citizen science

230,000 people have used SEI’s climate calculator to track their carbon footprint

Feature / The climate calculator estimates people's carbon footprint and helps them adapt their lifestyles.

Can video bridge science and policy?

Perspective / Video is a storytelling format that creates compelling narratives. How can it be used to communicate research?

Combining citizen science and food waste – exploring the untapped potential

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

Citizen science and food waste workshop

Past event / This workshop will be the first step at setting up the network of combining research in food waste and citizen science.

Living with smoke

Feature / Get a glimpse of what it means to live with air pollution in Mukuru informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya.

SEI Initiative on City Health and Well-being

Initiative / This initiative investigates how rapidly growing cities affect residents' wellbeing and how this interacts with the overall health of city systems.

How could citizen science support the Sustainable Development Goals?

SEI brief / Citizen science approaches have the potential to support the definition, monitoring and implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals

Citizen science identifies the effects of nitrogen deposition, climate and tree species on epiphytic lichens across the UK

Journal article / This article demonstrates how a citizen science project has led to greater understanding of lichen response to air pollution in the UK.

New interdisciplinary research network to tackle air pollution in sub-Saharan Africa

Feature / This new network will engage with communities in Nairobi using theatre, visual arts, mobile phones, games, story-telling and music.