[BERG] BERG/SHAIR meeting 4th December

Dear all, In the next BERG/SHAIR meeting Zsuzsa Lugosi will give a presentation titled " Investigating the ways children (aged 6-11) connect to nature at the Natural history Museum, London." As usual, we will meet in the Psychology Common Room at 4pm. The presentation will be in person and you will also have the chance to follow it via Teams . You can find the abstract below The relationship humans foster with nature is complex but as often with relationships, a good one comes with many benefits. The benefits of a strong connection to nature is relatively well understood, however it is less well understood how this relationship develops through childhood. Children between the ages of 6-11 are interesting to study as their time is well structured by the school, which includes nature and nature contact to a varying degree. However, from the literature we know that knowledge is not the best route to a strong connection to nature, emotions are. So looking at experiences outside of the school where children have unstructured time are a good starting point. The Natural History Museum set out to connect young people with nature and designated vast resources to do so, but they do not fully understand whether these resources meet the aim. My work intends to fill in the gap in our knowledge on how children may connect to nature at the NHM as well as provide actionable knowledge to the museum. I will present some of my findings as well as the unexpected direction this took my point of view of the research on nature connectedness. Teams link https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NTliODBlNDQtMzM1MC00… best, Alex ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159