Democratising Just Sustainability Transition

DUST项目将开发和实施新的参与性工具，以便公民积极主动地参与可持续发展转型。它将把联合收割机设计主导的地域工具与数字化工具结合起来，用于大规模的公民审议。该项目解决了欧洲面临的一个决定性的社会和民主挑战，即倾听参与程度最低的社区的声音，特别是在依赖能源密集型产业的结构薄弱地区，这些地区受转型影响最大，因此需要向更可持续的未来过渡。该项目以“积极辅助”概念为基础，将采用创新的研究方法和实验性公民参与，以了解参与各级政府可持续性转型决策的决定因素，并为民间社会的包容性参与制定有效的政策建议。

The DUST project will develop and operationalise novel participatory instruments for proactive and strategic citizen engagement in sustainability transitions. It will combine design-led territorial tools with digital tools for citizen deliberation at scale. The project addresses a defining societal and democratic challenge for Europe, which is to hear the voices of least engaged communities, especially in structurally weak regions dependent on energy-intensive industries, which will be most affected by transitionstowards a more sustainable future. Building on the concept of ‘active subsidiarity’, the project will employ an innovative mix of research methods, and experimental citizen participation, to understand the determinants of participation in decision-making on sustainability transitions at different levels of government, and to develop effective policy recommendations for inclusive engagement of civil society.