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Citizen science
Engaging citizens in science is critical for a variety of reasons: it can actively connect them to issues that affect their everyday health and the quality of their local environment, it can help them understand how science works, it can empower them to take action, and it can improve science itself.
Citizen Science as active citizenship?
Citizen Science combines the power of active citizenship with the power of science by involving citizens with different backgrounds and interests in the articulation of research questions, the collecting and analyzing of data, and determining action. In doing so they closely work with scientists working in universities and research institutes who want to have impact in society.
Citizen science at Wageningen University & Research
Wageningen University & Research has long been involved in a wide range of Citizen Science projects that focus on the monitoring, assessing and addressing of local and regional sustainable development issues around health and well-being, climate change, the quality of air, water and soils, and the conservation and regeneration of biodiversity. This portal provides an overview of current projects, WUR-scientists working with Citizen Science and of resources that can help in establishing successful Citizen Science projects.
Online course about Citizen Science
Take a look at our MOOC Transformative Citizen Science for Sustainability.
News
Publications about Citizen Science
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Tiny Forests: een walhalla voor biodiversiteit in de stad
Vakblad Natuur Bos Landschap 19 (2022)190. - ISSN 1572-7610 - p. 24 - 27. -
Toward Systems Models for Obesity Prevention: A Big Role for Big Data
Current Developments in Nutrition 6 (2022)9. - ISSN 2475-2991 -
Evaluation of WRF model rainfall forecast using citizen science in a data-scarce urban catchment : Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies 44 (2022). - ISSN 2214-5818 -
Citizen science in Latin America and the Global South, Part 1
Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society 5 (2022)1. - ISSN 2572-9861 -
Farmers and Local Residents Collaborate : Application of a Participatory Citizen Science Approach to Characterising Air Quality in a Rural Area in The Netherlands
Sensors 22 (2022)20. - ISSN 1424-8220 -
Recordings of aquatic macroinvertebrates by volunteers (2018-2020) and professionals (2013-2019) in the Netherlands
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Citizen Science lezingen Open Universiteit
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Evaluation of factors affecting the quality of citizen science rainfall data in Akaki catchment, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Journal of Hydrology 612 (2022). - ISSN 0022-1694 -
Tiny Forests: groene mini-oases in de stad : Monitoring van biodiversiteit en bijdragen aan CO2-opslag, wateropvang en tegengaan hittestress in elf Tiny Forests
Wageningen : Wageningen Environmental Research (Rapport / Wageningen Environmental Research 3189) - p. -
Revealing migration schedule and potential breeding grounds of Lined Seedeaters using citizen science data
Emu 122 (2022)3-4. - ISSN 0158-4197 - p. 167 - 175.