ICT Services for open and citizen science

Morzy, Mikołaj

doi:10.1007/s11280-014-0303-3

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“…Citizen science refers to the active engagement of members of the public in the scientific process, whether by helping in the collection or analysis of data. By using their own tools, such as mobile or web applications, citizen scientists can collectively increase the efficiency of research efforts by contributing local observations to databases, scrutinizing large datasets, and identifying patterns of interest (Morzy, ). By reaching the general public, open data systems can also help raise awareness and promote active citizen engagement in environmental issues.…”

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Open Data for Science, Policy, and the Public Good

Sá

Grieco

2016

Review of Policy Research

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Supporters of open data believe that free and complete access to research data is beneficial for science, public policy, and society. In environmental science and policy, open data systems can enable relevant research and inform evidence-based governmental decisions. This article examines the unlikely case of Brazil's National Institute for Space Research's transition toward an open data model. Considering Brazil's young democracy, incipient practice of government transparency and accountability, and lacking a tradition of science-policy dialogue, this case is a striking example of how open data can support public debate by making information about forest cover widely available. The case shows the benefits and challenges of developing such open data systems, and highlights the various forms of accessibility involved in making data available to the public.

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confidence: 99%

Open Data for Science, Policy, and the Public Good

Sá

Grieco

2016

Review of Policy Research

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“…The project named Amsterdam Smart Citizens Lab (http:// waag.org/en/project/smart-citizens-lab) uses a bottom-up approach to organizing citizen sensing for urban environmental monitoring. This approach can be classified as cocreated class and is recognized as a community-based, participatory research model where citizens are involved in all steps of the project [16][17][18]. Within this approach, citizens are involved in each step (as shown in Figure 1) of sensing strategy together with project partners.…”

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Citizen Sensing for Improved Urban Environmental Monitoring

Jiang¹,

Kresin²,

Bregt³

et al. 2016

Journal of Sensors

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Citizen science is increasingly being used in diverse research domains. With the emergence and rapid development of sensor technologies, citizens potentially have more powerful tools to collect data and generate information to understand their living environment. Although sensor technologies are developing fast, citizen sensing has not been widely implemented yet and published studies are only a few. In this paper, we analyse the practical experiences from an implementation of citizen sensing for urban environment monitoring. A bottom-up model in which citizens develop and use sensors for environmental monitoring is described and assessed. The paper focuses on a case study of Amsterdam Smart Citizens Lab using NO2sensors for air quality monitoring. We found that the bottom-up citizen sensing is still challenging but can be successful with open cooperation and effective use of online and offline facilities. Based on the assessment, suggestions are proposed for further implementations and research.

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“…For example, the sightings of rare birds or species are communicated, and data collection protocols are explained in social media exchanges. The technology enables interactions between researchers and the public (Morzy, ), providing enhanced data collection and novel analytical tools/initiatives which were limited prior to these e‐science initiatives.…”

Section: Societal Actors and Participatory Knowledge (Co)productionmentioning

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Open Science and Open Innovation in a socio‐political context: knowledge production for societal impact in an age of post‐truth populism

Smart

Holmes

Lettice³

et al. 2019

R & D Management

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This conceptual paper traces the origins and progress of Open Science and proposes its generative coupling to Open Innovation in the contemporary socio-political context; where universities are re-imaging their civic missions in the face of anti-establishment populist politics. This setting is one of changing knowledge production regimes and institutional pressures that create contradictions identifiable through the prism of the series of scientific norms conceptualised by Robert K. Merton. This paper privileges a sociological perspective to proffer scientific knowledge production as a societally embedded process, which is well illustrated by scholarship in the Science and Technology Studies (STS) and Science in Society fields. In doing so, it identifies the co-evolution, co-existence and co-production of Open Science with Open Innovation; and notes how it shares the attributes of other recent diagnoses of changing knowledge production regimes; in particular Mode 2, postnormal science and the Quadruple Helix. It also argues that Open Science can be coupled with Open Innovation to catalyse positive societal change, but that the rise of a populist post-truth era opposed to objectivity, expertise and technocratic political solutions gives the demand for openness and participation a different complexion. Merton's norms provide a useful lens to observe recent shifts in the delivery of science, knowledge and innovation in society towards more inclusive, ethical and sustainable outcomes; and expose the limited reflection on how the appropriation and exploitation of open scientific knowledge encounters industrial R&D and Open Innovation.

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ICT Services for open and citizen science

Cited by 10 publications

References 14 publications

Open Data for Science, Policy, and the Public Good

Open Data for Science, Policy, and the Public Good

Citizen Sensing for Improved Urban Environmental Monitoring

Open Science and Open Innovation in a socio‐political context: knowledge production for societal impact in an age of post‐truth populism

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