Laura Vetter holds a degree in Smart and Sustainable Cities Management from the UAB Barcelona. She participated in the Citizen Science pilot about Waste management in Mollet del Vallès and contributed to a paper about the Impact of Citizen Science as a Tool to transform public policies. Furthermore, she has worked with ScienceforChange, a SME dedicated to Participation Processes, where she has been working on the European Project TRANSFORM. Currently, she is employed as a work student at the ICTA UAB within a research project on bicycle behaviour in Barcelona.

Position: phd student

 

Abstract

In the last few years, citizen science has been discussed in academic research as a tool to increase citizens involvement with public administration decisions. In this paper we will investigate how far citizen science can contribute to that goal by observing and analysing the participatory process in a community in Catalonia. We will discuss our findings from this particular case and try to extract general advice for public institutions in order to implement citizens science successfully.

 

• Vetter, L. et al. (2021). Citizen Science as a transformation tool for public policies – The case of Mollet del Valles. Assignment for Urban Open Innovation. Supervisor: Fernando Vilariño. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Video

https://uab.sharepoint.com/:v:/r/sites/MolletChallenge/Documentos%20compartidos/General/8.%20Project%20(Actual%20Overleaf%20Layout)/Lliurat_a_SFC/CitizenScienceMolletdelValles_Presentacio%CC%81n_2021-06-06.mp4?csf=1&web=1&e=TUeBQb