Ben聽Kirshner聽is co-principal investigator for The Research Hub and professor in the School of Education in Learning Sciences and Human Development. Ben is excited to be part of the work of The Research Hub because it enables him to collaborate with youth organizing groups and network to support their sustainability and impact. This is part of a broader agenda to聽develop and sustain university-community research partnerships that address persistent public challenges and promote education justice.听Ben's experiences working with young people at a community center in San Francisco鈥檚 Mission District motivated him to want to study educational equity and the design of learning environments, which he pursued at Stanford鈥檚 Graduate School of Education.听His current聽research examines youth organizing, participatory action research, and new forms of digital media as contexts for learning and social justice change. His 2015 book,聽Youth Activism in an Era of Education Inequality,聽received the social policy award for best authored book from the Society of Research on Adolescence.听