ProjectC-Urge
Understanding the human drivers of climate actions
Anthropology of Global Climate Urgency (C-Urge)
"Through innovative ethnographic research, C-URGE is contributing to a deeper understanding of climate urgency and translating lived experiences into knowledge for meaningful change." - Elena Gilis
Project impact
What do people around the world really think about climate change? To answer this question, the C‑Urge project enabled ten 10 doctoral candidates from five European universities to conduct research in communities across Africa, Latin America, Asia and Europe with the goal of learning how locals perceive, experience and respond to climate change. The candidates come from diverse disciplines such as anthropology, human geography, media studies, political science, environmental science and digital humanities. The project trained them in performing ethnographic research – where the candidates immerse themselves in a community to observe behaviours and interactions first-hand. They focused on perspectives around the urgency of climate change. As a result, the project is producing evidence about public perceptions and responses to climate actions, which is helping to inform climate policy, engagement and solutions. It means the doctoral candidates will gain the skills to be leaders in developing policies and actions for communities most affected by climate change.
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Coordinator
Belgium
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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Participating and partners countries
- Germany
- Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
- Italy
- Università degli Studi di Catania
- Sweden
- Uppsala Universitet
- Belgium
- Centre National de Coopération au Développement
- Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique
- Germany
- Ferropolis Industriekultur gGmbH
- Italy
- The Hub Sicilia Società Cooperativa
- Mauritius
- Commission de l’Océan Indien
- Sweden
- Stiftelsen The Stockholm Environment Institute
- United Kingdom
- Edinburgh Innovations
- The University of Edinburgh
- USA
- Yale University
- Germany