A5070523698- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Cooperative Studies and Economics
- Organic Food and Agriculture
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
- Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation
- E-Learning and Knowledge Management
- Wine Industry and Tourism
- Research Data Management Practices
- Family Business Performance and Succession
- Education Systems and Policy
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Online Learning and Analytics
- Agriculture and Rural Development Research
- Biomedical and Engineering Education
- Urban Planning and Governance
- Fisheries and Aquaculture Studies
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability
- Educational Games and Gamification
- Wikis in Education and Collaboration
- Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
National University of Distance Education
2022-2025
University of Dundee
2017-2024
City, University of London
2015-2021
University of London
2021
Abstract Over the past decade, citizen science has experienced growth and popularity as a scientific practice new form of stakeholder engagement public participation in or generation knowledge. One key requirements for realising potential is evidence demonstration its impact value. Yet actual changes resulting from interventions are often assumed, ignored speculated about. Based on systematic review 77 publications, combined with empirical insights 10 ongoing projects field science, this...
There are more than 40,000 agricultural cooperatives in Europe with 9 million farmer members and over 600,000 workers. Due to the democratic nature of cooperative form, it is assumed empower their allow small farmers have a stronger voice supply chain. However, much academic literature on focuses economic analysis performance, while hardly any research has been done analysing impact that policy, long chains internationalisation food system labour dimensions. This article contributes covering...
The popularity of agroecology has grown over the last few years as an alternative paradigm for food systems. This public attention meant is increasingly becoming institutionalised and integrated into policy frameworks. While there a significant body literature discussing origins worldviews intrinsic to agroecology, hardly any academic publications focusing on analysing policies claiming have agroecological focus exist. first study its kind contributes scarce by interrogating what we argue...
This article reports on Citizen Observatories’ (COs) potential to contribute the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reflecting experience of GROW Observatory (GROW). The research aims take first steps in closing gap literature COs’ contributions SDG framework, beyond quantitative data for indicator monitoring. Following an analysis project activities and outcomes mapped against findings reveal GROW’s across two dimensions: (i) Actions advance implementation goals targets through awareness...
In response to the need for approaches understand how citizen science is currently influencing environmental policy and associated decision making, we devised Citizen Science Impact StoryTelling Approach (CSISTA). We iteratively designed instruments be used as tools primarily practitioners seeking or communicate impacts. then trialled CSISTA on four exemplary initiatives, using different forms of inquiry collaboration with respective initiative leaders. this paper, present CSISTA, details...
A broad understanding of the aims and objectives international open science movement was recently adopted with 2021 UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science, expanding focus to include scientific knowledge, infrastructures, knowledge systems engagement societal actors. In response, recent discussions policy practice are shifting implementation via national policies. While instruments support some aspects well-studied, guidance emerging ‘social’ has lagged, prompting generate guidance. this...
Farming cooperatives are organisations fundamentally based on social capital. However, the neoliberal and globalisation turn in food system have led to economisation of agricultural as their main objective criteria for evaluating performance, a retreat from participation wider cooperative movement. Nevertheless, new models cooperation may provide method divert this neoliberalisation trend by promoting capital mutual learning amongst different actors committed transition sustainable systems....
The impact of human activity on the planet cannot be overstated. Food systems are at centre a tangled web interactions affecting all life. They complex nexus that directly and indirectly affects, is affected by, diverse set social, environmental technological phenomena. complexity often intractability these have created variety food-related problems people seek to address in collaborative interdisciplinary manner through adoption holistic food perspective. However, operationalising systemic...
WeObserve delivered the first European-wide Citizen Observatory (CO) knowledge platform to share best practices, address challenges and inform practitioners, policy makers funders of COs. We present key insights from activities into leveraging create interlinked solutions, connecting with international frameworks groups, advancing field through communities practice practitioner networks, fostering an enabling environment for also discuss how new Horizon Europe funding programme can help...
4th Industrial Revolution technologies that blur the lines across physical, digital and biological domains have entered seed systems. The digitalisation of seeds' DNA is generating unstoppable growth big data on sequence information (DSI). paper analyses legal vacuum for DSI, which aggravates dematerialisation fragmentation seed, rendering it easier to control under legal, technological, social logistical enclosures. Open-source explored as a governance mechanism physical spheres. DSI...
There is an urgent need to train a cohort of professionals who can address and resolve the increasing number fundamental failings in global food system. The solutions these systemic go far beyond production food, are embedded within broad political, economic, business, social, cultural environmental contexts. challenge developing efficient, socially acceptable sustainable systems that meet demands growing population only be tackled through interdisciplinary approach integrates economic...
Abstract Citizens’ Observatories (COs) seek to extend conventional citizen science (CS) activities scale up the potential of sensing for environmental monitoring and creation open datasets, knowledge action around issues, both local global. The GROW CO has connected planetary dimension satellites with hyperlocal context farmers their soil. faced three main interrelated challenges associated each core audiences observatory, namely citizens, scientists policy makers: one is sustained...