Category: citizen sceince

RGS-IBG 2017 – Just air? Spatial injustices, contestation and politicisation of air pollution (session notes)

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These are notes from some of the talks from the two sessions on Just air? during the RGS-IBG conference in 2017. Details of the sessions are available here and here. Passive, reactive and participatory governance of the air: three approaches under scrutiny Nicola Da Schio, Bas Van Heur (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) Looking at infrastructures, … Continue reading RGS-IBG 2017 – Just air? Spatial injustices, contestation and politicisation of air pollution (session notes)

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air quality, citizen sceince, citizen science, Conference, Environmental information, RGS-IBG 2017

Citizens Observatories: Empowering European Society

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A citizens observatory is a concept that evolved at EU policy circles, defining the combination of participatory community monitoring, technology and governance structures that are needed to monitor/observe/manage an environmental issue. About two years ago, the EU FP7 funded 5 citizens observatory projects covering areas from water management to biodiversity monitoring. A meeting at Brussels was […]

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NESCent meeting on anthropogenic sensory stimuli & evolution (noise, light, ecology, people & citizen science)

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In citizen science, you always learn new things, and one of the aspects of this area that I like most is the cross-over between different areas of science. By learning about citizen science projects, you also learn about current research activities in Astronomy, Ecology, Conservation, Environmental Science and many other areas. Some occasions, however, provide an […]

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NESCent meeting on anthropogenic sensory stimuli & evolution (noise, light, ecology, people & citizen science)

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In citizen science, you always learn new things, and one of the aspects of this area that I like most is the cross-over between different areas of science. By learning about citizen science projects, you also learn about current research activities in Astronomy, Ecology, Conservation, Environmental Science and many other areas. Some occasions, however, provide an […]

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citizen sceince, citizen science, Extreme Citizen Science, light, NESCent, noise