Dr Margarida Sardo Margarida.Sardo@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow in Science Communication
Dr Margarida Sardo Margarida.Sardo@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow in Science Communication
Sophie Laggan
Dr Laura Fogg Rogers Laura.Foggrogers@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Professor of Knowledge Exchange in Engineering
Elke Franchois
Giovanni Maccani
Kris Vanherle
Enda Hayes Enda.Hayes@uwe.ac.uk
Prof in Air Quality & Carbon Management/School Director (Research & Enterprise)
WeCount was designed to empower citizens in five case studies across Europe to take a leading role in the production of data, evidence, knowledge and solutions for local sustainable mobility. This practice insight aims to explore the suitability and value of citizen science to address sustainable mobility and sustainable transport issues. The evaluation showed that WeCount was able to reach and sustain engagement with broad demographics in society and highlighted the importance of co-design in making citizen science enjoyable and empowering. Statistical significance was found: the more a citizen enjoyed their time, the more likely they were to state they would continue working with the data beyond the project. Moreover, WeCount citizens reported that participation led to action and/or changes in behaviours. While the numbers are modest (24 individual actions by around 10% of participants), this is an important, measurable outcome.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Apr 20, 2024 |
Online Publication Date | Jun 10, 2024 |
Publication Date | Jun 10, 2024 |
Deposit Date | Jun 10, 2024 |
Publicly Available Date | Jun 12, 2024 |
Journal | Journal of Science Communication |
Electronic ISSN | 1824-2049 |
Publisher | Sissa Medialab |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 23 |
Issue | 5 |
Article Number | 01 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.22323/2.23050801 |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/12040038 |
Measuring the impacts of participatory citizen science: Lessons from the WeCount sustainable mobility project
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