👥With just over a year remaining in its 3-year journey, the DUST Consortium recently gathered in Katowice, Poland, for two jam-packed days of collaboration and reflection. 🍦Want to get the full scoop on DUST’s consortium meeting? Read more here: dustproject.eu/post/the-insid…

Active subsidiarity enables local governments and communities to make policies work in their localities Read our first policy brief, where we identify opportunities for and barriers to active subsidiarity in just sustainability transitions policies. dustproject.eu/releases

🌍 Our Community Champion Network (CCN) connects stakeholders working on the ground in our case-study regions 💻The Forum for our Champions and others outside the project is now live and can be accessed here: dustproject.eu/forum

🤔Curious about context mapping or territorial capital and their role in citizen participation? 🌍Deliverable 4.1 uses context mapping to examine how local sustainability transitions impact communities. 🔬Read about the ins and outs of D4.1 here: dustproject.eu/releases-d4-1

🥁 DUST’s Regional Futures Literacy Labs (RFLLs) methodology blends UNESCO's futures literacy, regional design, and Pol.is to drive inclusive citizen engagement in sustainability transitions. 👓Read more about DUST's RFLL approach here: dustproject.eu/post/citizen-e…

Hot off the press! Our new deliverable 3.3 explores the critical challenge posed by disinformation narratives that undermine just sustainability transitions across five European countries. Read more here: dustproject.eu/post/dust-trai…

Place-based sustainability transitions must adapt policy to context, considering the participation of impacted communities. Read our new deliverable where we analyse the factors that impact the participation in sustainability transition policies here: dustproject.eu/releases-d3-1-2

✋Have you ever thought about the critical role that language and tone play in effectively involving less engaged communities? Or how they can contribute to a sense of belonging? 👉 Then read more about the insights from Groningen’s focus groups here: dustproject.eu/post/dust-trai…

📣 Intercultural communication is essential for successful citizen engagement activities. 🔎 Read our latest post where we explore these key aspects of intercultural communication, essential for organising impactful citizen engagement activities here: lnkd.in/enZfFRtV

🤔 Swedish focus groups explored perceptions of transition and participation, underscoring the importance of early, meaningful engagement. 📖 Read on to discover insights from the Sami, local business owners, youth, regional officials and DUST partners: dustproject.eu/post/dust-trai…

🌍DUST shared insights and exchanged knowledge at RSA's Annual Conference! 🔑Speakers explored key aspects of sustainability transitions including patterns of participation, implementing just transitions, and spatial justice. Click here to learn more: dustproject.eu/post/dust-trai…

💥Interested in realising, monitoring, and improving meaningful and effective stakeholder engagement? DUST's Deliverable 2.5 (D2.5) might be just what you need! 💫Discover how the STEP Index manual can enhance your stakeholder engagement efforts here: dustproject.eu/releases-d2-

💃The talks, stories, dialogues, people and resources present at the 5th Citizen Participation and Deliberative Democracy Festival were inspiring! 🥅DUST shares similar aims researching how to identify, position and consider the least engaged in just sustainability transitions.

❓Wondering about opportunities for active subsidiarity in policy-making through participatory methods? Or interested in how regions can overcome barriers like sidelining vulnerable groups and unequal decision-making power? Read more in D2.4 here: dustproject.eu/releases-d3-1-…

🤔 Curious about how to enhance inclusive participatory approaches and guide sustainable policymaking? Read more about DUST's Deliverable 2.3 here: dustproject.eu/releases-d3-1-1

💭 Groningen’s focus groups explored perceptions of regional transition policies 🚧 Groups highlighted transition policies as complimentary, but overcoming distrust, distance, and resource challenges as key to boosting engagement 📖Find out more here: dustproject.eu/post/dust-trai…

💃 To complete the DUST partner team, we are thrilled to introduce OOZE Architects! 🌟 In DUST, OOZE will harness its worldwide expertise to engage citizens in policymaking through innovative design methodologies 📢 Find out more here: dustproject.eu/post/discover-…

📢 The closing of power plants such as the Maritsa Iztok Complex in Stara Zagora are important but may be a concern for residents 🔍 Our focus groups with women in Stara Zagora explored how involved they feel in the transition process. Read more here: dustproject.eu/post/dust-trai…

DUST is part of a dynamic network working to expand democracy and civic participation in Europe.  Sister projects include INCITE-DEM, RESPONSIVE and ORBIT amongst other related initiatives.  Read more here: lnkd.in/gPQyyPw9

📖 In DUST, we explore the familiar terminologies related to sustainability transitions in our case-study regions: lnkd.in/eWzBKeiE 📮 What terminologies are common in narratives around sustainability transitions in your country? Share here: lnkd.in/ebxWWNNH.