An illustration of a Viennese street scene featuring a tram, historic buildings, trees and St Stephen’s Cathedral in the background. In the foreground are several people observing and documenting environmental pollution in the urban environment: one person is taking photographs with a smartphone, another is noting down observations on a clipboard, whilst others are looking around. The image illustrates citizen science as the collective observation and documentation of environmental pollution in Vienna.
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Citizen Science for Environmental Awareness in Vienna

  • Project lead: Tatiana Konrad
  • University of Vienna, Department of English and American Studies
  • Address: Spitalgasse 2, Hof 8.3, 1090 Wien
  • Telephone: +43-1-4277-42456
  • Topic: Health, Culture, Living together
  • Activity: photography, discussing, observing, Offline participation
  • Participation: Open participation
  • Family-friendly: Family-friendly

The project examines visualization and perceptions of environmental pollution, as well as how the visibility or invisibility of pollution shapes the environmental knowledge of Viennese citizens and how visualizing pollution can help spread environmental awareness.

What are the aims of the project?

The project aims to analyze how citizens recognize pollution, which factors prevent them from seeing pollution, how the visibility or invisibility of pollution shapes citizens’ environmental knowledge, and how visualizing pollution can help spread environmental awareness in order to educate citizens about pollution and environmental crises more broadly.

How can you participate in the project?

Interested citizens can participate in the research by observing and documenting environmental pollution and sharing their perceptions with the project team. If you are interested in participating as a co-researcher, please contact Tatiana Konrad at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Timetable

01.02.2026

Start of the co-research period 

01.02.2028

End of the co-research period 

01.02.2028

End of the project