Find here GROW outputs including key achievements and publications.

Key Achievements

Citizens’ Observatory Framework

1 GROW Framework – A model for future Citizens’ Observatories

2 Sustainability pathway for Citizens’ Observatories

3 Tools for collaborative Citizens’ Observatories

Citizens’ Observatory Data and Integration

4 GROW Sensing Network

5 Integration with global Earth Observation systems

6 Validation of Sentinel-1 satellites 

7 Validation of regenerative growing practices

8 Gridded soil moisture models from GROW data

Information Services

9 GROW Dynamic Soil Moisture Maps

10 Plan My Water information service

11 Crop advice and edible plant database

12 Open data innovation with SMEs

13 GROW artist residency and art commission

Social Innovation

14 A European Wide Community for Climate Action

15 Online Social Learning

16 Real impacts on resource use and sustainable practices

17 Contributions to Policy and the UN Sustainable Development Goals 

Academic Papers

Journal Papers

Zappa, L., Woods, M., Hemment, D. Xaver, A. and Dorigo, W. (2020). Evaluation of remotely sensed soil moisture products using crowdsourced measurements. Proc. SPIE 11524, Eighth International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2020), 115241U (26 August 2020); DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2571913

Zappa, L., Forkel, M., Xaver, A. and Dorigo, W. (2019). Deriving Field Scale Soil Moisture from Satellite Observations and Ground Measurements in a Hilly Agricultural Region. Remote Sensing, 11(22), p.2596. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11222596

Xaver, A.; Zappa, L.; Rab, G.; Pfeil, I.; Vreugdenhil, M.; Hemment, D.; Dorigo, W. (2019). Evaluating the suitability of the consumer low-cost Parrot Flower Power soil moisture sensor for scientific environmental applications. Geosci. Instrum. Methods Data Syst. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-2019-38 

Kovács, K. Z., Hemment, D., Woods, M., et al. (2019). Citizen observatory based soil moisture monitoring – the GROW example. Hungarian Geographical Bulletin (Vol. 68, No. 2). p. 119-139. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15201/hungeobull.68.2.2 

Peer Reviewed Project Reports

Woods, M., Ajates, R., Gulari, N. Burton, V., van der Velden, N., Hemment, D., 2019. GROW Observatory European Commission Deliverable 1.4. Report summarising mission outcomes around the adoption of sustainable land management practices, land use change, and validation of new land management and cultivation practices. GROW Observatory H2020 Report to the European Commission: https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/publications/grow-observatory-mission-outcomes

Caon, L., Lefevre, C. Ajates, R., 2019. GROW Observatory Deliverable 3.5. Engagement activities and their impacts on policy development. Project Deliverable for the European Commission: https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/publications/engagement-activities-and-their-impacts-on-policy-development

Hager, G. et al. (2019). Deliverable 3.3. Information service for growers. Project Deliverable for the European Commission: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/690199/results

Whelan, B. et al. (2019). Deliverable 2.5. Evaluation of Citizen Engagement and Active Participation. GROW Observatory Deliverable for the European Commission: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/690199/results

Georgiadis, P. et al. (2019). Deliverable 2.4. GROW Community
Champions Programme. GROW Observatory Deliverable for the European Commission: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/690199/results

van der Velden, N. et al. (2019) Deliverable 4.3. Report on science experiments and protocols and the collective creation of knowledge in GROW Missions. GROW Observatory Deliverable for the European Commission: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/690199/results

Whelan, B. et al. (2018). Deliverable 2.1. GROW Communication
Plan. GROW Observatory Deliverable for the European Commission: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/690199/results

Ajates, R., Hemment, D., Woods, M., Long, D., Whelan, B., Dobos, E. and Pavlos Georgiadis, G, 2018. Deliverable 1.2. Report on first Mission Insights workshops. Project Deliverable for the European Commission: https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/52295018/Report_on_first_Campaign_Insights_workshop.pdf

Hemment, D., Ajates, R., Woods, M., Long, D., Giesen, R. and Cobley, A. (2017). GROW Citizens Observatory Framework. GROW Observatory H2020 Report to the European Commission. 55 p. 

Conference Proceedings

Woods, M., Hemment, D., Ajates, R., Cobley, A., Xaver, A., & Konstantakopoulos, G. (2020). GROW Citizens’ Observatory: Leveraging the power of citizens, open data and technology to generate engagement, and action on soil policy and soil moisture monitoring. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 509(1), [012060]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/509/1/012060

Ajates, R., Woods, M., Hemment, D., Georgiadis, P., Philip, D. (2019). Fostering transformation through citizen science: The case of GROW Citizens’ Observatory. Paper presented at Transformations 2019, Santiago, Chile, 16/10/19 – 18/10/19. (Peer Reviewed Conference Paper)

Woods, M., Ajates, R. and Hemment, D., (2019). Design for Climate Services: A Co-Design Approach. Academy for Design Innovation Management Conference 2019, London, 18th-21st June 2019. (Peer Reviewed Workshop Report) – Award Winner.

Hemment, D., Woods, M., Ajates, R., Cobley, A. and Xaver, A., (2019). Enhancing collective intelligence through citizen science: The case of the GROW citizens’ observatory. International Collective Intelligence Conference, Pittsburgh, 13-14th June 2019. (Extended Abstract and Interactive Poster). https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/publications/enhancing-collective-intelligence-through-citizen-science-the-cas-2

Hemment, D., Woods, M. and Ajates, R., 2018. Massive Online Open Citizen Science: Use of MOOCs to scale rigorous Citizen Science training and participation. In COWM 2018 Proceedings, Citizen Observatories for Natural Hazards and Water Management Conference. (Peer Reviewed Conference Paper). https://doi.org/10.20933/100001122. 

Conference Posters, Presentations and Workshops

Ajates, R, Woods, M, Gulari, N, Hemment, D, Georgiadis, P. et al. (2020). From contributory to collegial: A model to foster citizen-led open data innovation in Citizens’ Observatories. Poster presented at the European Citizen Science Association Conference, Trieste & Online, 6-10th Sep 2020.https://discovery.dundee.ac.uk/en/publications/from-contributory-to-collegial-a-model-to-foster-citizen-led-open

Woods, M, Ajates, R, Coulson, S, Hemment, D, Georgiadis, P. (2020). Co-designing Environmental Solutions for a Changing Climate in the context of Citizens’ Observatories. Paper presented at the European Citizen Science Association Conference, Trieste & Online, 6-10th Sep 2020.

Hemment, D., Woods, M., Ajates, R. (2019). Communicating the transformative power of soils through citizen science, satellite validation and data art. Transformations 2019, Santiago, Chile. (Poster).

Woods, M., Ajates, R., Hemment, D., Georgiadis, P., Philip, D. (2019). Converting communities into agents of transformation: the case of the GROW Citizens’ Observatory. Transformations 2019, Santiago, Chile. (Poster)

Hemment, D., Woods, M., Ajates, R. and Georgiadis, P. 2019, ‘GROW food. GROW soil. GROW science’, Transformations 2019, Santiago, Chile. (Video Session)

Woods, M., Hemment, D., Ajates, R. and Coulson, S. (2019), ‘One-day Workshop: Imagining the transformative future of Citizen Observatories to leverage the power of open data, technology and citizen science’ Transformations 2019, Santiago, Chile. (Peer reviewed workshop)

Woods, M., Hemment, D., Ajates, R. and Bromley, S., 2019. Design for Climate Services: A Co-Design Approach – Workshop, Academy for Design Innovation Management Conference 2019, London, 18th-21st June 2019. 

Woods, M., Hemment, D., Ajates, R.; presenter: Cobley, A.,  A Participant-Centred Model for Citizen Observatories at Scale. Poster presentation, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, 7-12th Apr 2019. (Peer reviewed poster)

Woods, M., Hemment, D., Ajates, R. (2019). A Participant-Centred Model for Citizen Observatories at Scale. in Geophysical Research Abstracts. vol. 21, EGU 2019-18970, European Geosciences Union, EGU General Assembly 2019, Vienna, Austria, 7/04/19. (Peer reviewed poster)

Hemment, D., Woods, M. and Ajates, R. (2018), Massive Open Online Citizen Science: Use of MOOCs to scale rigorous Citizen Science training and participation. Citizen Observatories for Natural Hazards & Water Management, Venice, 27-30th Nov 2018. (Peer reviewed poster)

Hemment, D., Woods, M., Ajates, R. (2018). Use of MOOCs to scale rigorous Citizen Science and its impact. 2nd International ECSA Conference 2018, Geneva, Switzerland, 4/06/18 – 6/06/18. (Peer reviewed poster)

Hemment, D, Woods, M & Ajates Gonzalez, R. (2018), ‘Use of MOOCs to scale rigorous Citizen Science and its impact’, Poster presentation presented by Burton, V., Centre for Ecology and Evolution Citizen Science Summer Symposium 14th June 2018, Royal Holloway University of London, London. (Peer reviewed poster)

Zappa, L., Xaver, A., Öismuller, M., Hemment, D. and Dorigo, W. (2018). In-situ measurements from citizen observatories for downscaling satellite-derived soil moisture. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018. EGU2018-15473 (Poster, Peer Reviewed)

Moorthy, I., Fritz, S., See, L., Wehn, U., Hemment, D., Pau, J. M., Tsertou, A., Vohland, K., Ferri, M., McCallum, I., Domian, D., Hager, G. & Perger, C. (2018). WeObserve: An Ecosystem of Citizen Observatories for Environmental Monitoring | Highlight. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018. EGU2018-14026 (PICO Presentation, Peer Reviewed)

Xaver, A., Zappa, L., Pfeil, I., Öismuller, M., Vreugdenhil, M., Dobos, E., Kovacs, K. & Hemment, D. (2018) The potential of crowdsourced in situ soil moisture for environmental research. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2018. EGU2018-15602 (PICO Presentation, Peer Reviewed)