The Ecological Citizen(s) Network+ is a 4 year research network based at the Royal College of Art in collaboration with Wrexham University and the Stockholm Environment Institute at University of York. Our mission is to catalyse, amplify and enable Ecological Citizenship in a sustainable digital society for positive climate action.
Within our funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), we have just over £750k over 3 funding rounds to give to eligible institutions to explore how we might define, enact or explore Ecological Citizenship through innovative, short scale projects.
We are excited to announce that for our second year of funding 2024-25, we will be focusing on the theme The Natural World. During this Insights Wales talk we will be discussing what kind of areas this might include and opening up the discussion about innovation for positive climate action, with a particular focus on Wales-based, hyper-local and community led interventions.
About the Speaker
Emily Boxall is a cross-disciplinary designer specialising in more-than human centred and community-led design to encourage positive climate action. She currently works at the Royal College of Art as manager of the EPSRC funded Ecological Citizens Network+ and as a lecturer on the Service Design MA. Emily’s work has spanned many themes including speculative design, grass-roots and DIY activism, food and nature.