DIgitalisation for biocultural diVERsity and Environmental justicecore
DIVERSE · Horizon Europe grant · 2025-01-01–2029-12-31
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Source: CORDIS (official EU open data), Horizon Europe. Framework HORIZON · call ERC-2023-COG · scheme HORIZON-ERC · topic ERC-2023-COG. CORDIS record →
Objective
Does the digital divide deprive movements for environmental justice (EJ) and in defence of biocultural diversity from the benefits of digitalisation? DIVERSE’s hypotheses resist the idea. From drone monitoring of forests to indigenous digital media and online mapping to vindicate stories of resistance and transformation, a digital transformation from the ground up may not only be paving the way for just and diverse futures but also for an alternative understanding of digitalisation. Yet no large-scale scientific study has examined the occurrence of digitalisation in grassroots transformative initiatives (GTI) nor theorised its effects. While elite-and growth-driven digital innovations are redefining lifestyles and overall imaginaries of the future, a strong debate in the fields of political ecology and EJ involves two confronted views (celebratory vs technophobic) on the likelihood of enfranchising technologies. DIVERSE’s overarching goal is to theorise an alternative model of digital transformation rooted in relationality (care, community, personal connection) that emerges from GTI in their pursuit of diverse worlds and EJ. The ground-breaking approach combines qualitative data (from expert interviews and databases compilation worldwide, to case-studies and biographical interviews across continents) with quantitative methods and models to analyse these data (e.g., two newly created indices, transformative effectiveness and GTI digitalisation, and a first global compilation of digital practices in GTI), offering both an understanding of causal chains and a basis for generalisation. DIVERSE proposes the new concepts of “life-centred digitalisation” including both livelihoods and ecology, and “situated digital leadership”, disclosing the specific links of digitalisation with changes in material experiences, situated knowledge and place-based digital ecologies. My ultimate goal in terms of theory is to lay out the foundations of a political ecology of digitalisation.
Beneficiaries (1)
| Organisation | Country | Role | EC contribution | SME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNIVERSIDAD POMPEU FABRA | ES | coordinator | €2,133,101 |
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