Ecological Citizen(s) Network+ announces recipients of its third funding round, in a research project that empowers communities to harness digital tools for sustainable change
The Royal College of Art (RCA), in collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of York, and Wrexham University, has today announced the recipients of the third funding round in the Ecological Citizen(s) Network+ research project.
Ecological Citizens: Tools, Technologies and Means to Enable Sustainable Citizens unites experts in design, arts, science and technology to address the ecological and climate crisis. By leveraging the digital economy, the project aims to drive sustainable change beyond individual actions and to promote Ecological Citizenship for positive climate action through targeted interventions.
The project was awarded £3.4 million in 2023 by UKRI’S Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to establish the Ecological Citizen(s) Network+, over 4 years.
The grant awarded by EPSRC has included three rounds of funding which will support innovative research projects, initiatives and pilots, devising new-found ways to encourage and explore Ecological Citizenship and its potential in moving us towards preferable futures. In this third round, under the theme Co-creating Everyday Ecosystems, the Ecological Citizen(s) Network+ is funding research projects that explore the co-creation of resilient, place-based Everyday Ecosystems to collectively transition to a Sustainable Digital Society, through Ecological Citizenship.
The project explores how academic research can partner with civic communities as project partners through co-creative, truly participatory processes, celebrating diversity, amplifying unheard voices, and understanding local ecosystems. The Network is looking to understand effective methodologies for tangible, action-focused work that connects people with everyday ecosystems, enabling Ecological Citizens to drive positive climate action.
More information about the third funding call can be found on the Ecological Citizen(s) Network+ website.
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