Prof Serey Sok, Head of the Research Office of the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP), supported the Build4People project team and is providing a course on “Research Analysis” for Master of Science (MSCs) in Biodiversity Conservation, cohort 2020.
The course aims to equip students with data analysis skills and to help them write academic papers for dissertations and journals. To complete the course, each student is required to write a manuscript of at least 5,000 words for the final term paper and present the paper for the mid-term exam.
To practice in the real world, students were asked to use the RUPP-B4P Citizen Science App developed by Build4People in cooperation with the RUPP IT Center and the RUPP Research office.
The data collected from a clone of the Citizen Science App, the so-called RUPP-B4P Thermal Comfort App, were used by students, analyzed, and presented as part of the course.
Due to the high-quality data collected by the RUPP-B4P Thermal Comfort App, students were able to conduct advanced analyses, including correlation and regression. The students benefited greatly from the App, which provided scientific, reliable data for analysis.
Now, students are working on a manuscript for publication in a local journal, which will be submitted in July or August 2026.
This example from teaching demonstrates that the RUPP-B4P Citizen Science App has strong potential as a scientific diagnostic tool.
Build4People strongly supports the further dissemination of the RUPP-B4P Citizen Science App not only as a scientific diagnosis tool but also as a public participation tool, and will continue its empowerment efforts for RUPP staff.
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