Citizens AND HYdrology (CANDHY): conceptualizing a transdisciplinary framework for citizen science addressing hydrological challenges

Widely available digital technologies are empowering citizens who increasingly well informed and involved in numerous water, climate, environmental challenges. Citizen science can serve many different purposes, from the “pleasure of doing science” to complementing observations, increasing scientific literacy, supporting collaborative behaviour solve specific water management problems. Still, procedures on how incorporate citizens’ knowledge effectively inform policy decision-making lagging behind. Moreover, general conceptual frameworks unavailable, preventing widespread uptake citizen approaches for more participatory cross-sectorial governance. In this work, we identify shared constituents, interfaces, interlinkages between hydrological sciences other academic non-academic disciplines addressing issues. Our goal is conceptualize a transdisciplinary framework valuing advancing sciences. Joint efforts hydrological, computer, social envisaged integrating human sensing behavioural mechanisms into framework. Expanding opportunities online communities complement fundamental value on-site surveying indigenous knowledge. This work promoted by Citizens AND HYdrology (CANDHY) Working Group established International Association Hydrological Sciences (IAHS).