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Citizen-led emissions reduction: Enhancing enjoyment and understanding for diverse citizen engagement with air pollution and climate change decision making (2024)
Journal Article
Fogg-Rogers, L., Sardo, A. M., Csobod, E., Boushel, C., Laggan, S., & Hayes, E. (2024). Citizen-led emissions reduction: Enhancing enjoyment and understanding for diverse citizen engagement with air pollution and climate change decision making. Environmental Science and Policy, 154, Article 103692. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2024.103692

Diverse citizens need to be involved in net zero transitions to ensure policy interventions do not entrench inequalities for people from minoritised or disenfranchised groups and ensure public engagement with rapid social changes. This paper illustra... Read More about Citizen-led emissions reduction: Enhancing enjoyment and understanding for diverse citizen engagement with air pollution and climate change decision making.

Citizen science to improve patient and public involvement in GUideline Implementation in oral health and DEntistry (the GUIDE platform) (2023)
Journal Article
Hosie, A., Firdaus, M., Clarkson, J., Gupta, E., Laidlaw, L., Lamont, T., …Goulao, B. (2024). Citizen science to improve patient and public involvement in GUideline Implementation in oral health and DEntistry (the GUIDE platform). Health Expectations, 27(1), Article e13921. https://doi.org/10.1111/hex.13921

Background: Citizen science is a way to democratise science by involving groups of citizens in the research process. Clinical guidelines are used to improve practice, but their implementation can be limited. Involving patients and the public can enha... Read More about Citizen science to improve patient and public involvement in GUideline Implementation in oral health and DEntistry (the GUIDE platform).

Experiences of ‘citizen science’, Pushing the boundaries: Exploring ‘citizen science’ and community participation across research (2023)
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Institute for Community Studies, Sardo, M., Williams, B., Bell, A., Whyte, S., Oveson, M., & Clayton, A. (2023). Experiences of ‘citizen science’, Pushing the boundaries: Exploring ‘citizen science’ and community participation across research

This is the first in a series of short discussion papers, sharing learnings and reflections from the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)-funded Citizen Science Collaboration Grants (CSCG). It focuses on the experience of doing ‘citizen science’.1 This... Read More about Experiences of ‘citizen science’, Pushing the boundaries: Exploring ‘citizen science’ and community participation across research.

Embedding citizens within airborne microplastic and microfibre research (2023)
Journal Article
Williams, B., De Vito, L., Margarida Sardo, A., Pringle, K., Hansen, M., Taylor, M., …Hayes, E. (2023). Embedding citizens within airborne microplastic and microfibre research. Cambridge Prisms: Plastics, 1(e11), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1017/plc.2023.11

Microplastics are ubiquitous in our environment but their presence in air is less well understood. Homes are likely a key source of airborne microplastics and microfibres to the environment owing to the frequent use and storage of plastics and textil... Read More about Embedding citizens within airborne microplastic and microfibre research.

Reflecting on deepening participation in recruitment and evaluation in citizen science - lessons from the WeCount project (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Sardo, M., Fogg Rogers, L., & Laggan, S. (2023, April). Reflecting on deepening participation in recruitment and evaluation in citizen science - lessons from the WeCount project. Paper presented at PCST 2023, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

This paper shares learnings from the evaluation of the WeCount urban mobility citizen science project, in which citizens participated in several ways, from technical development to engagement and evaluation. Drawing on asset-based community developme... Read More about Reflecting on deepening participation in recruitment and evaluation in citizen science - lessons from the WeCount project.

Citizen-led emission reductions: Behaviour change intention is positively correlated to citizen enjoyment and learning in public engagement activities (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Fogg Rogers, L., Sardo, M., & Laggan, S. (2023, April). Citizen-led emission reductions: Behaviour change intention is positively correlated to citizen enjoyment and learning in public engagement activities. Presented at Public Communication of Science and Technology 2023 (PCST2023), Rotterdam, Netherlands

Science communicators need to co-create engagement activities which are enjoyable, inclusive, and attractive to diverse citizens representing regional demographics. Over 8,300 people from six European countries took part in the ClairCity project, aim... Read More about Citizen-led emission reductions: Behaviour change intention is positively correlated to citizen enjoyment and learning in public engagement activities.

Circular economy landfills for temporary storage and treatment of mineral-rich wastes (2023)
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Sapsford, D. J., Stewart, D. I., Sinnett, D. E., Burke, I. T., Cleall, P. J., Harbottle, M. J., …Weightman, A. (2023). Circular economy landfills for temporary storage and treatment of mineral-rich wastes. Proceedings of the ICE - Waste and Resource Management, 176(2), 77-93. https://doi.org/10.1680/jwarm.22.00008

Many countries face serious strategic challenges with the future supply of both aggregates and critical elements. Yet, at the same time, they must sustainably manage continued multimillion tonne annual arisings of mineral-dominated wastes from mining... Read More about Circular economy landfills for temporary storage and treatment of mineral-rich wastes.

Reflecting on deepening participation in recruitment and evaluation in citizen science - lessons from the WeCount project (2022)
Journal Article
Sardo, M., Laggan, S., Franchois, E., & Fogg-Rogers, L. (2022). Reflecting on deepening participation in recruitment and evaluation in citizen science - lessons from the WeCount project. fteval Journal for Research and Technology Policy Evaluation, 54, 20-32. https://doi.org/10.22163/fteval.2022.568

This paper focuses on an urban mobility citizen science project in which citizens participated in several ways, from technical development to engagement and evaluation. Drawing on asset-based community development, the WeCount project aimed to empowe... Read More about Reflecting on deepening participation in recruitment and evaluation in citizen science - lessons from the WeCount project.

The Christmas Lectures: extending the experience outside the lecture theatre (2022)
Journal Article
Little, H., Fogg-Rogers, L., & Sardo, A. M. (2022). The Christmas Lectures: extending the experience outside the lecture theatre. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 21(2), Article A01. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.21020201

Traditionally, the Royal Institution’s Christmas Lectures have always adopted a deficit model for communication, with one or two invited scientists giving lectures to an audience present at the Royal Institution (Ri) and, since 1936, an audience watc... Read More about The Christmas Lectures: extending the experience outside the lecture theatre.

WeCount project evaluation summary: Citizen science on urban mobility (2022)
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Sardo, M., Laggan, S., Fogg Rogers, L., Franchois, E., & Bracke, A. (2022). WeCount project evaluation summary: Citizen science on urban mobility. EU H2020

WeCount was a Horizon 2020 project which aimed at quantifying local road transport, produce scientific knowledge in the field of mobility and environmental pollution and co- design informed solutions for several road transport challenges. Uniquely, t... Read More about WeCount project evaluation summary: Citizen science on urban mobility.

Transforming tradition: how the iconic Christmas Lectures series is perceived by its audiences (2021)
Journal Article
Sardo, A. M., Little, H., & Fogg-Rogers, L. (2021). Transforming tradition: how the iconic Christmas Lectures series is perceived by its audiences. International Journal of Science Education, Part B: Communication and Public Engagement, 11(4), https://doi.org/10.1080/21548455.2021.2012298

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a landmark in the history of science communication. With today’s changing media landscape, it is important to know who is currently watching, how they are watching, and how they are perceiving the content.... Read More about Transforming tradition: how the iconic Christmas Lectures series is perceived by its audiences.

Citizen science on urban mobility - A practitioner's guide to evaluation, engagement and policy change (2021)
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Laggan, S., Sardo, M., Franchois, E., Bracke, A., & Maccanni, G. Citizen science on urban mobility - A practitioner's guide to evaluation, engagement and policy change. Zenodo

This guide emerged from the WeCount project and sets out to scale general guidelines for evaluating similar citizen science projects for improved urban mobility, and draw best practice models for engagement and policy recommendations. It accompanies... Read More about Citizen science on urban mobility - A practitioner's guide to evaluation, engagement and policy change.

WeCount Advocacy Toolkit (2021)
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Laggan, S. (2021). WeCount Advocacy Toolkit. European Commission

This toolkit is for all citizens who want to advocate for change to urban mobility. Within you will learn about data collection and analysis and the types of advocacy we can be a part of. You'll also learn how to diversify both campaign groups and au... Read More about WeCount Advocacy Toolkit.

“Britain's rainforests”: Engaging the public with brownfield sites for conservation in the U.K. (2021)
Journal Article
McCallum, R., & Sardo, A. M. (2021). “Britain's rainforests”: Engaging the public with brownfield sites for conservation in the U.K. Journal of Science Communication, 20(04), Article A07. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.20040207

This small-scale study aims to understand what different environmental organisations are doing to engage people with brownfield sites in the U.K. Interviews with staff members from different environmental organisations found a wide range of initiativ... Read More about “Britain's rainforests”: Engaging the public with brownfield sites for conservation in the U.K..

Engaging young people as active citizens and citizen scientists (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Fogg Rogers, L., Laggan, S., Csobod, E., Sardo, M., Szuppinger, . P., Rodrigues, . V., & Hayes, E. (2020, October). Engaging young people as active citizens and citizen scientists. Presented at EU Green Week

The climate emergency and air pollution sit alongside the biodiversity and ecological crises as the most pressing issues of this generation. Inextricably linked to these environmental problems is social justice; poorer and vulnerable people, and thos... Read More about Engaging young people as active citizens and citizen scientists.

Are we on the same page? Making project engagement and evaluation work across European cities and cultures (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Sardo, M., Fogg Rogers, L., Laggan, S., Vleugels, I., Bracke, A., & Franchois, E. (2020, October). Are we on the same page? Making project engagement and evaluation work across European cities and cultures. Paper presented at Citizen Science SDG Conference, Berlin/Online

WeCount (Citizens Observing UrbaN Transport) is an H2020 project under the SwafS-programme which aims to empower citizens to take a leading role in the production of data, evidence and knowledge around mobility in their neighbourhoods, and at street... Read More about Are we on the same page? Making project engagement and evaluation work across European cities and cultures.