The Role of Digital Technologies in Advancing Environmental Justice: Exploring Impacts and Implications for Sustainable Policy and Communication " PhD research proposal"

This research investigates the pivotal role of digital technologies in fostering environmental justice movements, particularly among marginalized communities. By analyzing how digital platforms enhance organization, mobilization, and advocacy, the study aims to elucidate how these technologies elevate the voices of historically underrepresented groups. Tools such as social media, mobile applications, and geospatial technologies empower activists to raise awareness, disseminate real-time environmental data, and orchestrate collective actions. Employing a multidisciplinary approach, including ethnographic research and participatory action methodologies, this study critically examines the challenges and opportunities posed by digital technologies, addressing issues of access, surveillance, and the digital divide. Ultimately, this research seeks to offer a nuanced understanding of how digital innovations are transforming the dynamics of environmental justice activism, contributing to sustainable policy and communication practices.

Keywords: Digital technologies, environmental justice, sustainable policy, marginalized communities, social movements, participatory action research, digital activism, environmental advocacy, ethnographic research, digital divide, geospatial technologies, sustainable change.