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Knology - Practical social science for a better world
Knology is a collective of scientists, writers, and educators dedicated to studying and untangling complex social issues. Equity, transparency, and deliberation are the foundation of our work process....
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Hi, we're Knology, a non-profit #socialscience #research org that works w/ #media creators, #libraries, #museums, #community groups, and others to create tools + resources professionals can use to deepen their impacts, advance public conversation, and open new pathways to action.
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In 2024, the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum launched a new exhibit designed to help children navigate feelings related to bereavement and other types of loss. It's called "Weathering Emotions." Click below to learn about their experiences hosting it! childrensmuseums.org/grief/casest...
Healing With Play Resources Case Studies - Association of Children's Museums
As part of their contributing work to the Healing with Play initiatives, our project team museums participated in a series of case studies, authored by Knology, dedicated to exploring the different wa...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:24 PM
In 2024, the Grand Rapids Children’s Museum launched a new exhibit designed to help children navigate feelings related to bereavement and other types of loss. It's called "Weathering Emotions." Click below to learn about their experiences hosting it! childrensmuseums.org/grief/casest...
Organizations are increasingly recognizing the value of literature reviews for improving programs, services, and decision-making processes. Conducting these reviews offers an opportunity to take advantage of best practices, establish strategies for measuring impact, and find new pathways to change.
November 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Organizations are increasingly recognizing the value of literature reviews for improving programs, services, and decision-making processes. Conducting these reviews offers an opportunity to take advantage of best practices, establish strategies for measuring impact, and find new pathways to change.
1 in 11 US children will lose either a parent or a sibling by the time they turn 18. Through an initiative called “Healing with Play,” the Association of Children’s Museums and the New York Life Foundation are helping make bereavement care a community responsibility. childrensmuseums.org/grief/
October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
1 in 11 US children will lose either a parent or a sibling by the time they turn 18. Through an initiative called “Healing with Play,” the Association of Children’s Museums and the New York Life Foundation are helping make bereavement care a community responsibility. childrensmuseums.org/grief/
Trust is a critical component of organizational success, but unfortunately, it’s in short supply these days.
October 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Trust is a critical component of organizational success, but unfortunately, it’s in short supply these days.
By running programs that are both for and led by the community, the Jarrell Community Library & Resource Center is ensuring that its accessibility efforts directly respond to local needs.
October 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
By running programs that are both for and led by the community, the Jarrell Community Library & Resource Center is ensuring that its accessibility efforts directly respond to local needs.
ATTN: libraries! Looking for ideas on how to make your spaces, programs, and services more accessible to patrons with disabilities?
October 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
ATTN: libraries! Looking for ideas on how to make your spaces, programs, and services more accessible to patrons with disabilities?
Our latest newsletter is live! Check it out for some insights into what makes the literature review such a powerful vehicle for improving practices and deepening impacts.
October 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Our latest newsletter is live! Check it out for some insights into what makes the literature review such a powerful vehicle for improving practices and deepening impacts.
Are you a mid-to-senior level research and evaluation professional with expertise in informal STEM education or lifelong learning? Do you have a track record of success developing proposals and receiving research and/or evaluation funding from non-federal granting agencies?
September 30, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Are you a mid-to-senior level research and evaluation professional with expertise in informal STEM education or lifelong learning? Do you have a track record of success developing proposals and receiving research and/or evaluation funding from non-federal granting agencies?
Evaluations are often designed to serve funder needs and priorities. But to be effective for organizations, evaluations should yield data that helps them improve a given program, curriculum, or intervention.
September 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Evaluations are often designed to serve funder needs and priorities. But to be effective for organizations, evaluations should yield data that helps them improve a given program, curriculum, or intervention.
Are you a recent or current undergraduate / graduate student who has coding and graphic design skills? Do you have experience creating figures, graphics, and other kinds of data visuals for social science analysis?
September 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Are you a recent or current undergraduate / graduate student who has coding and graphic design skills? Do you have experience creating figures, graphics, and other kinds of data visuals for social science analysis?
Last week, Knology's founding president and CEO Dr. John Fraser was honored with the Devra Kleiman Scientific Advancement Award -- one of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' highest recognitions! Congrats Johnny! We couldn't be prouder!
September 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Last week, Knology's founding president and CEO Dr. John Fraser was honored with the Devra Kleiman Scientific Advancement Award -- one of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' highest recognitions! Congrats Johnny! We couldn't be prouder!
Research and evaluation are generally said to be very different things. But they often inform each other. Bringing research and evaluation into dialogue with each other can support the creation of new social science frameworks — along with better ways to meet the needs of multiple communities.
September 15, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Research and evaluation are generally said to be very different things. But they often inform each other. Bringing research and evaluation into dialogue with each other can support the creation of new social science frameworks — along with better ways to meet the needs of multiple communities.
Organizational success requires innovation, but doing this isn’t always easy. Through research, evaluation, and capacity-building support, we strive to help organizations innovate in the face of unexpected changes and challenges.
September 2, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Organizational success requires innovation, but doing this isn’t always easy. Through research, evaluation, and capacity-building support, we strive to help organizations innovate in the face of unexpected changes and challenges.
Building organizational trust requires leaders and staff to see each other as both thinking and feeling creatures. This can be a difficult thing to do, because when we judge someone to be highly competent, we tend to assume that they lack warmth (a phenomenon scholars call “moral typecasting”).
August 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Building organizational trust requires leaders and staff to see each other as both thinking and feeling creatures. This can be a difficult thing to do, because when we judge someone to be highly competent, we tend to assume that they lack warmth (a phenomenon scholars call “moral typecasting”).
Organizational self-reflection can be a powerful practice. It helps organizations reinvigorate their missions, build cohesion around a shared vision, and discover creative ways to promote long-term sustainability in the face of current and future uncertainties.
August 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Organizational self-reflection can be a powerful practice. It helps organizations reinvigorate their missions, build cohesion around a shared vision, and discover creative ways to promote long-term sustainability in the face of current and future uncertainties.
The recording of our recent webinar “Building Cultures of Trust in 21st Century Organizations” is now available! The ideas shared during our conversation yielded a number of practical solutions to the various trust-related challenges organizations are facing today.
knology.org/article/buil...
knology.org/article/buil...
Building Cultures of Trust in 21st Century Organizations
Organizations today are facing a two-front crisis of trust. Externally, they’ve been losing trust with the publics they serve. A recent Gallup poll found that public perceptions of trust in US organiz...
knology.org
July 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The recording of our recent webinar “Building Cultures of Trust in 21st Century Organizations” is now available! The ideas shared during our conversation yielded a number of practical solutions to the various trust-related challenges organizations are facing today.
knology.org/article/buil...
knology.org/article/buil...
Congrats to John Fraser and colleagues for their newly published paper!
It’s called "Under-Resourced Learning Programs Imperil
Active Stewardship of Alaska’s Marine Systems for Food Security" and is published in the journal Sustainability.
It’s called "Under-Resourced Learning Programs Imperil
Active Stewardship of Alaska’s Marine Systems for Food Security" and is published in the journal Sustainability.
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July 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Congrats to John Fraser and colleagues for their newly published paper!
It’s called "Under-Resourced Learning Programs Imperil
Active Stewardship of Alaska’s Marine Systems for Food Security" and is published in the journal Sustainability.
It’s called "Under-Resourced Learning Programs Imperil
Active Stewardship of Alaska’s Marine Systems for Food Security" and is published in the journal Sustainability.
Having a theory of change is vital to achieving program goals. As roadmaps to success, theories of change help chart a course from aims and actions to outcomes, giving organizations an evidence-based understanding of how specific program activities lead to desired changes.
July 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Having a theory of change is vital to achieving program goals. As roadmaps to success, theories of change help chart a course from aims and actions to outcomes, giving organizations an evidence-based understanding of how specific program activities lead to desired changes.
Our June newsletter is now live! Check it out for an insightful discussion of how to do proactive accessibility work – with examples from small and rural libraries who have received funding through @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's Libraries Transforming Communities project.
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Social Science You Can Use: Proactive Accessibility
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June 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Our June newsletter is now live! Check it out for an insightful discussion of how to do proactive accessibility work – with examples from small and rural libraries who have received funding through @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social's Libraries Transforming Communities project.
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There's still time to register for this Wednesday's free webinar on "Building Cultures of Trust in 21st Century Organizations." Sign up at the link below to join us for a conversation on ways to build, maintain, and restore trust in a variety of organizational settings.
mailchi.mp/knology/june...
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June 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
There's still time to register for this Wednesday's free webinar on "Building Cultures of Trust in 21st Century Organizations." Sign up at the link below to join us for a conversation on ways to build, maintain, and restore trust in a variety of organizational settings.
mailchi.mp/knology/june...
mailchi.mp/knology/june...
The process of becoming a more accessible institution begins with community conversations. By engaging students with disabilities and other disability experts, rural academic libraries are discovering new ways to make their spaces, programs, and collections more accessible.
June 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The process of becoming a more accessible institution begins with community conversations. By engaging students with disabilities and other disability experts, rural academic libraries are discovering new ways to make their spaces, programs, and collections more accessible.
Only 1 week until our webinar on “Building Cultures of Trust in 21st Century Organizations”!
June 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Only 1 week until our webinar on “Building Cultures of Trust in 21st Century Organizations”!
What issues does your organization struggle with in terms of trust?
June 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
What issues does your organization struggle with in terms of trust?
Conferences are a great way to democratize access to knowledge, to refine research methods, and to put research-practice principles into action.
June 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Conferences are a great way to democratize access to knowledge, to refine research methods, and to put research-practice principles into action.
Join us on Wednesday, June 25 from 12-1pm EDT for a webinar called “Building Cultures of Trust in 21st Century Organizations”!
June 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Join us on Wednesday, June 25 from 12-1pm EDT for a webinar called “Building Cultures of Trust in 21st Century Organizations”!