Bec Colvin explores how communities can move the climate change debate beyond politics, drawing on her extensive research into how people interact with each other when it comes to environmental issues. Dr Bec Colvin is a social scientist and Lecturer with the Resources, Environment & Development Group at the ANU Crawford School of Public Policy. Bec’s research interest is in how groups of people interact with each other - especially in settings of social and political conflict - with regard to climate and environmental issues. In particular, she studies the role of social-political identity in shaping these interactions. Much of this work has a focus on the dynamics and interplay of formalised processes for including citizens and stakeholders in decision-making and informal processes of interaction in the public sphere. At the Crawford School of Public Policy, Bec teaches courses on environmental communication, quantitative social research methods, climate policy research practice, and is Co-Convener of the Master of Climate Change. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
