The LEARN CitSci project
This project studied what impact citizen science projects have on the young people that take part in them.
Our community science programme
The community science team works to transform the potential of individuals and communities to collaborate in research, building knowledge and agency to take environmental action.
Answering questions about climate change and the diversity of life requires a lot of data that our researchers can’t gather alone. We work to enhance scientific research through collaboration with diverse public audiences to act on environmental issues.
Community science is important at the NHM. It is one of our dedicated research themes.
Why do we use the term 'community science'?
We use the term ‘community science’ rather than ‘citizen science’ as the research approach is open to all, and the term better reflects the collective effort involved and the fact that this type of research happens in communities around the country and around the world.
Resources for practitioners
Guides
Our guides help groups and individuals to develop their own citizen science projects, as well as BioBlitz wildlife recording events:
- Guide to setting up citizen science projects PDF (3.4MB)
- Guide to running a BioBlitz PDF (3.4MB)
- The Ten Principles of Citizen Science, whose development was led by our team, sets out some of the key principles which underlie good practice in citizen science.
Our work
You can read about our current and past projects, while our Nature Recording Hub promotes other UK organisations wildlife monitoring schemes.
Current projects
Our current projects are listed on our page for participants.
Past projects
You can read about some of the previous community science projects that we've worked on.
Nature Recording Hub
Discover how to record the wildlife in your urban environment.
Data Ecosystem
We have partnered with AWS to process and manage our biodiversity data.
Get in touch
If you want to contact the community team, please email communityscience@nhm.ac.uk