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Co-creation in citizen science: Sharing learnings and good practice from an indoor, airborne microplastics project

Sardo, Margarida; De Vito, Laura; Pringle, Kirsty; Hansen, Mark; Lamb-Riddell, Kathryn; Laggan, Sophie; Cox, Tim; Williams, Ben

Authors

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Dr Laura De Vito Laura.Devito@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow in Air Quality Management

Kirsty Pringle

Mark Hansen Mark.Hansen@uwe.ac.uk
Professor of Machine Vision and Machine Learning

Kathryn Lamb-Riddell

Sophie Laggan

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Dr Ben Williams Ben3.Williams@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Research Fellow in Air Quality Management



Abstract

HOMEs was a citizen science exploratory project, aimed at investigating the presence of airborne microplastics in people's homes. Participants placed passive samplers in their homes, using low-cost microscopes to see and take pictures of their samples. The methods developed are promising, however there are a number of pitfalls to avoid and key considerations. This practice insight explores successful approaches and identifies barriers and limitations when embedding co-creation and participatory citizen science approaches to a research project. This piece focuses on the methods and engagement with participants, rather than on microplastics findings.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 3, 2024
Deposit Date Dec 12, 2024
Electronic ISSN 1824-2049
Publisher Sissa Medialab
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/13524912


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