Examining the structures and practices for knowledge production within Galaxy Zoo - an online citizen science initiative by Bantawa, B

“…<p>This study examines the ways in which public participation in the production of scientific knowledge, influences the practices and expertise of the scientists in Galaxy Zoo, an online Big Data citizen science initiative. …”

Advancing machine learning in astrophysics by Walmsley, M

“…Galaxy Zoo is being gradually outpaced by the increasing scale of new surveys. …”

Pattern Recognition in Astrophysics and the Anthropic Principle by Darg, D

“…We first try solving the pattern-recognition problem of locating mergers using the Galaxy Zoo database and produce the largest homogenous merger catalogue to date. …”

The impact of strong and weak bars on galaxy evolution by Géron, T

“…In order to answer this question, I use Galaxy Zoo DECaLS to identify a large volume- limited sample of 1,867 galaxies from a wide range of bar types. …”

When scientists meet the public: an investigation into citizen cyberscience by Darch, P

“…This thesis presents qualitative ethnographic case studies of the communities that have formed around two such projects, climateprediction.net and Galaxy Zoo. By considering these social actors in the broader contexts in which they are situated (historical, institutional, social, scientific), I discuss the co-shaping of the interests of these actors, the nature of the relationships amongst these actors, and the infrastructure of the projects and the purposes and nature of the scientific work performed.…”

The influence of morphology, AGN and environment on the quenching histories of galaxies by Smethurst, R

“…I then utilise the Galaxy Zoo 2 morphological classifications to obtain a morphology weighted, combined population distribution across each quenching parameter for a sample of galaxies. …”

Evolution of barred galaxies and associated structures by Kruk, S

“…</p> <p>In order to test how bars affect their host galaxies, I study the discs, bars and bulges of what is currently the largest sample of barred galaxies (~3,500), selected with visual morphologies from the Galaxy Zoo project. I perform multi-wavelength and multi-component photometric decomposition, with the novel GALFITM software. …”