SEWeb LIFE+ Partnership: Exploring public priorities for Scotland's environment

Following on from previous qualitative research on public attitudes towards the environment and perceptions of Scotland’s Environment website (SEWeb), the SEWeb LIFE+ Partnership commissioned Ipsos Scotland to conduct research on the public’s priorities for Scotland’s environment. The research involved a series of deliberative workshops and an online discussion among members of the public.

The objectives of the research were to:  explore the public’s views in a deliberative setting on the key issues for Scotland’s environment and local environments, specifically: why they hold the views they do; whether views change as a result of additional information;  and attitudes towards specific government, business and individual actions to tackle the key issues.

Download the full research report from the SEWeb website.

Technical details

The research comprised:

• deliberative events held in Dumfries, Inverness and Edinburgh, between 24 August and 7 September 2013.  Each of the events comprised a mixture of plenary sessions and small group discussions

• online discussion, designed and facilitated by the Ipsos research team, with a sample of members of the Ipsos Online Access Panel based in Scotland. An initial sample of 330 participants was selected, with the profile designed to be representative of the Scottish adult online population.