Professor University of Minnesota St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Community-engaged research centers community voices, interests and priorities in the research process. Projects result from consultation and relationships built with community partners. Research questions emerge from ideas, needs and goals of community partners rather than from gaps in Western scientific knowledge, though they often fill gaps. Here, I highlight several community-engaged ecology projects including community-led forest restoration in eastern Madagascar, community science to improve understanding of a noxious weed at an outdoor sculpture garden in rural Minnesota, and a repair café to begin the process of community healing and after mandated tree removals by the City of Minneapolis.
