Lundén, Karl
- Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Other publication in scientific journal2019Peer reviewedOpen access
Citizen Science and Radioactivity
Andersson-Sundén, E.; Gustavsson, C.; Hjalmarsson, A.; Jacewicz, M.; Lantz, M.; Marciniewski, P.; Ziemann, V.; Barker, A.; Lundén, K.
Abstract
Citizen science is a term used to describe science where the general public is involved in scientific research. This article reports on a citizen science project carried out in Sweden during the autumn of 2018, where 135 secondary school classes (pupils of age 13–16) participated by collecting mushrooms, soil samples, and animal droppings. In addition, they prepared samples and performed preliminary analyses before submitting their samples and results to Uppsala University (UU) and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) for further compilation and analysis. This was an interdisciplinary project where the involved departments from UU were Physics and Astronomy together with Earth Sciences. The collaboration was further strengthened with the inclusion of the Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology at SLU.
Published in
Nuclear Physics News
2019, volume: 29, number: 2, pages: 25-28
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd.
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Environmental Sciences
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10619127.2019.1603559
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/129917