This document discusses citizen science and how mobile technologies can help enable more people to participate in citizen science projects. It outlines several existing citizen science projects focused on nature, noise and air pollution, and disaster response. It also addresses challenges to growing citizen science, including how to make measuring data seamless, engage people in everyday life, manage and share the large amounts of data collected, and ensure the data is accessible when needed. Designing citizen science projects and apps is still difficult according to the document, which calls for more platforms and tools to help more people participate in citizen science.

1. Citizen Science on the Move
Ronald Lenz, CEO 7scenes

2. 7scenes
Mobile Storytelling platform for culture, education & events

3. We layer cities with new meaning

4. What’s Citizen Science?

5. Why Citizen Science?

6. Smart phones & sensors
Our personal mobile lab

7. Nature - Project NOAH

9. Noise pollution - Noisetube

10. Air pollution

11. Disaster - Oilreporter

12. Health - Quantified Self
Sleep, heart, diet, running, ...

13. Why aren’t you a Citizen Scientist?
Challenges for a mass movement

14. Citizen Science starts at school

15. Measuring should be seamless
Sensaris - sensepods

16. Handheld & vehicle sensors
Common Sense

17. Everyday life engagement
What’s the gameplay and what’s the reward?

18. Where is all that data going?
We need data platforms..

19. Social platforms
Facebook, Twitter, ..

20. Pachube - platform for realtime data
Datalogger app

21. How will all this data be managed?
Open Science Data API’s

22. Data should be visible when you need it

23. But also new visualizations for the community
Emotion maps - Christian Nold

24. But also new visualizations for the community
Emotion maps - Christian Nold

25. Find a project to get involved in...
Scistarter.com

26. Designing Citizen Science projects should be easy
We need more app platforms..

27. Assemble, Configure & Publish science games
Media, challenges, gameplay, custom maps, UGC, AR, QR, ...

28. Thanks!
ronald@7scenes.com / @rlenz