Examples of Relevant Projects
All of the below are examples of participatory research.
- The Big Windermere Survey (BWS) – an innovative citizen science project assessing the environmental health of Windermere, developed through collaboration between Lancaster University and the Freshwater Biological Association in response to community concerns about water quality.
- Sudan Road Access – a project supporting humanitarian aid delivery in Sudan by helping workers avoid flooded areas. Developed through the Zooniverse citizen science platform, the project enables public volunteers to identify patterns in complex datasets that are difficult for experts or AI alone to analyse.
- The Davy Notebooks Project – a collaborative transcription initiative in which volunteers support researchers at Lancaster University and the Royal Institution to digitally preserve Sir Humphry Davy’s manuscript notebooks, which combine scientific experiments, poetry, travel accounts, and personal reflections.