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Community-driven Digital Action: A catalyst for social change in the COVID-19 crisis
1 July 2021
EU support for 香港六合彩中特网 Geography鈥檚 Extreme Citizen Science group
The challenges of Covid-19 have affected all sectors of human activity. The responses include many citizen initiatives based on community-driven Digital Action (DA). Such actions, at local, national and international levels, act as significant catalysts for social change during a crisis.
is a new two-year听project coordinated by 香港六合彩中特网 Geography鈥檚听Extreme Citizen Science听驳谤辞耻辫.
HEIDI aims to improve the ability of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to support community-driven knowledge enhancement and action and promote their role in social change by enhancing staff and student expertise in community problem-solving during the pandemic.
The project will develop collaborative actions between HEI, voluntary-sector and civic organizations through 90 events engaging 3,000 people in 5 countries - the UK, France, Malta, Greece and Cyprus. It will examine the drivers and barriers to HE involvement in public digital engagement, improve collaboration with community groups, develop the digital skills of staff and students and create the conditions for citizens and HEIs to co-create Digital Action, especially in responding to crisis situations such as Covid-19.
The project coordinator is听University College London听(the听ExCiteS group听in the Department of Geography; the Office for Open Science and Scholarship; the Evaluation Exchange, and the Community Research Initiative for Students), with partners including听CRI, University of Paris;听University of Malta;听Web2Learn听(SMEs in Greece); and听Citizens In Power听(CIP- an NGO in Cyprus).