CGScholar Knowledge Communities are the online spaces where Research Network members connect with their community, follow updates, access network resources, and participate in ongoing scholarly exchange.
Scholar-led and inclusive by design, each Knowledge Community is a living commons for reciprocity, rigor, and continuity. It brings key Research Network activity into one place: conference updates and media, calls for papers, programs, archives, journal and book content, member posts, and current community activity.
Members may use the Knowledge Community to share ideas, updates, questions, resources, and current work. These contributions sit alongside the Research Network’s programs, publications, events, and field-building activities, helping keep ideas in motion beyond a single conference or publication cycle.
Member posts will undergo light peer review before being added to the Knowledge Community feed. This is a key part of the Knowledge Community model: a social process of creation, review, and sharing that supports relevance, respectful exchange, and collective knowledge building. This review is not the same as formal journal peer review. It is a peer-facilitated community review process designed to keep the space useful, constructive, and aligned with the Research Network.
The Knowledge Community feed is a member space. Only active members can view the feed, add posts, and comment on community activity.
Research Network Membership sustains the Knowledge Community and the wider network infrastructure around it. Membership helps support continued access to programs, archives, journals, books, conference materials, community activities, and member benefits across Common Ground Research Networks.
Membership includes access to the Knowledge Community feed, along with other benefits such as conference registration discounts, CGScholar Points, digital journal access, publishing-related benefits, and selected online programs.
In this model, belonging is defined not only by access, but by contribution and care. Members help sustain the network by participating, sharing, reviewing, responding, and keeping scholarly conversations active over time.
A CGScholar Knowledge Community is an online space connected to a Common Ground Research Network. It supports member participation, community updates, scholarly exchange, and access to network activity in one place.
Only active Research Network members can view the Knowledge Community feed.
Only active members can submit posts to the Knowledge Community feed.
Only active members who are signed in to CGScholar can comment on posts in the Knowledge Community feed.
A Knowledge Community may include conference updates, media, calls for papers, programs, archives, journal and book content, member posts, and other Research Network activity.
Active Research Network members can participate in the relevant Knowledge Community. Access depends on membership status and community settings.
Non-members may be able to view selected public information about the Research Network, but the Knowledge Community feed, member posts, and comments are restricted to active members.
Members may post research updates, questions, calls, resources, reflections, conference follow-up, project news, teaching materials, or other contributions relevant to the Research Network.
Yes. Member posts will undergo light peer review before being added to the Knowledge Community feed.
No. Community review is not formal journal peer review. It is a light, peer-facilitated process that supports relevance, clarity, respectful exchange, and community standards within the Knowledge Community.
Light peer review is key to the Knowledge Community model. It supports a social process of creation, review, and sharing, helping the community remain constructive, relevant, and intellectually responsible.
You may need to sign in to CGScholar or activate your Research Network Membership. The Knowledge Community feed is visible only to active members.
Sign in to CGScholar and select Community from the top navigation bar. From there, you can view the Knowledge Community feed, create a post, manage your posts, and access saved items.
Yes. Knowledge Communities may connect conference participation with ongoing discussion, media, updates, archives, and publication opportunities.
Yes. CGScholar also supports publishing workflows, member benefits, journal and book access, and publishing-related activity across Common Ground Research Networks.
No. The public Research Network website provides general information about the network, conferences, journals, books, and programs. The CGScholar Knowledge Community is the member space for access, contribution, discussion, and continuity.
Membership sustains the Research Network and helps support continued access to programs, archives, journals, books, community spaces, and shared scholarly infrastructure. Membership also provides additional benefits, including conference discounts, CGScholar Points, publishing-related benefits, and digital journal access.
Yes. Research Network Membership is not limited to conference presenters. Members may participate in the Knowledge Community whether or not they are presenting at a conference.