Included here are press, media, interviews, and other reports that cover Citizen Sense research. If you would like to contact us to learn more about our work, please contact us.
How to Build a World
Article by Brent Ryan Bellamy on Public Books magazine (23 February 2021). Read »
Environmental Data Justice
Feature by Joycelyn Longdon in The Lancet: Planetary Health 4, no. 11 (1 November 2020). Read »
Learning about Citizen Science from Environmental Research
Interview with THIS Institute (The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute), University of Cambridge, UK (20 November 2020). Read »
The Best Trees to Reduce Air Pollution
Article on Future Planet, BBC (5 May 2020). Read »
Citizen Sense
Inclusion as Observatory Case, CreaTures (2020). Read »
On Geocinema’s Framing Territories
Interview with Distributed Critique podcast, produced by New Networked Normal (4 October 2019). Listen »
Cultures of Energy: Jennifer Gabrys
Interview with Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer for Cultures of Energy podcast. Center for Energy & Environmental Research in the Human Sciences. Rice University, US (2018). Listen »
Made At Uni: 100+ Ways Universities Have Improved Everyday Life
Inclusion in Environment category for monitoring pollution, Made At Uni (6 December 2018). Read »
Venice Biennale Swamp Pavilion, Part II: Futurity Island
Article on Archinect (4 September 2018). Read »
Air Quality Garden Toolkit Published
Article on Air Quality News (4 June 2018). Read »
Tomorrow’s Cities: How Barcelona Shushed Noise-Makers with Sensors
Article by Jane Wakefield, BBC News (3 June 2018). Read »
How to Use Your Garden to Fight Pollution
Article by Chris Smith on Goldsmiths, University of London (31 May 2018). Read »
Plants Soak Up Killer Air Pollution
Article in Daily Express (31 May 2018).
Warden’s Annual Public Engagement Awards 2018
Winner of Established Researcher Category, Warden’s Annual Public Engagement Awards program, Goldsmiths, University of London (3 May 2018). Read »
How to Grow Your Own Air Quality Garden
Article on Museum of London (23 April 2018). Read »
Working with Plants to Fight Pollution
Article on Goldsmiths, University of London (11 April 2018). Read »
Of Related Interest
Inclusion in list on Sensory Studies website (2018). Read »
MP for Lewisham Deptford Vicky Foxcroft speaks about Citizen Sense in the House of Commons
Business of the House debates, Volume 632, UK Parliament (7 December 2017). Read »
Talk of the Town Exhibition – The Air is Toxic
Article on South London Press & Mercury (1 December 2017). Read »
Pollution ‘Six Times Recommended Limit’ in the Big Smoke
Article on South London Press & Mercury (22 November 2017). Read »
Pollution ‘Six Times’ Recommended Limit
Article in South London Press (17 November 2017).
Lewisham Air Pollution ‘Six Times Higher than World Health Organisation Guidelines’
Article on East London Lines (16 November 2017). Read »
Air Pollution in Lewisham, Deptford and New Cross Above Limits
Article on News Shopper (15 November 2017). Read »
‘It’s Time to Act Now’, Say Researchers Who Found Pollution at Six Times World Safety Limit in Deptford and New Cross
Article on Evening Standard (14 November 2017). Read »
South East London Pollution Far Exceeds WHO Limit
Article by Chris Smith on Goldsmiths, University of London (14 November 2017). Read »
Environmental and Air Quality Sensors
Inclusion in list on Crowd-Sourced Transport (2 October 2017). Read »
Citizen Sensing for a Co-Governance of the Risk: the Fukushima Safecast Case
Article on LabGov (22 September 2017). Read »
Artist: Citizen Sense
Inclusion on Data as Culture, The Open Data Institute. (June 2017). Read »
Citizen Science, Pollution and Environmental Justice: the 2017 Toxic Expertise annual workshop
Article by Dr Thom Davies on Toxic News (16 May 2017). Read »
The ERC Week: Over 140 events to celebrate 10 years of ERC
Inclusion in ERC Newsletter: ideas #1, spring 2017 (1 May 2017). Read »
Savvy and Sensing: Our Next Generation of Citizen Scientists
Blog on Earthwatch Urban Resiliency Program, Earthwatch Institute (25 April 2017). Read »
Goldsmiths Research Questions: What Can Animal Migration Tell Us about our Environment?
Video by Ashley Simpson. Goldsmiths, University of London (5 April 2017). Watch »
Goldsmiths Sociologists Part of ‘Who Are We?’ Programme at Tate Exchange
Article by Oliver Fry on Goldsmiths, University of London (9 March 2017). Read »
Review of Program Earth (2016)
Program Earth: Environmental Sensing Technology and the Making of a Computational Planet review by Matthew W. Wilson on lifeaftergis.com (13 January 2017). Read »
On Her Book Program Earth: Environmental Sensing Technology and the Making of a Computational Planet
Interview with Rorotoko (28 December 2016). Read »
How Citizens’ Data Can Augment Environmental Monitoring
Article on GNC (22 December 2016). Read »
Citizen Sense: Digital Environmental Sensing
Video. Goldsmiths, University of London, UK (19 December 2016). Watch »
How One Resident near Fracking Got the EPA to Pay Attention to Her Air Quality
Article by Natasha Khan, PublicSource (15 December 2016). Read »
Goldsmiths Research Questions: How Can Citizen Sensing Aid Environmental Engagement?
Video by Ashley Simpson, Goldsmiths, University of London (13 December 2016). Watch »
Goldsmiths Research: Urban Sensing Using the Dustbox
Video by Ashley Simpson, Goldsmiths, University of London (13 December 2016). Watch »
Dustbox: Citizen Pollution Sensor
Entry on Postscapes Internet of Things website (5 December 2016). Read »
Toxic Expertise Public Engagement Event
Article by Dr Thom Davies on Toxic News (8 November 2016). Read »
Beyond Data Collection — The Social and Political Effects of Environmental Sensor Proliferation
Interview with Jenny Isaacs: Environmental Sensing Technology & the Making of a Computational Planet, Mongabay Wildtech (5 November 2016). Read »
“Goldsmiths ‘Dustboxes’ Aim to Clear the Air” and “Dustboxes Fight Urban Air Pollution”
Article by Yana Guganova, and video by Katriona Thompson, Melissa Fernando, and Haonan Kong, East London Lines (4 November 2016) Read »
How Dirty Is Deptford’s Air? Join New Goldsmiths-Led Pollution Monitoring Project
Article by Sarah Cox, Goldsmiths, University of London (20 October 2016) Read »
Citizen Engagement in and Beyond ‘Smart Cities’
Citizen Sense research included in report contribution by Gyorgyi Galik, in “The Pursuit of Legible Policies.” The British Council, The Newton Fund, CONACYT, IIMAS -UNAM, Laboratorio para la Ciudad, Future Cities Catapult, Royal College of Art, and Superflux. Read »
Dustbox
Prototype on display for public engagement as part of the EuroScience Open Forum 2016 event in Manchester, as part of the ERC=ScienceSquared campaign (25-27 July) Read »
The Women Fighting Fracking in Their Own Backyard
Article by Deborah Coughlin, Broadly, Vice (17 June 2016) Read »
PA Expands Particulate Monitoring as Federal Study Finds High Level in One Location
Article by Jon Hurdle, StateImpact, NPR (5 May 2016) Read »
US State Invests $1.6m in Pollution Monitoring after Goldsmiths-Led Citizen Research Exposes Fracking Danger
Article by Sarah Cox, Goldsmiths, University of London (3 May 2016) Read »
State Installing Air Monitors in Drilling Areas
Article by Jon O’Connell, The Times Tribune (28 April 2016) Read »
Citizens’ Digital Monitoring Project Shows Evidence of Air Pollution near US Fracking Sites
Article by Sarah Cox, Goldsmiths, University of London (19 April 2016) Read »
Changing What Counts: How Can Citizen-Generated and Civil Society Data Be Used as an Advocacy Tool to Change Official Data Collection?
Report by Jonathan Gray, Danny Lämmerhirt, and Liliana Bounegru for Open Knowledge (3 March 2016) Read »
Community Air Monitoring of Oil and Gas Pollution: A Survey of Issues and Technologies
White paper by Nadia Steinzor, Earthworks (29 February 2016) Read »
Wanted: The Human City
Article by Scott Huler, ERC=ScienceSquared (16 February 2016) Read »
Wanted: The Human City
Video report by ERC=ScienceSquared (15 February 2016) Watch »
Tiny Tech Sleuths Keep City Officials Honest
Article by Éanna Kelly, ERC=ScienceSquared (12 February 2016) Read »
Striking Installations on Campus Show How Goldsmiths Research is Making a Difference
Article on Goldsmiths, University of London (16 December 2015). Read »
Spreading Environmental Awareness through Sensor Technologies
In “It’s time for citizen science! Research in the spotlight.” ERC Newsletter: ideas #3, September 2015. Read »
Experimenting at Home With Air Quality Monitors
Article by Kate Galbraith, The New York Times, Green Column (15 April 2015) Read »
Communities Tech-Up and Join Forces with Goldsmiths Researchers to Monitor Air Pollution from Fracking Sites in the US
Article on Goldsmiths, University of London (30 March 2015) Read »
Gas Drilling Draws Citizen Scientists to the Field
Article by Katie Colaneri, StateImpact, NPR (19 December 2014) Read »
The Sensor Society
ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas program panel discussion with Mark Andrejevic, Paul Barclay (moderator), Edward Felten, Jennifer Gabrys, The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG, and Lisa Parks (recorded 9 May 2014, aired 2 June 2014) Listen »
Sensing the Air and Clearing the Smog from the Skies
Expert Commentary for Goldsmiths, University of London (4 April 2014)
Participation and Empowerment
Citizen Sense research in Citi-Sense newsletter, no. 21 (April 2014)
Environment and Citizen Sensing
Jennifer Gabrys in mculture online exhibition on the effects of mobile technology, Mobile World Centre, Barcelona (8 January 2014). Watch »
King’s Collaborate with Goldsmiths on Air Quality Walk
Article on London Air website (21 October 2013). Read »
