Citizen Science in Information Systems Research

Abstract

Science communication is becoming increasingly important, also in information systems (IS) research, as it is increasingly demanded when applying for research funding or academic positions. In 2019, e.g., the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research published a keynote paper highlighting the increasing importance and necessity of appropriate science communication to receive funding (BMBF 2019). Similar requirements have certainly been formulated by many other institutions that provide research funding. According to Lewenstein (2016, p. 1), ''Citizen science is one of the most dramatic developments in science communication in the last generation.'' Citizen Science, the (large-scale) involvement of citizens in scientific endeavors not only as participants but as co-researchers, is an extreme, but potentially promising, approach to close

Explanatory Interactive Machine Learning

“…In general, annotations may critically improve and speed up model work (e.g., Amershi et al 2015 ). Nevertheless, there is a risk that annotations for large datasets may be costly when created by experts or may not warrant the expected quality of results when created by citizen scientists (e.g., Weinhardt et al 2020 , p. 275) or crowd workers. Depending on the type of ML task or data and annotation task, hybrid approaches where just parts of the data get annotated may be possible.…”

Information and Market Engineering at KIT: Quo Vadis?

“…Lastly, the understanding of the integration of participatory approaches into platform design leads to a new field of application: Digital Citizen Science (Weinhardt et al 2020). In contrast to classical citizen science approaches, the public might participate in research not only by providing or gathering data but that they might be empowered to actively contribute to science through formulating their own research questions, developing their own hypotheses and finally discussing those transparently and interactively with other citizens and researchers.…”

Impact of COVID-19 on BISE Research and Education

“…If the current situation remains like this or will occur more often in the future, new ways of conducting experimental research have to be evaluated. In our last editorial (Weinhardt et al 2020), we discussed the application of citizen science in Information Systems research. As many aspects of life (work, schooling, social interaction) moved back into the homes of citizens, this now seems to be more current and relevant than ever before.…”