Get involved in citizen science
Collaborative endeavors between scientists and civil society stakeholders have developed significantly in recent years. This growth is driven by public interest in the scientific approach and culture, as well as by the need to find solutions to complex issues (economic, social, health, environmental, cultural, educational and ethical). Digital technology has helped foster the development of this type of collaboration, drawing on both artificial and collective intelligence.
Citizen science relies on cooperation and public participation to produce knowledge in a manner that approaches the scientific, ethical, legal and technology issues of research from a broader perspective.
Finding answers together has thus become the great collective intelligence challenge of the 21st century.
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Une nouvelle vague de l'Appel à Projet Recherches Participatives 2 (émergence) vient d'être publiée par l'ANR.Cet AAP vise, comme le précédent ouvert en 2023, à accompagner la maturation de projets en émergence sur une durée de 12 à 18 mois avec un financement maximal de 100k€ par projet.Date limite de ...
Biodiversity
Découverte et étude du plancton
Les objectifs du projet sont d’étudier la variabilité spatiale et temporelle de la communauté planctonique et de sensibiliser le public à cet univers méconnu.
Les plaisanciers et acteurs de la mer sont invités trois fois par an à échantillonner le plancton en rade de Brest et Lorient et dans la baie de Concarneau.
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field
Level of involvement : Once a quarter
Citizen Science
Observation scientifique du comportement animal par les visiteur⸱se⸱s de zoos et aquariums
Animal Connect vise à produire des données structurées et fiables pour les chercheur⸱se⸱s éthologues, partager avec les zoos et aquariums une meilleure connaissance sur les comportements et habitudes des animaux, et diffuser ces connaissances auprès des visiteur⸱se⸱s via leur participation.
Animal Connect propose à la communauté professionnelle de chercheur⸱se⸱s et d’établissements zoologiques (parcs et aquariums), de concevoir ensemble des protocoles scientifiques d’observation adaptés aux visiteur⸱se⸱s et aux différents contextes dans lesquels sont présentés les animaux.
Project under development
All over France
Level of involvement : Case by case
Environment
The project aims to understand the origin and estimate the quantity of litter, and especia.
- Monitoring of accumulated macro waste - Raising awareness of pollution and encouraging reflection on waste life cycles - Testing mapping with drones to estimate waste quantities
Project in test phase
Internationally
Type of project : Field
Level of involvement : Once a day
Biodiversity
Breeding bird survey
Assess the spatial and temporal variations in the abundance of common breeding bird populations.
Standardized counts of common birds
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field, online
Level of involvement : Case by case
Biodiversity
A network of students to advance science
Vigie-Nature École offers French teachers the opportunity to monitor what is known as “common” biodiversity by implementing scientific protocols with their students.
Ten citizen’s observatories are currently available for preschool to high school-aged students to study various groups of species such as snails, insects, urban flora and birds.
Project created
All over France
Type of project : Field
Level of involvement : Case by case
Biodiversity
Wintering bird survey
Assess the spatial and temporal variations in the abundance of winter populations of common birds.
Standardized counts of common birds
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field, online
Level of involvement : Case by case
Citizen Science
Contribute to study urban crows by reading their colour rings!
Document the functioning of urban crow populations : survival, dispersal, behaviours. Collect ring recoveries by citizen to feed a long-term database to study demographics and movements.
Read colour rings and report your observations on web portal Signal any unusual behaviour
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field
Level of involvement : Case by case
Biodiversity
Garden butterfly monitoring
Opération Papillons aims to improve scientific knowledge on butterflies. The data collected over the long term should help measure the effects of human activities on these species.
Participants carry out inventories of butterflies in their gardens or on their balconies, noting the maximum number of individuals seen together for each species. At the end of each week of observation, the data are entered on the observatory website.
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field, online
Level of involvement : Case by case
Biodiversity
Garden bumblebees monitoring
Observatoire des Bourdons aims to obtain qualitative and quantitative data on bumblebees to better understand the impact of global changes on these pollinating insects.
Participants carry out inventories of bumblebees in their gardens or on their balconies, noting the maximum number of individuals seen together for each species. At the end of each week of observation, the data are entered on the observatory website.
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field
Level of involvement : Case by case