Meeting the challenges of international engagement: An approach for scholarly organizations

The ASPA President’s Committee on International Scholarly Engagement (PCISE) was established by Allan Rosenbaum, president of the American Society for Public Administration, in January 2022. Its goal was to provide guidance on how organizations can engage internationally while respecting academic freedom, human rights, and other core values. The PCISE conducted background research, interviewed organization leaders, and held several discussion sessions with a range of stakeholders over 2022. In the following report, completed in January 2023, the PCISE recommends that scholarly organizations articulate the core values that guide their international engagement, take steps to embed those values in decision-making processes, and develop processes for addressing concerns about engagement that are evidence-based, fair, and transparent. In addition, the PCISE identifies seven examples of core values that scholarly organizations might consider as a first step in developing their approach to international engagement.