartmouth College
Reilly Mach, Summer Intern (2020) from Concordia College
More Alumni
Alexa Del Pilar Pérez Torres (Fellow)
Brittania Moodie (Fellow)
Syafiq Aiman Mat Noor (Fellow)
Khushbu Kshirsagar (Fellow)
Israel Robinson (Fellow)
Niba Nirmal (Fellow)
Cautney Nelson (Fellow)
Accadius Lunayo (Fellow)
Kristine S. Cay (Fellow)
Lisa Cox (Fellow)
Nida Rehmani (Fellow)
Sarah White (Fellow)
Urmimala Basu (Fellow)
Zhuoying Lin (Fellow)
Sqiniseko Majola (Fellow)
