Accelerating Cultures of Collaboration to Empower Learning (ACCEL)
Conserving, restoring, nurturing, and optimizing the most basic ability to learn and thrive, especially for those children exposed to the worst of economic and social circumstances, requires concerted action by a global science of learning network-of-networks.
This project is funded by design and implementation grants from the National Science Foundation’s Accelerating Research through International Network-to-Network Collaborations (AccelNet) program. Our Accelerating Cultures of Collaboration to Empower Learning (ACCEL) network-of-networks is dedicated to harnessing global science networks to accelerate cultures of learning. Our focus is on learning, development, and culture related to global needs. ACCEL includes cognitive scientists, neuroscientists, psychologists, data scientists, engineers, educational technology designers, global development practitioners, educators, and policymakers. Our cross-functional teams collaborate scientifically for a shared objective, drawing on the expertise of members from diverse countries, cultures, ethnicities, and demographics worldwide to inform our work and amplify the intellectual capital of local community leadership for global impact. We are building a cross-cutting infrastructure to promote learning, cohesion, standards, ethics, sharing, and collaboration.
Our current topical focus is self-regulation, which has far-reaching effects on educational, social, and economic outcomes. We seek to explore the underlying sources of variation in self-regulation and determine how to intervene in ways sensitive to different contexts and cultures through both practice and policy to promote its development on a global scale. Self-regulation is an individual's ability to control their impulses and redirect their behavior towards a specific goal. The path of self-regulation development is not linear or universal and varies significantly across cultures, countries, and demographics. We collaborate with global partners to synthesize knowledge and promote a shared understanding of self-regulation to benefit society.
ACCEL Launch Event
In February 2024, we gathered experts to address chronic stress associated with global crises, including intergroup conflict and climate change. Read more about the event here→
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Funding
The ACCEL project is funded by the National Science Foundation.
Co-funding for this project is provided by the Science of Learning and Augmented Intelligence Program in the Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences.