We are a research & development enterprise working on the boundaries of environmental and social sciences with a transdisciplinary approach.
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Projects
Crop Wild Relatives utilisation for sustainable agriculture
Crop Wild Relatives can contribute to providing more diverse, sustainable, and nutritious food.
More...Validating the ecosystem benefits of legumes
Will legume cropping across Europe reach the minimum thresholds necessary to optimise sustainable production?
More...Joined-up land use strategies tackling climate change and biodiversity loss
Urgent and concerted action can stop and reverse unsustainable land use and the over-exploitation of land resources.
More...Towards resilient European forests
Building the ForestWard Observatory, a pan-European monitoring and evaluation tool, to demonstrate climate change impacts on forests and to guide decision-making for better forest management.
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Publication
Newly published: Citizen Science for Nature Conservation in Hungary A Three-Dimensional Approach
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Citizen science for nature conservation has been thriving in Hungary, but it hasn’t gained enough attention. A new publication co-evaluates 8 key Hungarian nature conservation-related citizen science projects (NCCS), assessing their impact on science, conservation, and participant development. Alexandra Czeglédi from ESSRG contributed to this work, which not only highlights the scientific and societal value of these projects but also boosts the visibility of successful initiatives in Central Eastern Europe.
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Who protects the greens? Mental well-being at the forefront of the environmental crisis
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Exploring transformative pathways in environmental education: Insights from our spring term research and three conferences
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As part of the PLANET4B project, this spring semester we began our collaboration with two schools to explore the transformative potential of school gardens and other experiential learning methods. Our preliminary findings highlight how these methods can enhance students’ cognitive skills and deepen their connection with nature. Sharing these results at three international conferences, we emphasized the need for innovative educational approaches and educational policy reforms to foster a
sustainable future.
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Our film, True Bread is available on Youtube
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One of the top news website in Hungary, Telex, featured our film about the farmer-baker network and the production of high quality, artisan bread on its front page. The film stars Ádám Fülöp, founder of Pipacs Bakery, Ágoston Nobilis, manager of Csoroszlya Farm, Anikó Palikné and Ferenc Palik, farmers-millers and bakers of Szápár Ökofarm and Biomalom, and mill builder Bence Sáfrán.
More...Fostering transformative change through citizen science: highlights from the 5th ECSA conference
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The European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) is an international organisation dedicated to disseminating knowledge and multi-stakeholder networks in the field of citizen science. Its main goal is to increase citizen science’s visibility, contribute to science’s democratisation, and support the general public’s participation in research processes. ECSA biannually organises its main event, the Citizen Science Conference, to foster its goals. ECSA brought together its community in Vienna from April 3-6 this year.
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