methodology Archives

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An assessment of potential improvements in social capital, risk awareness, and preparedness from digital technologies

Journal article / The authors evaluate digital technologies and tools for improving social capital, risk awareness, and disaster preparedness by using a multicriteria analysis.

5 February 2024 / About Disaster risk

Aerial view of trees submerged by the flooding River Rhine at sunset in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Exploring new strategies in climate risk assessment for policymakers

Perspective / Discover UNCHAIN's innovative methods in climate risk assessment for enhanced policy-making and effective climate adaptation strategies.

15 January 2024 / About Adaptation, Climate policy and Disaster risk

Primary school children in a classroom holding up pieces of paper with green ticks or red crosses.

Co-designing an air quality web app with school pupils and staff: the SAMHE Web App

Journal article / The SAMHE Web App was co-designed with schools to ensure maximum acceptance and engagement by teachers and pupils, as this is critical to the project's success.

4 December 2023 / About Pollution

Partnership helps Estonian public sector assess and reduce its footprint

Feature / SEI developed methods, guidelines and tools to help the Estonian Government coherently assess its environmental and carbon footprint.

22 November 2023 / About Climate policy, Innovation and Public policy

Tupumue champion Weche leading a call and response with the children

The art of addressing air quality: using community co-creation activities in scientific research on air pollution and public health

Feature / Researchers working in Nairobi, Kenya, used creative arts methods to engage communities in the co-designed Tupumue project. With reflections from Sarah West.

24 October 2023 / About Pollution

Wide landscape with a brown and blue colour palette, centred on an abadoned jetty which stretches out towards the horizon.

Guest editorial: ecological knowledge co-production and the contested imaginaries of development in Southeast Asia

Journal article / This special section explores knowledge co-production - as a social and technological phenomenon - in the context of ecological governance in Southeast Asia.

7 September 2023 / About Geopolitics, Innovation and Participation

In an allotment space, an older woman gives instructions to three others for a group project.

Citizen science: pathways to impact and why participant diversity matters

Journal article / This article advocated for greater understanding of barriers to participation in citizen science projects and suggested methods for improving impact.

1 August 2023 / About Participation

Territorial and consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions assessments: implications for spatial planning policies

Journal article / This study introduces four case studies that were conducted using the two quantification approaches to assess the climate impacts of local planning policies.

20 June 2023 / About Cities and Land use

Close up of a woman's hands holding a pen writing on a notepad. She is sitting on the floor, leaning the notepad on her outstretched legs.

From reflection diaries to practical guidance for transdisciplinary research: learnings from a Kenyan air pollution project

Journal article / This study used ongoing reflection diaries to evaluate research approaches and presented recommendations for future transdisciplinary work.

20 April 2023 / About Pollution