SOMERVILLE, MASS — Light pollution is erasing our night skies—but citizen scientists are stepping up to fight back. Through projects like Globe at Night, everyday people...
Welcome back to the Civic Science TV Newsroom! I’m your host, Jake Krauss, reporting from Washington, DC, on the latest civic science news now with a focus...
In this episode of CivicSciTV’s “Local Perspectives,” host Diya Dwarakanath interviews Professor Juan Gilbert, distinguished professor and department chair of computer & information science and engineering...
On January 28, 2025, Dr. Brian Southwell (Distinguished Fellows at RTI International) delivered a presentation during a webinar titled “In Celebration of NOVA’s New Collection: Helping...
Afrofuturism imagines a world rooted in Black liberation, where Afro-indigenous knowledge systems are uplifted, hierarchies disrupted, and there are no limits to Black potential. At its...
Many of us have dreamed of seeing the northern lights, the aurora borealis, dancing in the night sky. For Vincent Ledvina and Jeremy Kuzub, this dream-turned-reality...
Stephanie Okeyo interviews Ogechi Ekeanyanwu, the Regional Coordinator for Sub-Saharan Africa at SciDevNet, a non-profit organization dedicated to publishing news, analysis, and views on science and...
Science book clubs play a vital role in bringing local communities together to explore new ideas, share knowledge, and spark meaningful conversations about the world around...
NASA has consistently provided strong support for research projects that incorporate citizen science, and this year is no exception. The space agency recently announced its selected...
Our Warming Planet: Visions of a Sustainable Future is an upcoming art exhibition presented by Creative Malden, Coffee Shop Artists, and the City of Malden. This...
This nanolecture serves as the introductory session of the Scientific Citizenship Initiative’s (SCi) science policy workshop series. It provides a foundational understanding of the dual roles...
If community scientists treated their technology like another member of the team, would it increase engagement? Zoey Rosen, a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Institute for...
During the Q&A portion of the ‘Science and Democracy’ panel discussion on January 9, 2025, co-hosted by Boston’s Museum of Science and The Boston Globe, Professors...
“Storytelling is really powerful. And then, it becomes even more powerful when you create a mechanism and a platform and a system where people can tell...
To get a pulse on interest across civic science domains, we analyzed Google search trends from the past year using the following five terms: science communication, citizen...
Fanuel Muindi travels to Washington DC to interview Jenny Luray, Senior Vice President of Strategy and Public Engagement at Research!America, about their mission to strengthen federal...
As President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term in January, there is still much uncertainty over how scientific research will be affected by a myriad of...
The Journal of Science Communication (JCOM) is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published by Sissa Medialab. JCOM mentions that it caters to “scholars coming from sociology of science, science...
The Dean of Brown University’s School of Public Health, Dr. Ashish Jha, recently appeared on GBH’s Boston Public Radio with Jim Braude and Margery Eagen, where he was...
Fanuel Muindi interviews Lucy Madden, founding CEO of Letters to a Pre-Scientist (LPS), an organization connecting middle school students in low-income schools with STEM professionals through...
Since 2013, the SEE Science Center has hosted “Science on Tap,” a series of free, informal discussions with local scientists and experts, covering every topic from...
Fanuel Muindi interviews Lucy Madden, founding CEO of Letters to a Pre-Scientist (LPS), an organization connecting middle school students in low-income schools with STEM professionals through...
Fanuel Muindi interviews Anagha Krishnan and Hannah Dada, co-founders of Science Unlocked, a program designed to bring hands-on science education to incarcerated youth in Washington, D.C....
Article Title: Dark citizen science Authors: James Riley and Will Mason-Wilkes Journal: Public Understanding of Science URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/09636625231203470 Publication Date: October 20, 20 Abstract Citizen science...
Fanuel Muindi interviews Dr. Michel Claessens to expand on his reflections from attending the 2024 PCST symposium in Suzhou, China, titled “Communicating Science Across Cultures: Approaches,...
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