Activist HandbookOn this page
On this page, you will find a list of organisations that do academic research into social change-making.
Basing our strategies and tactics on the work of scholarly research, we can become much more effective. Check out these organisations to learn more about activism from an academic perspective:
International Research Group on Authoritarianism and Counter-Strategies, IRGAC (Twitter): an initiative of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation that brings together scholar-activists to exchange research on the rise of the Right and responses from the Left
Nonviolent Action Lab (Twitter): The Nonviolent Action Lab produces data & analysis on where & how nonviolent action works worldwide by Erica Chenoweth and Jay Ulfelder
Activism Research Hub (Twitter): Gathering, analysing and implementing activism research for rapid and effective environmental change.
Anarchism Research Group (Twitter): The ARG provides an informal space at Loughborough University for the discussion, exploration & analysis of anarchist history, theory & practice.
International Institute of Social History (Twitter): The International Institute of Social History, based in Amsterdam, conducts research and collects data on the global history of labour, social history and social movements since 2009.
Social Enterprise and Institutions for Collective Action (Twitter)
Reframing Activism (Twitter): An interdisciplinary blog that brings together academic research, media practice and current news on mediated activism.
Inactive groups
The following research groups seem to be inactive based on their website and social media activity:
Resistance Studies (Twitter): Their website is offline, but here's an archived version.
Advocacy Lab (Twitter): research and education to those engaged in policy advocacy. An initiative of Darren Halpin, Bert Fraussen and Herschel F. Thomas
