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ENHANCE · Environmental Humanities for a Concerned Europe

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2015-03-01 → 2019-02-28
EU contribution
€3,144,655
Participants
9
Scheme
MSCA-ITN-ETN

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Results in brief

Environmental Humanities for a Concerned Europe

The main aim of ENHANCE has been to train twelve early-stage researchers (ESRs) based at three of Europe’s leading universities for environmental research––the University of Leeds, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich (LMU), and the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm (KTH)––while Europe’s largest science and technology museum, the Deutsches Museum, and five associated partners from the private and third sectors have been closely involved as well. Secondary objectives have been to give ESRs the academic and complementary skills training they need to place them at the forefront of a new generation of Environmental Humanities research; and to provide potential employment for ESRs in a wide range of careers including environmental consultancy, risk assessment, research and development, green business management, sustainable technologies, media and communications, and not-for-profit work (environmental and wildlife NGOs). The research training has concentrated on three major areas––natural disasters and cultures of risk, history of science and technology, and environmental ethics––and has addressed a series of core interlocking issues: wilderness and conservation; flooding and drought; climate change and risk; production of diverse kinds of waste, environmental justice, and environmental health. In addressing these and other issues, the program has set out to contribute to key European environmental policies including the Climate Change Programme, the European Sustainable Development Strategy, the Water Framework Directive, and Natura 2000, with research-related policy documents, co-written within each work package, being one of the outputs expected of ENHANCE ESRs.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

ENHANCE (Environmental Humanities for a Concerned Europe) will provide the first fully coordinated training programme for Environmental Humanities in Europe. It will train twelve early-stage researchers, joining three leading universities for environmental research––the University of Leeds, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, and the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm––with Europe's largest science and technology museum, the Deutsches Museum, and a further five Associated Partners from the private and third sectors. ENHANCE aims to provide ESRs with the skills training to be at the forefront of a new generation of Environmental Humanities research, and to be employable in a range of careers including environmental consultancy, risk assessment, research and development, green business management, media and communications, and not-for-profit work (environmental and wildlife NGOs). Research and training will concentrate on three major research areas––natural disasters and cultures of risk, history of science and technology, and environmental ethics––and will address a series of core interlocking issues: wilderness and conservation; flooding and drought; waste, environmental justice, and environmental health. ENHANCE offers a unique framework for bridging the arts and the sciences by training ESRs to integrate cutting-edge research across a range of Environmental Humanities subjects––from science and technology studies to history, literature, geography, and anthropology––with policy-oriented actions and cross-sector concerns. The training programme will offer ethical insights into contemporary environmental problems by addressing how these have occurred at different historical moments and across different cultures; how they have been represented in art, literature, film, historical archives, and the media; and how we might imagine and implement alternative environmental practices in a technologically empowered but ecologically endangered world.

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS · LeedsCoordinatorUnited Kingdom
  • Centro di Ricerca Rifiuti Zero · CapannoriItaly
  • DEUTSCHES MUSEUM VON MEISTERWERKEN DER NATURWISSENSCHAFT UND TECHNIK · MunchenGermany
  • KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOEGSKOLAN · StockholmSweden
  • LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN · PlaneggGermany
  • Stiftung Bundnis Mensch und Tier · MünchenGermany
  • Sveriges Radio · StockholmSweden
  • Yorkshire Water · BradfordUnited Kingdom
  • Yorkshire Wildlife Trust · YorkUnited Kingdom

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union