Doctoral Dissertation Research: Investigating Youth Involvement in Environmental Movements

博士论文研究：调查青年参与环境运动

• 批准号: 1947718
• 负责人: Elizabeth Olson
• 金额: $ 1.77万
• 依托单位: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-05-01 至 2022-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1947718&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Investigating; Youth

This doctoral dissertation project examines youth involvement in environmental change movements in national and international settings. Specifically, this research analyzes the ways in which young people between the ages of 11 and 30 involved in social and environmental organizations have influenced environmental decision-making processes over the last quarter century. Youth environmental movements have influenced governance institutions to take meaningful action to ensure environmental sustainability. The doctoral student will evaluate the ways in which generational attitudes and perceptions impact contemporary governance practices and consequent change. This research will provide new insight into young people’s engagement in formal political processes. Educational and outreach tools will be developed to communicate scientific findings on youth perspectives and highlight societal perceptions related to environmental change. As a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement award, this project will provide support to enable a promising student from an underrepresented background to establish an independent STEM research career. The project will use a comparative case study approach to examine how youth engagement impacts the political geographies of environmental governance practices. The research will examine 1) youth engagement in national and international arenas; 2) how youth movements impact environmental debates and governance; and 3) how generational differences take on meaning in the context of environmental politics and governance more broadly. Integrated qualitative methods (ethnography, digital-archival, and interviews) will be used to capture youth engagement in traditionally adult-dominated spaces of governance. Results will be widely disseminated and include the creation of a publicly accessible digital archive chronicling youth engagement in national and international environmental governance. Although this research project will focus on youth engagement in environmental governance, the findings will advance theoretical work related to youth, political geography, and social movements.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

这一博士论文项目考察了青年参与国家和国际环境变化运动的情况。具体地说，这项研究分析了在过去25年里，11岁至30岁的年轻人参与社会和环境组织的方式对环境决策过程的影响。青年环保运动影响了治理机构采取有意义的行动，以确保环境的可持续性。博士生将评估代际态度和观念对当代治理实践和随之而来的变化的影响。这项研究将为年轻人参与正式政治进程提供新的见解。将开发教育和宣传工具，以传播关于青年观点的科学发现，并突出社会对环境变化的看法。作为博士论文研究改进奖，该项目将提供支持，使来自不被充分代表的背景的有前途的学生能够建立独立的STEM研究生涯。该项目将采用比较案例研究方法，审查青年参与如何影响环境治理做法的政治地理。这项研究将审查1)青年参与国家和国际舞台；2)青年运动如何影响环境辩论和治理；3)代际差异如何在更广泛的环境政治和治理的背景下产生意义。将使用综合定性方法(人种志、数字档案和访谈)来捕捉青年在传统上由成人主导的治理空间中的参与情况。结果将得到广泛传播，其中包括建立一个可供公众查阅的数字档案，记录青年参与国家和国际环境治理的情况。虽然这项研究项目将重点关注青年参与环境治理，但研究结果将推动与青年、政治地理和社会运动相关的理论工作。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。