As part of an ongoing series at the University of Groningen, our colleague post doc Anne Eichholtzer explained her research on how to improve dialogue and collaborations between citizens and governments through public participation in this 1.5 minute video. Speak Up is an Interreg North Sea Region project with 12 partners across 6 countries on effective citizen community engagement and participation.
“The people at home want solutions”: most voters support strong climate policy
Political party leaders often claim their plans and policies represent what “the people" want, or at least reflect the opinion of the majority of their voters. Yet our colleagues professor Goda Perlaviciute, associate professor Thijs Bouman, and post doc Žan Mlakar say there is one topic that most voters support that politicians rarely campaign on: stronger climate policy.
