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Reflections on co-productive research in a youth-focused climate education project (2024)
Journal Article
Portus, R., Williams, S., Mansikka-aho, A., Reilly, K., Aarnio-Linnanvuori, E., de Vito, L., …McEwen, L. (in press). Reflections on co-productive research in a youth-focused climate education project. Geographical Research, https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-5871.12642

The 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child emphasises the value of listening to young people’s voices. Since its inception, there have been significant moves to involve young people in research that concerns their lives in a time of environmen... Read More about Reflections on co-productive research in a youth-focused climate education project.

‘Gentle disruptions’: A critical reflection on participatory arts in expanding the language system for meaningful community engagement around local climate adaptation (2024)
Journal Article
Liguori, A., McEwen, L., Rossignol, K. L., Kraus, S., & Wilson, M. (2024). ‘Gentle disruptions’: A critical reflection on participatory arts in expanding the language system for meaningful community engagement around local climate adaptation. Journal of Extreme Events, 9(02n03), Article 2450001. https://doi.org/10.1142/S2345737624500015

This paper proposes a critical reflection on the use of language to address the challenge of promoting and supporting civic agencies in adaptation to increasing extreme weather risk. Such reflection needs to focus on the opportunities and limitations... Read More about ‘Gentle disruptions’: A critical reflection on participatory arts in expanding the language system for meaningful community engagement around local climate adaptation.

Exploring environmental value action gap and education research: A semi-systematic literature review (2024)
Journal Article
Portus, R., Aarnio-Linnanvuori, E., Dillon, B., Fahy, F., Gopinath, D., Mansikka-Aho, A., …McEwen, L. (in press). Exploring environmental value action gap and education research: A semi-systematic literature review. Environmental Education Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2024.2314060

Despite rising levels of interest in global environmental challenges, progress towards the widespread adoption of pro-environmental behaviours remains slow and inconsistent. Previous literature identifies the importance of education for working to ad... Read More about Exploring environmental value action gap and education research: A semi-systematic literature review.

Voices in a Pandemic: Using deep mapping to explore children’s changing sense of place during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK (2024)
Journal Article
Webber, A., Jones, V., McEwen, L., Deave, T., Gorell Barnes, L., Williams, S., …Gopinath, D. (in press). Voices in a Pandemic: Using deep mapping to explore children’s changing sense of place during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK. Children's Geographies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2024.2315153

Children’s sense of place is important for wellbeing, development and belonging in a community or place. The VIP-CLEAR (Voices in a Pandemic – Children’s Lockdown Experiences Applied to Recovery) project used creative methods and repeat engagement t... Read More about Voices in a Pandemic: Using deep mapping to explore children’s changing sense of place during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK.

Learning from young people’s experiences of climate change education (2024)
Journal Article
Reilly, K., Dillon, B., Fahy, F., Phelan, D., Aarnio-Linnanvuori, E., De Vito, L., …McEwen, L. (2024). Learning from young people’s experiences of climate change education. Geography, 109(1), 44-48. https://doi.org/10.1080/00167487.2024.2297616

This article centres on young people’s experiences of climate change education (CCE). There is much written on CCE (e.g. what it is, what it should be, how it should be taught, where it should be taught), but there is little exploring young people’s... Read More about Learning from young people’s experiences of climate change education.

The challenge of engaging communities on hidden risks: Co-developing a framework for Adaptive Participatory Storytelling Approaches (APSA) (2023)
Journal Article
Roberts, L., Liguori, A., McEwen, L., & Wilson, M. (2023). The challenge of engaging communities on hidden risks: Co-developing a framework for Adaptive Participatory Storytelling Approaches (APSA). Journal of Extreme Events, 9(02n03), Article 2341002. https://doi.org/10.1142/s2345737623410026

The transdisciplinary Drought Risk and You (DRY) project aimed to interweave storytelling and science as a way of increasing the different voices and types of knowledge (specialist, local) within drought risk decision-making in the UK. This paper cri... Read More about The challenge of engaging communities on hidden risks: Co-developing a framework for Adaptive Participatory Storytelling Approaches (APSA).

The future of volunteering in extreme weather events: Critical reflections on key challenges and opportunities for climate resilience (2023)
Journal Article
Forrest, S., Dostal, J., & McEwen, L. (2023). The future of volunteering in extreme weather events: Critical reflections on key challenges and opportunities for climate resilience. Journal of Extreme Events, 9(02n03), https://doi.org/10.1142/s2345737623410038

Volunteers are playing a significant role in interacting with ongoing societal shocks and stresses, such as mobilizing resources and supporting responses to extreme weather events. Their actions contribute to the pursuit of local climate resilience b... Read More about The future of volunteering in extreme weather events: Critical reflections on key challenges and opportunities for climate resilience.