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1 More than Maps participants and workshop leaders at the University of Ghana
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2 Visiting and learning about a local coastline with high school students as part of the University of Ghana workshop series 3 High school students in Ghana practising environmental mapping skills as part of an inperson workshop session Photography courtesy of Philip-Neri Jayson-Quashigah
analysis as to inspire young people in climate change adaptation worldwide.” The timing of COP26 fitted well with the project’s progression. The team secured another tranche of funding from the British Council and UK/Australia Seasons 2021-22, which meant it could roll out the workshops in Australia and the UK to coincide with COP26 in Glasgow and in Ghana and Jamaica just after. “We had a definitive list of key learning outcomes we wanted to achieve across our international workshop cohort, particularly because we are keen to continue the roll out and build on its success,” said Sien. “We ensured all participants were exposed to a case study on climate change adaptation or hazard mitigation, they undertook coding in basic JavaScript, learnt about social data analysis using social sciences frameworks for future research or adaptation, covered a case study of policy making in small islands and developing states and all had an Extended Project Qualification opportunity such as further researcher-student interaction.”
“ We had a definitive list of key learning outcomes we wanted to achieve across our international workshop cohort, particularly because we are keen to continue the roll out and build on its success.” Dr Sien van der Plank ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Economic, Social and Political Science
In a year, the More Than Maps team has grown from three researchers based at Southampton to 12 researchers based in four countries. It has so far benefitted more than 200 people via its workshops and it continues to gain traction. The team has hosted a workshop for other researchers about the process and is planning to write a paper about the More than Maps approach and impacts. The framework can be easily adapted to include other research topics and geographic areas. This year and beyond Jadu, Sien and their colleagues will be looking for new internal and external researchers to collaborate with, further funding to support the project, and developing online-specific content so learners can access the materials at a time and place convenient to them. Find out more www.morethanmaps.sartrac.org sien.vanderplank@soton.ac.uk Twitter: @More_Than_Maps 13
