Centre For Citizen Sensing

The Centre for Citizen Sensing (the Centre hereafter) has been recently established as a first of its kind non-profit institution in Udaipur with the objective to increase the democratic engagement of the general public in the processes of evidence-based decision making, with a view to link policy outcomes with social justice and equality. We recognize the provisions of Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that enunciates that “everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits”, and, accordingly, believe that the Centre will strive to achieve necessary changes, be it in policy, law, culture, etc. to support open science movement in Udaipur and beyond that will allow for “new social actors to be actively involved in scientific production, democratizing knowledge, addressing existing systemic inequalities and enclosures of wealth, knowledge and power and guiding scientific work towards solving problems of social importance.” (Draft UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science, 2021)