Project Description

Rats have lived with humans since the beginning of agriculture. Rats have also been studied by scientists in laboratories around the globe and we know quite lot about them. Nevertheless, we do not really know what they are doing when they live wild in city parks, sewers and tunnels, in their evolutionary new and ever-changing habitat. Our research project aims to uncover the spatio-temporal variation in rat populations, how rats share and spread parasites and pathogens and how humans feel and think about rats in urban setting.

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Current Project Impact

The following scores were calculated using a statistically-driven machine-learning approach, a type of AI that learns to perform a task by analysing patterns in data. This is an experimental approach to citizen-science impact assessment, and the exact reasoning behind the scores is not explainable. The scores represent a best guess of the impact the project is having in each domain. Scores are recalculated and updated when “View impact report” is clicked.

Society 32 Society 32 Governance 29 Governance 29 Economy 12 Economy 12 Environment 40 Environment 40 Science 17 Science 17 max. 42
Total Score 26/42
Domain Progress

Proportion of questions answered in each domain.

  • 92% General (12/13)
  • 19% Economy (6/31)
  • 27% Environment (8/30)
  • 47% Governance (20/43)
  • 28% Science and technology (11/39)
  • 18% Society (12/67)