Under the leadership of Roger*Fradera of the*Centre for Environmental Policy*at Imperial College London, I was involved as a co-author on a ‘thinkpiece’ about citizen science and the nexus.*If you haven’t come across the term, ‘nexus’ is the linkage of food, energy, water and the environment as a major challenge for the future.
The paper is now published:
Fradera, R., Slawson, D., Gosling, L., Geoghegan, H., Lakeman-Fraser, P., *Makuch, K. Makuch, Z., Madani, K., Martin, K., Slade, R., Moffat, A. and Haklay, M. Exploring the nexus through citizen science,*Nexus Network think piece Series, Paper 010, November 2015
The paper explores the background of citizen science, and then suggests few recommendations in the context of the nexus, including:
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The paper is now published:
Fradera, R., Slawson, D., Gosling, L., Geoghegan, H., Lakeman-Fraser, P., *Makuch, K. Makuch, Z., Madani, K., Martin, K., Slade, R., Moffat, A. and Haklay, M. Exploring the nexus through citizen science,*Nexus Network think piece Series, Paper 010, November 2015
The paper explores the background of citizen science, and then suggests few recommendations in the context of the nexus, including:
- Inclusivity: a co-created citizen science approach is likely to be more appropriate both to address the more complex nexus issues and to engage all sectors of society.
- Engagement: Citizen science practitioners and nexus scientists should explore developing citizen science programmes with multi-scale engagement of citizens, for example programmes focusing on a nexus issue that combine local, citizen-led or co-created projects.
- Barriers: Research is needed to understand the motivations, attitudes and willingness to change behaviours across all nexus stakeholders, and to better understand and find solutions to barriers.
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