Pieter Franken, Safecast and Citizen Science
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Pieter Franken’s background as a passionate builder and what citizen science is
Safecast started immediately after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.
Safecast collected data beyond what normal scientists and governments could do
Avoiding bias and building trust in data through decentralization, openness and transparency
How do we unbias events that are happening
Structure and decision-making in Safecast: volunteer-driven, decentralized
Students need to explore their passions
The future relies on our taking action on causes we care about
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Quoting Pieter: “A non-profit organization is trying to transform those spontaneous initiatives into an international movement. Safecast was founded after the Japanese government failed to properly represent the scale of the nuclear fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.”
“One of the most influential citizen science projects has also come out of Japan: Safecast.
