Developing research on other environmental and development issues that transcend our core research areas.
LASEG members also investigate or write about issues that do not strictly fit with our three main areas, since our interests span across other dynamics of policy and social-ecological change. As engaged scholars, we often participate in policy-making processes, as either 'expert' scientists or writers, and we engage in broader scientific debates affecting our profession and civil society more generally. Specifically, we have paid attention to:
Bringing indigenous and local knowledge to climate change policy.
Research into existing initiatives of sustainable food procurement in Spain
With over half of the world’s population using social media, the BIG-5 project explores how people connect with nature through five of the largest social media platforms. The project introduces the concept of Digital Relational Values (DRVs), which are positive values shaped within online communities through indirect experiences of nature. By studying these values across different landscapes, social media networks, and languages in Europe, the BIG-5 project aims to understand how these digital interactions can support a more sustainable future.
This project evaluated citizen science as a tool to increase and diversify participation in traditional ecological knowledge conservation.