Citizen science and participatory environmental monitoring
4 European H2020 organizations list this as part of their work — 2 as their primary capability.
Most active in this area
- FUNDACION PRIVADA INSTITUTO DE SALUD GLOBAL BARCELONA
Barcelona-based global health institute specializing in how environmental exposures — air pollution, chemicals, urban design — affect human health from pregnancy through aging.
“ESAIRE, CitieS-Health, InSPIRES, and related work demonstrate a sustained capability in designing and running citizen science platforms for air quality and urban health monitoring.”
ES56 projects - STICHTING AKVO
Dutch NGO building open-source data platforms for citizen science, water monitoring, and environmental governance in Europe, Africa, and Asia.
“Ground Truth 2.0 focused on citizen observatories for environmental data, and PAVITRA GANGA involved community-level water quality monitoring.”
PrimarySMENL3 projects - UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DEL NORTE
Chilean university contributing Atacama Desert hydrology and Pacific coastal ocean observation expertise to European research consortia.
“MINKE project explicitly addresses citizen observatories, participatory science, and community-driven data quality assurance.”
CL3 projects - FUTURE EVERYTHING CIC
Manchester civic innovation CIC specialising in citizen science, environmental crowdsensing, and community participation in land and soil monitoring.
“GROW Observatory (2016-2019) was explicitly built around citizen observation, crowdsensing, and community participation in soil and land data collection.”
PrimarySMEUK2 projects