INTRODUCTION The steep reduction of biodiversity has long been neglected as one of the consequences of the climate crisis. Recently, it has acquired more attention and large municipalities in the Netherlands, such as the municipality of Rotterdam, have implemented monitoring plans and measures to strengthen biodiversity. Citizen science plays a pivotal role because roughly 60% of the urban environment is privately owned, which means the municipality has no access to these places. Unfortunately, many residents do not participate in biodiversity monitoring programs because they think biodiversity is boring, complex, and distant from their daily lives (Slingerland & Overdiek, 2023). Citizens who do participate as citizen scientists are often restricted to being data collectors, i.e. human sensors, and have limited opportunity to act based on the data they have gathered (Ellis & Waterton, 2004). The aim of this workshop is to map tools, platforms, and approaches that shift citizens' roles from human sensors to active participants in strengthening local biodiversity. WORKSHOP OUTLINE The workshop content will be fuelled by the Biodiversity Citizen Voices (BioCiVo, TU Delft) research project, which is one pilot for the overarching 'Neighbourhood as a Biotope' program (RUAS, 2024-2028). This transdisciplinary program sets out to jointly work on efforts to strengthen local biodiversity by giving citizens more ownership and action perspectives. The organisers will present the BioCiVo platform with which residents can 1) evaluate given scenarios in the neighbourhood to improve biodiversity (e.g. a green roof), and 2) design their own scenarios and get informed on follow-up steps for implementation. A prototype of the platform will be available to test out and explore during the workshop. Participants of the workshop will also be invited to bring their own cases of tools, approaches, and platforms they have explored in the context of citizen science, participation, and biodiversity. We will map the existing platforms and explore their uses, for example in relation to a citizen science process. We will further identify and map the challenges these tools bring, and brainstorm ways to overcome these. ENVISIONED OUTCOMES The organisers will produce a workshop report that disseminates what was discussed during the workshop, including 1) the presented prototypes, 2) a reflection on using the prototypes, 3) the identified challenges to move beyond human sensors in citizen science, and 4) potential pathways to overcome these challenges. This report will be shared among all participants and will be published as a design brief in the Evolving Scholar Journal by the OPEN TU Delft.
INTRODUCTION The steep reduction of biodiversity has long been neglected as one of the consequences of the climate crisis. Recently, it has acquired more attention and large municipalities in the Netherlands, such as the municipality of Rotterdam, have implemented monitoring plans and measures to strengthen biodiversity. Citizen science plays a pivotal role because roughly 60% of the urban environment is privately owned, which means the municipality has no access to these places. Unfortunately, many residents do not participate in biodiversity monitoring programs because they think biodiversity is boring, complex, and distant from their daily lives (Slingerland & Overdiek, 2023). Citizens who do participate as citizen scientists are often restricted to being data collectors, i.e. human sensors, and have limited opportunity to act based on the data they have gathered (Ellis & Waterton, 2004). The aim of this workshop is to map tools, platforms, and approaches that shift citizens' roles from human sensors to active participants in strengthening local biodiversity. WORKSHOP OUTLINE The workshop content will be fuelled by the Biodiversity Citizen Voices (BioCiVo, TU Delft) research project, which is one pilot for the overarching 'Neighbourhood as a Biotope' program (RUAS, 2024-2028). This transdisciplinary program sets out to jointly work on efforts to strengthen local biodiversity by giving citizens more ownership and action perspectives. The organisers will present the BioCiVo platform with which residents can 1) evaluate given scenarios in the neighbourhood to improve biodiversity (e.g. a green roof), and 2) design their own scenarios and get informed on follow-up steps for implementation. A prototype of the platform will be available to test out and explore during th ...
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