Citizen Science

Past event / In this third CHILI seminar, Sarah West spoke about citizen science and its growing role in understanding the environments we live in.

Past event / Luke Gooding presented a new paper which focuses on scaling participatory retrofit across diverse housing stocks.

Past event / This webinar explored how community energy in the UK can scale social and environmental impact, through citizen-led insights from SEI York's research.

Journal article / The authors engage with debates on ecological citizenship and design justice by reflecting on the co-creation of a bespoke, future-visioning card deck.

Feature / Smriti Safaya gives us a flavour of the varied activities she gets involved in as a citizen science researcher at our York centre.

Feature / Learn how citizen science methodologies can be valuable at different stages of the research process, and the benefits (and costs) of different approaches.

Past event / Access materials on how to embed equity, accessibility and diversity across citizen science projects and design projects to foster nature connectedness.

Journal article / Explores how ecological citizenship is communicated, understood and implemented by stakeholders, and considers how to promote wider use of the practice.

Journal article / This paper shares learnings from a discussion on co-creation practices across Europe, which we led at the 2024 European Citizen Science Association conference.

SEI podcast / In this episode, Vishal Mehta talks to Rachel Pateman about citizen science in general and its application in SEI’s City Health and Wellbeing Initiative.

Other publication / Citizen science is a rapidly expanding field. These ten principles are presented as a framework to foster excellence.

Journal article / This article provides an overview of key terms used in citizen science drawn from a broad range of practitioners.

Perspective / Volunteers and scientists are increasingly working together to monitor ecosystems and answer scientific questions.

Project / A UK-wide collaboration working to transform access to environmental careers for people of colour.

Feature / In this Q&A, Rachel Pateman, a Research Fellow at SEI York, discusses the importance of inclusivity in volunteer biological recording.

Journal article / Eight UK organizations who run volunteer biological recording schemes gathered to evaluate their engagement and activities with underrepresented groups.

Journal article / This article advocated for greater understanding of barriers to participation in citizen science projects and suggested methods for improving impact.

Journal article / Authors assessed the experiences of 87 citizen scientists in a project in Hong Kong. Their findings offer useful insights for citizen science implementation.

SEI brief / Read about a novel effort to map-making in rural Ethiopia using digital tools, and working with groups of people previously excluded from map-making.

Journal article / Who takes part in citizen science and how do we engage those who don't?

Journal article / Using Internet platforms to help parents ask questions they wanted answered by scientific research and to build their confidence in assessing research evidence.

Journal article / Read a review of the literature on why people start and continue participating in citizen science projects and learn how to run successful projects.

Feature / This report by SEI for the UK government explores what makes citizens collect and share their data.

Feature / Discover the results of a study on the motivations for ‘citizen scientists’, who volunteer their time to support scientific research.

Other publication / Introducing a new methodology for designers, technologists and citizens to engage with technologies in an ecologically interdependent world.

Journal article / The SAMHE Web App was co-designed with schools to ensure maximum acceptance and engagement by teachers and pupils, as this is critical to the project's success.

Journal article / Technological development should centre environmental values to ensure an equitable digital transformation which benefits human and planetary wellbeing.

Past event / Read findings and reflections from our citizen science air quality monitoring in UK schools as presented at the UKRI/Met Office Clean Air Programme Conference.

Project / Working to co-create a toolkit with UK-based teachers to deliver practical and investigative projects that integrate citizen science into their lessons.

Journal article / The SAMHE project introduces a novel method to generate and analyze extensive datasets via collaborative citizen science methods, in this case with UK schools.

Past event / Access materials on how to embed equity, accessibility and diversity across citizen science projects and design projects to foster nature connectedness.

Journal article / Data from surveys, interviews and written responses are used to explore the strategies used and challenges faced by organizers of citizen science events.

Feature / Smriti explains how York residents can contribute to this international event by recording wildlife they see and why she is passionate about citizen science.

Project / The NBSPLUS project aims to launch the concept of nature-based solution (NBS) services into practice.

Other publication / Retrofitting can be about more than just energy efficiency; it can enhance nature connectedness, circularity and can heighten a sense of ecological citizenship.

Other publication / An ambitious initiative providing highly affordable housing in exchange for citizens making their communities healthier, greener, stronger and more joyful.

Perspective / The UK should shift from national, top-down retrofit schemes to locally led delivery, explains SEI’s Luke Gooding in an Inside Housing op-ed.

Other publication / A rapid evidence review of citizen science methods, focusing on how they can be applied to the UK Food Standards Agency priority areas.

Journal article / This paper identifies citizen science opportunities to address food waste related SDGs.

Feature / SEI experts organised a brainstorming workshop for people interested in combining food waste research with citizen science approaches.

Journal article / Reflecting on projects conducted in Kenya and Thailand, researchers have produced a six-step methodology to support others using citizen science approaches.

Other publication / This brief urges the G20 to use participatory approaches to involve local city and water stakeholders in developing and implementing climate adaptation plans.

SEI podcast / In this third episode, Vishal Mehta introduces one of the outputs of SEI’s City Health and Well-being Initiative: the Urban Toolbox for “liveable” cities.

Feature / Co-created citizen science empowers communities, reshaping research to reflect their real needs and priorities.

Journal article / Using citizen science approaches to explore personal exposure to air pollution of selected informal settlement dwellers in Nairobi, Kenya.

Feature / See how strategic urban interventions transformed Tallinn’s historic core into a lively and sustainable urban oasis for the community.

Project / The project makes the hidden heat risks of climate change visible and helps young people and communities better understand urban heat islands and their effects.

Project / SEI Tallinn supports the Ministry of Regional Affairs and Agriculture in implementing public transport reform by carrying out a co-creation process.

Journal article / INGENIOUS project researchers studied indoor air quality in 300+ Bradford homes, linking pollutants to cooking and ventilation practices.