Research area

Other research

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:

  • Global environmental policy debates, resulting from our participation in intergovernmental science-policy platforms (IPCC, IPBES) and policy-oriented research networks and institutions;
  • Land-use and urban planning processes that may not strictly refer to ecosystem services and biodiversity;
  • The future of the academic profession, reflecting on career development, reducing researchers environmental impact and gender equity, among others; and
  • Science and technology studies (STS), including the study of participatory science processes, citizen science and transdisciplinarity.

Keywords

  • Global change
  • Rural and urban planning
  • Feminist academia
  • Academic Environmental Impact
  • Science and technology studies

Projects research area: "Other research"

November 2020 - April 2022
  • Indigenous and Local Knowledge
  • Policy
  • Networks
  • Participation

Bringing indigenous and local knowledge to climate change policy.

February 2022 - April 2024
  • Sustainable food
  • public provision
  • food system transitions
  • agroecology

Research into existing initiatives of sustainable food procurement in Spain

April 2024 - April 2029

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.

January 2015 – December 2019
  • Agroecology
  • Traditional Knowledge
  • Citizen Science

This project evaluated citizen science as a tool to increase and diversify participation in traditional ecological knowledge conservation.

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