Knowledge Transfer with Citizen Science: Luft-Leipzig Case Study

Liina Tõnisson, Jens Voigtländer, Michael Weger, Denise Assmann, Ralf Käthner, Bernd Heinold and Andreas Macke
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Liina Tõnisson: Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Jens Voigtländer: Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Michael Weger: Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Denise Assmann: Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Ralf Käthner: Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Bernd Heinold: Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Andreas Macke: Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research, 04318 Leipzig, Germany

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 14, 1-18

Abstract: Community-based participatory research initiatives such as “hackAir”, “luftdaten.info”, “senseBox”, “CAPTOR”, “CurieuzeNeuzen Vlaanderen”, “communityAQ”, and “Healthy Air, Healthier Children” campaign among many others for mitigating short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) and improving air quality have reported progressive knowledge transfer results. These research initiatives provide the research community with the practical four-element state-of-the-art method for citizen science. For the preparation-, measurements-, data analysis-, and scientific support-elements that collectively present the novel knowledge transfer method, the Luft-Leipzig project results are presented. This research contributes to science by formulating a novel method for SLCP mitigation projects that employ citizen scientists. The Luft-Leipzig project results are presented to validate the four-element state-of-the-art method. The method is recommended for knowledge transfer purposes beyond the scope of mitigating short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) and improving air quality.

Keywords: knowledge transfer; short-lived climate pollutants; air quality; black carbon; particulate matter; citizen science (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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