This manual aims to empower individuals in their roles as citizen scientists and to promote the practice of community-based citizen science as a vehicle for environmental justice.

• guides

• Citizen science

The River Thames Water Quality Testing Group is operated by volunteers who enjoy wild swimming, paddle-boarding and boating, and are concerned about the water quality in the River Thames and the lack of up-to-date information.

• Clean water and sanitation
• rivers

• Citizen science

The African affiliate of the global Open Science Hardware community, plus its global summit

• Emerging tech
• Hardware
• Open science

"...Open source hardware gives people the freedom to control their technology while sharing knowledge and encouraging commerce through the open exchange of designs."

• Meet the others
• Hardware
• Open science

Online community tracking earthquakes with Raspberry Shakes: Professional grade seismograph and infrasound monitors that anyone can use to record and visualize both natural and human activity.

• earthquakes
• apps

• Crowdsourcing
• Citizen science

This overview highlights resources that are available for TU Delft researchers in their Open Science journey.

• guides

• Adjacent Fields
• Open civic data
• Open science

Advancing the power of data to improve the social and economic lives of all people

• Open science
• Citizen science

We've been organising a programme of citizen science to measure air pollution since 2013

• air quality

• Smart Cities and sensors
• Citizen science

Pakistan Air Quality Initiative (PAQI پاکی) provides community-driven air quality data to increase social awareness.

• air quality

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Emerging tech

First real-time map of auroral visibility based on user contributions and crowd sourcing.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Adjacent Fields

illuminating local water quality through data performances for collective action

• Clean water and sanitation

• The People
• Adjacent Fields
• Data visualization

Zooniverse gives people of all ages and backgrounds the chance to participate in real research with over 50 active online citizen science projects.

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing

A low cost air quality sensor network providing real time measurement of air quality on a public map.

• air quality

• Emerging tech
• Tech for public challenges
• Smart Cities and sensors

eBird transforms your bird sightings into science and conservation. Plan trips, find birds, track your lists, explore range maps and bird migration—all free.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Crowdsourcing

A biotech makerspace located in a rural community.

• Hubs
• Open science
• Citizen science

The Centre for Collective Intelligence Design will explore how human and machine intelligence can be combined to make the most of our collective knowledge and develop innovative and effective solutions to social challenges.

• The Tech
• Artificial Intelligence
• Emerging tech

Real science we can do together. Join a #citizenscience project (we feature 2500+).

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Civic tech catalogs

Measure air quality yourself

• air quality

• The Tech
• Civic data
• Emerging tech

We train youth to produce high quality data about community assets that everyone can use to improve the human condition.

• youth

• Civic data
• Crowdsourcing
• Citizen science

If you are a professional researcher who wants to learn more about how to get started with designing your citizen science project, this is a good place to start

• books

• The Tech
• Adjacent Fields
• Emerging tech

Chart the frequency of words and phrases in UK Parliament debates

• Media
• Parliamentary and Legislative Tech
• Media and social media analysis

We propose an effort to develop a “Joint Roadmap for Open Science Tools”. This will be delivered by an informal group of like-minded organizations coming together around a common purpose.

• Adjacent Fields
• Tech for public challenges
• Open science