The Guild for Social Fieldwork

The Guild for Social Fieldwork is an initiative of Economics for Peace Institute to network practitioners and share resources.

The Institute makes accessible resources for doing community research including social fieldwork. Social fieldwork is grassroots social science to inform community and regional planning. Through the Guild, the Institute plans to connect practitioners of social fieldwork, participatory action research, participatory learning and action, and other qualitative research methods foundational to the social sciences.

Starting in 2025, Economics for Peace Institute plans to develop a cooperative membership model for the Guild. Our plan is to support a Guild composed of people who have conducted social fieldwork in their place-based communities and who are willing to work for other place-based communities in similar capacities. Our hope is that these individuals will be paid for their time. The Institute plans to offer fundraising kits for local communities that would support paying members of the Guild.