Community-Engaged Research and Action: Ethical Research Leadership for Community Social Change

Description from DukeHub

As the gateway course for the Laidlaw Scholars Research and Leadership Program, this class offers practical and theoretical approaches to ethical community-engaged research leadership. Students will examine their social identities, values, and motivations, linking these to their concepts of ethics, community, and leadership. The course covers leadership skills and frameworks like effective collaboration, team dynamics, and relational leadership. It also explores curiosity, critical thinking, perseverance, and resilience in leadership contexts. Through case studies, literature, and team projects, students will develop skills to analyze power dynamics, navigate value conflicts, and evaluate ethical decisions, preparing them for their summer field research.

Skills

• leadershipdescription: "leadership" and 7 more
• research methodsAI review: "preparing them for their summer field research"

AI-resilient: 3 of 5 3/5

• ✓Yes: Physical, lab or field work · "field research"
• ✓Yes: Live work with people · "community-engaged"
• ✓Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "ethical"
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• No: Small, in-person format

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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