Institute for Community Studies Peer research Posted on: 13 January 2023 Authors: Siân Whyte,
From tomato seeds in space to particles from comets
Dr. Marc Kuchner, Citizen Science Officer at NASA, reflects on his organisation’s extensive work using citizen science approaches. This keynote speech comes from the ‘Citizen science for policy and practice’, a one-day online event convened in October 2022 by UKRI, the FSA, and the Institute for Community Studies (with support from Government Social Research Profession).
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