Empowering higher education through citizen science and innovative future-oriented learning strategies
▶Summary
Our project supports collaboration between European universities promoting institutional international objectives, including the deepening and enhancing of strategic alliances. Citizens are alread...
▶Objectives
Our project supports collaboration between European universities promoting institutional international objectives, including the deepening and enhancing of strategic alliances. Citizens are already experiencing the consequences of climate change and environmental issues resulting in a sense of hopelessness and disconnect from politicians that can drive change. Our project builds a tool to support citizens' participation to create a vision for alternative futures, providing hope which empowers.
▶Activities
Our activities build the skills and competencies of European researchers to ensure the authentic participation of citizens in research. Activities include the creation of a Futures Citizen Science Network to share knowledge, experience and best practices. We will facilitate activities highlighting the potential of the Futures Workshop method and SDGs as tools supporting the participation of citizens in democratic discussions on environmental issues with the aim of creating alternative futures.
▶Impact
Project results focus on future-orientated citizen science projects that actively engage citizens while highlighting the potential of combing the Futures Workshop method and the SDGs as a learning strategy to support changing behaviours and taking action on environmental and climate change issues. Results include a Futures Citizen Science Network, online training, trained researchers, a digital guidance methodology book, and national and European events to showcase outputs