Posted on 21 July 2020 by Ceri Davies, Director, NatCen Centre for Deliberative Research Digital engagement with citizens on the environment Covid-19 is taking social researchers into new territory. With face-to-face fieldwork paused, researchers have been left to explore how else (if at all) they can continue existing studies. The pandemic also poses a particularly tricky question of how findings from research designed for pre-Covid-19 society should be interpreted in what will be very different future realities. Read the rest of this entry Tags: 25 Year Environmental Plan, Conservation 21, Covid-19, citizen engagement, deliberative research, fieldwork, online methods
Posted on 05 June 2020 by Helen McCarthy, Senior Researcher The view from the table: facilitating public dialogue about the environment NatCen has been running a series of weekend workshops with the public to discuss their views on the environment. Today, World Environment Day offers a timely opportunity to reflect on the discussions we’ve led so far in London, Hull and Chesterfield. Read the rest of this entry Tags: 25 Year Environmental Plan, citizen engagement, deliberative research, environment, plastic, workshop