Several CSWS faculty affiliates are among the winners of seed funding for the 2021 Incubating Interdisciplinary Initiatives awards, known as I3 awards, from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation.

Four research teams were selected for this year's funding awards. Projects that CSWS affiliates are participating in include “Understanding Collegiate Esports: Economic, Institutional and Cultural Integration" (with Tara Fickle, English, and Amanda Cote, Journalism and Communication) and “Indigenous-led framework for collaboration across knowledge and value systems for the conservation of bio-cultural diversity – the Totem Pole Journey as communication method" (with Barbara Muraca, Philosophy and Environmental Studies; Marsha Weisiger, History and Environmental Studies; and Kari Norgaard, Sociology).

The I3 award program encourages interdisciplinary research at the UO and is open to faculty members from all academic disciplines. Because I3 is a seed grant, the program puts significant weight on projects that are likely to secure future external funding to continue the research that began with internal funds.

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