Participation

A group of little duplo people figurines have been lined up on a shelf. Most of the line is in soft focus; in the centre one smiling figure has been positioned with their hand raised, and is facing another, who is also smiling. Other toy figures in soft focus can be seen smiling too.

“The way enthusiasm builds”: frame amplification and emotional reinforcement in participatory policymaking

Journal article / By observing participatory policymaking activities, researchers found that frames and emotions are mutually co-constitutive.

29 September 2026 / About Participation

A group of people review post-in notes stuck to a large glass window. Their emotions vary, from smiles, to concentration.

Uniting citizen science and plural valuation: potential for leveraging transformative change

Journal article / The authors set out four key leverage points for change, and show where citizen science can strengthen plural valuation at each stage.

29 September 2026 / About Participation

Person speaking into microphone in front of poster

Building a community to shape research, policy and practice in the Mekong Region with SUMERNET

Feature / SUMERNET was founded with long-term funding from Sida, to strengthen the Mekong Region’s evidence-based policy for sustainable development.

29 September 2026 / About Disaster risk, Participation and Water resources

A group of teenage students stand on a pebble beach facing a faciliator. He is giving them instructions.

Environmental citizen science in schools: impacts on knowledge, attitudes and behaviour

Journal article / Providing students with hands-on nature-based citizen science education can lead to greater frequency and range of pro-environmental behaviours.

25 September 2026 / About Participation

Aerial view of wind turbines dotting a rugged brown hillside along the coast in Chile at sunset.

The Implementation Gap: anticipating missed renewable energy targets through media-sentiment and social resistance index

Other publication / This research highlights the need to treat social viability as a core part of renewable energy planning, investment and implementation.

3 September 2026 / About Participation and Renewables

Wooden canoes line up in the foreground, beached below a collection of wooden houses among green trees.

The visible and invisible drivers of biocultural loss in the Amazon

Journal article / Science and policy must engage with Indigenous and local knowledge systems to address accelerating biocultural loss in the Amazon region.

12 August 2026 / About Ecosystems and Participation

Landscape shot across a broad brown river. On the other side are small wooden houses on stilts. Colourful laundry hangs on washing lines in front of them. Behind them are tall, lush green trees underneath a blue sky dappled with light cloud.

Granting legal rights to rivers fails to halt pollution, SEI report warns

Press release / SEI researchers publish analysis on whether “rights of rivers” initiatives have led to environmental protections.

29 June 2026 / About Participation and Water resources

Brightly coloured artwork painted on wall featuring simplistic images of plants, a fish, the sun and a human hand.

Arts-based methods for climate education: SEI at ‘A Focus on Pedagogy’ conference

Past event / Sarah Foster explained how creative approaches can make climate change and sustainability education more accessible, emotional and actionable.

26 June 2026 / About Participation

Hands holding a smartphone, photographing a scattered pile of printed photos on a table.

Are climate weeks becoming the new engine of climate delivery?

Perspective / Wanaporn Yangyuentham reflects on why "climate weeks" like Yeosu are turning climate pledges into delivery on the ground.

25 June 2026 / About Climate policy, Finance and Participation