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.
Particip-Arc est le réseau des acteurs des recherches culturelles participatives, créé en 2017 avec le soutien du Ministère de la Culture, pour favoriser le partage d’expérience entre membres et l’analyse réflexive des pratiques mais aussi pour promouvoir et développer les sciences participatives dans les domaines de la culture. Afin de ...
Nouvel outil au service de la connaissance de la géologie, Vigie-Terre est un programme de sciences participatives consacré à la diversité géologique. Il a pour objectif de recenser des nouvelles observations géologiques sur le territoire, qu’elles soient le résultat du développement de l’anthropisation ou de phénomènes naturels. Sur le long ...
Biodiversity
Observe the lichens in town to follow the evolution of air quality
Lichens Go! is a monitoring of lichens growing on trees in cities to better understand the ecology of these organisms and their sensitivity to air pollution.
Locate three straight trees. Observe the lichens on their trunks and determine them with the lichens GO key! (available on the site) Enter your observation data and participate in the construction of knowledge on these organisms and on air quality!
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field, online
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
Biodiversity
Butterfly survey
Assess the spatial and temporal variations in the abundance of common butterfly populations.
Standardized counts of common butterflies
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field, online
Level of involvement : Case by case
Languages and IT
Français de nos Régions
The project aims to document variations of the French language spoken around the world from a linguistic geography perspective.
Internet users are invited to participate in “language vitality” surveys. The survey results can be viewed as labeled maps on a blog. The blog posts are shared on social media, which in turn helps recruit new participants
Project created
All over France
Type of project : Online
Level of involvement : Once a quarter
Biodiversity
Butterfly monitoring for green space managers
Monitoring of butterflies in green spaces by professional gardeners to measure changes in populations and assess the impact of management practices on butterflies
Observers conduct timed species counts (ten-minute counts along a transect) three times a year (June, July, August) to identify and count the butterflies they observe.
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field, online
Level of involvement : Once a month
Biology
Centre de Recherches sur la Biologie des Populations d'Oiseaux
Suivre les oiseaux en les marquant pour connaître leur devenir, leurs déplacements, leurs migrations. Les données recueillies permettent de documenter la biologie des populations d'oiseaux sauvages en France.
Pour tout le monde : signaler au CRBPO tout oiseau sauvage porteur de marques. Pour les ornithologues avancés : se former aux méthodes de capture, marquage et mesure des oiseaux afin d'obtenir un 'permis de baguage' d'oiseaux.
Project created
All over France
Type of project : Field
Level of involvement : Case by case
Biodiversity
Common flora monitoring
Assess the spatial and temporal variations in the abundance of common plant populations.
Standardized counts of common plants
Project created
Mainland France
Type of project : Field, online
Level of involvement : Case by case
Environment
Projet de surveillance participative de la lagune Aghien – Côte d’Ivoire
Impliquer les populations riveraines dans la surveillance des proliférations de cyanobactéries et d’autres dysfonctionnements de la lagune Aghien, à l’aide d’une application mobile (EpiCollect 5)
Les réponses à un court questionnaire (couleur de l’eau, poissons morts, détritus, etc.) accompagnées de photos géo-localisées et datées sont transmises à la plateforme WaSAf hébergée par le site EpiCollect 5
Project created
Internationally
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