Motivations for citizen collaboration to accelerate the sustainable urban transition. Participation in local sustainability initiatives in the Sege Park neighbourhood of Malmö, Sweden
(2024) In IIIEE Master Thesis IMEM01 20241The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
- Abstract
- Citizen collaboration is essential to tackling global sustainability issues. People have different motivations for participating. However, there is a lack of studies on citizen motivations for participating in local sustainability initiatives. To address this gap, the present study looked into the motivations of the residents of the Sege Park neighbourhood in Malmö, Sweden. The study interviewed nine people to identify what drives their participation and analysed the results by using the Volunteer Functions Inventory as the theoretical framework. The results suggest that there are many motivations to participate, although social motivations emerged as the most important. Also, important motivations included user, enhancement and learning.... (More)
- Citizen collaboration is essential to tackling global sustainability issues. People have different motivations for participating. However, there is a lack of studies on citizen motivations for participating in local sustainability initiatives. To address this gap, the present study looked into the motivations of the residents of the Sege Park neighbourhood in Malmö, Sweden. The study interviewed nine people to identify what drives their participation and analysed the results by using the Volunteer Functions Inventory as the theoretical framework. The results suggest that there are many motivations to participate, although social motivations emerged as the most important. Also, important motivations included user, enhancement and learning. Municipalities and participation facilitators should consider these motivations when developing sustainability initiatives in order to provide participants with an experience that meets their expectations. If collaboration facilitators can harness participants’ motivations, it will increase collaboration and successful work towards global sustainability goals. Furthermore, by using Inner Development Goals as an analytical lens throughout the study, this research found that participation has a positive effect on participants' inner development, which eventually leads to outer change. Due to engaging in local sustainability activities, participants reported a deepened connection to themselves, others and the world; they learnt new ways of thinking and approaching complexity and felt inspired and empowered. (Less)
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- author
- Vaisyte, Lukrecija LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- IMEM01 20241
- year
- 2024
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- citizen collaboration, motivations, Sege Park, VFI, IDG.
- publication/series
- IIIEE Master Thesis
- report number
- 2024.18
- ISSN
- 1401-9191
- language
- English
- id
- 9170991
- date added to LUP
- 2024-08-01 13:38:32
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- 2024-08-01 13:38:32
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