Citizen science projects
There are many science projects that involve community participants as citizen scientists in Queensland.
We use the Australian Citizen Science Association definition: “citizen science involves public participation and collaboration in scientific research with the aim to increase scientific knowledge”.
You can read the Citizen science in Queensland: a review of the current landscape to gain some insights into the types and number of citizen science projects happening in Queensland.
To get involved in citizen science:
- visit the Australian Citizen Science Association website to find a project in your area
- read about the Queensland Citizen Science Grants recipients and their projects
- check out the list of projects relevant to Queensland
- take a look at this map created by SEQ Catchments showing some of the citizen science projects happening in south-east Queensland.
You can be a citizen scientist
Learn about citizen science and all the types of scientific projects you can help in Queensland. Thank you to our Queensland Citizen Science Grants recipients for their support and contributions to this video: • The University…
If you are interested in citizen science across Australia read the Mapping Citizen Science in Australia – Participant Report prepared by Yaela Golumbic (2020) which presents findings from an online questionnaire aimed to map citizen science in Australia and determine its diverse goals, stakeholders and practices.
Read more about citizen science
In this article by Prof Hugh Possingham: From counting birds to speaking out: how citizen science leads us to ask crucial questions.