Elcra Project
Work Package 01
RESEARCH ON ISSUES RELATED TO
ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM AND VIOLENT RADICALISATION
University of Siena
| SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE | ACTIVITY | RESULT |
|---|---|---|
| Create a community among project partners to foster collaboration, reciprocity and share research methodology | Kick-off Meeting in Arezzo | To identify guidelines for case study selection, quantitative research purposes, guidelines for qualitative research and focus groups |
Identify existing literature on the subject of environmental activism and study emblematic cases of violent radicalisation within environmental movements | Desk research and literature review: research of case studies, chronicles and literature on the phenomenon of environmental activism and the issue of violent radicalisation within environmental movements | At least 100 bibliographic sources consulted on the topic of violent radicalisation, violent radicalisation in youth activism and specifically in environmental activism; At least 5 case studies of violent radicalisation phenomena in environmental activism representative of partner countries (1 per country) |
| To describe and understand university students' attitudes and opinions on environmental sustainability and climate change issues, their level of environmental literacy and their perceived self-efficacy on the topic | Quantitative research on attitudes and drivers of environmental activism | A quantitative research based on methodologies and measurement scales used and already validated in the literature for the study of attitudes and opinions, to allow comparison of collected data with past and future research |
Understand the phenomenon of youth participation in movements promoting environmental sustainability and combating climate change and the factors that may favour the violent radicalisation of people on these issues | Qualitative research on violent radicalisation linked to environmental activism and prevention | To outline of qualitative interviews, case study guidelines and conduct of focus groups developed according to the methodological principles of qualitative research |
Report the results of the research activities and develop a framework of strategies to prevent violent radicalisation in environmental activism based on the results of the research and the link between them and theories | Data analysis and report processing | A report of the research activities containing an analysis of the data collected taking into account data from all countries involved in the partnership and a breakdown of the data for each of the countries where a HEI partner is present |
| Raising awareness in the communities of the universities and organisations involved through the dissemination of research results | Conference in Porto | A presentation of research results during the national conference in Porto |