Learning and developing science capital through citizen science

Edwards, Richard; Kirn, Sarah; Hillman, Thomas; Kloetzer, Laure; Mathieson, Katherine; McDonnell, Diarmuid; Phillips, Tina

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“… In biodiversity citizen science projects (Theobald et al 2015 ; Burgess et al 2017 ), 125 of the demographic profiles of participants in 329 projects were white (88.6%), while 6.1% were Hispanic and 4.6% were Asian, including Asian Americans, while Wright et al ( 2015 ), in their study of the Second Southern African Bird Atlas Project, found that volunteers were overwhelmingly older white males with high levels of education and income. In two ornithology citizen science projects in the UK, studied by Edwards et al ( 2018 ), 83% of respondents were male, and 67% of respondents had a university-level qualification. However, the links between volunteers’ prior level of educational qualifications and disciplines studied are not uniform across citizen science projects.…”

Section: Inclusiveness In Citizen Science: Gaps and Trendsmentioning

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“…In two ornithology citizen science projects in the UK, studied by Edwards et al ( 2018 ), 83% of respondents were male, and 67% of respondents had a university-level qualification. However, the links between volunteers’ prior level of educational qualifications and disciplines studied are not uniform across citizen science projects.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Inclusiveness and Diversity in Citizen Science

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Peter

Seoane

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The Science of Citizen Science

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An ‘inclusive citizen science’ practice encourages engagement from all members of society, whatever their social status, sociocultural origin, gender, religious affiliation, literacy level, or age. In this chapter we will first address the question of inclusiveness in citizen science and how this is tackled. We will analyse the current situation of a number of projects and initiatives within the Citizen Science COST Action CA15212 and the Horizon 2020 SwafS programme, examine the data, and discuss the main factors that encourage or hinder inclusiveness. We will offer recommendations for a possible plural participation in citizen science activities and reflect on how research is improved when diverse citizens are used as in-the-field experts. We will demonstrate how research questions can be fine-tuned and how research impacts are enhanced through citizen participation, with a focus on gender representation. Bottlenecks can occur when considering inclusiveness in citizen science, including in data interpretation, tasks that require long-term participation, and tasks that have specific language and intermediation requirements.

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Section: Inclusiveness In Citizen Science: Gaps and Trendsmentioning

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Section: Inclusiveness In Citizen Science: Gaps and Trendsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Inclusiveness and Diversity in Citizen Science

Paleco

Peter

Seoane

et al. 2021

The Science of Citizen Science

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“…They found that even though participants of co-created projects-which would rank higher in a "Participation Ladder"-engaged in more activities than participants in (lower ranking) contributory or collaborative projects, this did not necessarily lead to increased motivation or deeper learning. Deep learning is possible in any project, as participants learn differently and engage with the project in unplanned ways (see also Edwards et al 2019).…”

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Citizen science breathes new life into participatory agricultural research. A review

Gevel

Etten

Deterding

2020

Agron. Sustain. Dev.

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Participatory research can improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and scope of research processes, and foster social inclusion, empowerment, and sustainability. Yet despite four decades of agricultural research institutions exploring and developing methods for participatory research, it has never become mainstream in the agricultural technology development cycle. Citizen science promises an innovative approach to participation in research, using the unique facilities of new digital technologies, but its potential in agricultural research participation has not been systematically probed. To this end, we conducted a critical literature review. We found that citizen science opens up four opportunities for creatively reshaping research: (i) new possibilities for interdisciplinary collaboration, (ii) rethinking configurations of socio-computational systems, (iii) research on democratization of science more broadly, and (iv) new accountabilities. Citizen science also brings a fresh perspective on the barriers to institutionalizing participation in the agricultural sciences. Specifically, we show how citizen science can reconfigure cost-motivation-accountability combinations using digital tools, open up a larger conceptual space of experimentation, and stimulate new collaborations. With appropriate and persistent institutional support and investment, citizen science can therefore have a lasting impact on how agricultural science engages with farming communities and wider society, and more fully realize the promises of participation.

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“…Citizen science projects that propose to reach out to audiences with low science capital [39,40], should conduct user-profiling to understand who is likely to use the mobile application, and in what context. For example, if the goal of the project is to reach out to school-aged children, use of language should be kept simple, and images could be used to illustrate next steps.…”

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Developing Mobile Applications for Environmental and Biodiversity Citizen Science: Considerations and Recommendations

Luna

Gold

Albert

et al. 2018

Multimedia Tools and Applications for Environmental &Amp; Biodiversity Informatics

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The functionality available on modern 'smartphone' mobile devices, along with mobile application software and access to the mobile web, have opened up a wide range of ways for volunteers to participate in environmental and biodiversity research by contributing wildlife and environmental observations, geospatial information, and other context-specific and time-bound data. This has brought about an increasing number of mobile phone based citizen science projects that are designed to access these device features (such as the camera, the microphone, and GPS location data), as well as to reach different user groups, over different project durations, and with different aims and goals. In this chapter we outline a number of key considerations when designing and developing mobile applications for citizen science, with regard to (1) interoperability and data standards, (2) participant centred design and agile development, (3) user interface & user experience design, and (4) motivational factors for participation.

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Learning and developing science capital through citizen science

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Inclusiveness and Diversity in Citizen Science

Citizen science breathes new life into participatory agricultural research. A review

Developing Mobile Applications for Environmental and Biodiversity Citizen Science: Considerations and Recommendations

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