An innovative project that will see researchers collaborate with diverse communities on issues in environmental science has been awarded £1.3M through NERC’s Engaging Environments programme. The award is NERC’s largest single investment in public engagement, with project partners pledging a further £235,000 in in-kind contributions.

The Stage 2 project is led Dr Hilary Geoghegan, University of Reading and aims to engage a broad range of audiences, including those typically less represented in public engagement activities. The project takes an innovative approach that combines community development, storytelling and citizen science, enabling diverse communities to have a meaningful stake in discussing and tackling environmental science issues such as climate change and pollution.

The award is part of the Engaging Environments programme which supports ambitious projects to engage the UK public with contemporary environmental science issues on a national scale.

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See more information: https://nerc.ukri.org/press/releases/2019/14-engaging-environments/

Hannah King, Public Engagement Programme Manager, Natural Environment Research Council
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