Information Infrastructure to Address Societal Grand Challenges

Inaugural Senior Scholar: Donald J. Waters

We are extraordinarily fortunate that Donald J. Waters has agreed to serve as the inaugural CNI Senior Scholar beginning November 1, 2022. As a CNI Senior Scholar, Don will study and report on the state of scholarly information infrastructure in higher education to address societal grand challenges. His research will help to identify the information infrastructure that research universities need to establish and expand programs in which faculty spanning a diverse range of disciplines partner with policymakers and members of the public to address enormously pressing and complex issues such as climate change, pandemics, and related societal challenges. Read the full announcement.

• • Initial draft report for comment: Meeting the Climate Emergency: University Information Infrastructure for Researching Wicked Problems (November 2024)
    • Read the full draft report announcement here. (November 2024)
    • Waters will convene a breakout session at the Fall 2024 CNI Membership Meeting to discuss the report.
    • There will also be a webinar (date to be announced shortly) in mid-January 2025 for those who could not be at the in-person session.
    • Comments can be sent to Waters directly via email at djw@40overbrook.com until about January 20, 2025.
  • Presentation at Spring 2024 Membership Meeting
  • Presentation at Spring 2023 Membership Meeting
  • Request for input (November 2022)
  • Proposal (September 2022)