Outputs (41)

Seeing through the fog – stories of social shocks to empower youth voice and leadership (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The UN Convention of the Rights of the Child (Article 12) clearly states that children have the right to be to be heard and to have their views taken seriously. However, their voices are seldom listened to or considered in policy making and policy de... Read More about Seeing through the fog – stories of social shocks to empower youth voice and leadership.

‘Make sure to stay safe’: Using art and trust to navigate research collaborations through an evolving social crisis (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Effective communication and engagement around a global pandemic require a thorough understanding of perceptions and experiences of affected groups. Children were significantly impacted by mitigation measures during COVID-19, yet their voices were sel... Read More about ‘Make sure to stay safe’: Using art and trust to navigate research collaborations through an evolving social crisis.

Reflecting on deepening participation in recruitment and evaluation in citizen science - lessons from the WeCount project (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper shares learnings from the evaluation of the WeCount urban mobility citizen science project, in which citizens participated in several ways, from technical development to engagement and evaluation. Drawing on asset-based community developme... Read More about Reflecting on deepening participation in recruitment and evaluation in citizen science - lessons from the WeCount project.

Close to home or communal goals? Socioeconomic status is correlated to engineering problem-finding and relevance (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Inspiring a future generation of engineers has never been more important, as we seek urgent solutions to the Climate and Ecological Emergency. Science communication needs to break stereotypes and challenge perceptions about careers in engineering, in... Read More about Close to home or communal goals? Socioeconomic status is correlated to engineering problem-finding and relevance.

Mapping and enhancing sustainability literacy and competencies within an undergraduate engineering curriculum (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

CONTEXT There is growing pressure today to tackle complex sustainability challenges of climate change, resource limitations, extreme poverty, to name a few. As part of this drive, today's engineers are expected to deliver technological solutions that... Read More about Mapping and enhancing sustainability literacy and competencies within an undergraduate engineering curriculum.

Voices in a Pandemic (VIP-CLEAR): Using deep mapping to explore children’s changing perceptions and experiences during COVID-19 ‘recovery’ (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Children are unheard voices within the COVID-19 pandemic. We are unaware how intersections of complex factors in specific social settings have impacted their perceptions and are determining what ‘recovery’ means. ‘Voices in a Pandemic: Children’s Loc... Read More about Voices in a Pandemic (VIP-CLEAR): Using deep mapping to explore children’s changing perceptions and experiences during COVID-19 ‘recovery’.

Educating engineers to contribute to a regional goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2030 (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The environmental and health impacts of climate change and biodiversity loss are now apparent and yet cohesive policymaking to mitigate emissions is moving too slowly. The UK’s target for carbon neutrality has been set for 2050, but this has been sup... Read More about Educating engineers to contribute to a regional goal of net zero carbon emissions by 2030.

Development and evaluation of a successful method to embed sustainable development goals in engineering curriculum (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Bakthavatchaalam, V.P., Fogg-Rogers, L. and Gough, G. 'Development and evaluation of a successful method to embed Sustainable Development Goals in engineering curriculum', Nexus Conference, 24/05/2022: United Nations University - FLORES.

Using mapping to explore experiences of the pandemic with 3-11 year olds (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper will draw on ongoing research funded by AHRC which works with 5 schools / Early Year centres in some of the most socio-economically deprived areas of Bristol. It will reflect on how we have used maps as a way of exploring children's experi... Read More about Using mapping to explore experiences of the pandemic with 3-11 year olds.

Inform involve empower - Experiences of citizen engagement from ClairCity and WeCount (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The session titled “Citizen science - tools to achieve a real impact on policy-making” was held on the 12th of October 2021. The panel was attended by more than 60 people and successfully showcased how different approaches in response to the same ch... Read More about Inform involve empower - Experiences of citizen engagement from ClairCity and WeCount.