Citizen Science

In citizen science, the public participates voluntarily in the scientific process, addressing real-world problems in ways that may include formulating research questions, conducting scientific experiments, collecting and analyzing data, interpreting results, making new discoveries, developing technologies and applications, and solving complex problems. Credit: CitizenScience.Gov

Insight and Analysis

Publication

Empowering Participation in Science: A Citizen Science Landscape

Article

Science and Technology

Anopheles stephensi Mosquitoes: An Old Problem, A New Threat to Malaria Mitigation

By Ritika Sinha-Chaudhuri on April 25, 2024

Publication

Open Science

Federal Flagship Programs: Case Studies of Federal Involvement in Tools for Open Science

By Abigail Lambert

Blog post

Serious Games

Serious Games for Opening Up Scientific Discovery

By Elizabeth M H Newbury on February 22, 2023

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Our Experts

Anne Bowser

Global Fellow

Alison Parker

Senior Program Associate

The nature of tools are changing -- from design, to access, to use. Will the use of these tools fundamentally change how we generate data and knowledge, and apply it to global problems?

Alex Long

Senior Program Associate

COVID-19 should become a pivot point in these United States. A necessary pivot point, since all signs point towards the fact that this pandemic is not an anomaly but rather symptom of globalized society and its effects on the environment…But when it comes time to commiserate on the shared memory of COVID-19 and create stronger and more flexible structures for pandemic preparedness, we may find that there are divergent narratives running on geographic and partisan lines.