Workshop 1: Conference on Public Participation in Scientific Research 2012: An International, Interdisciplinary Conference

Miller-Rushing, Abe; Benz, Seth

doi:10.1890/0012-9623-94.1.112

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“…Effectively engaging people from diverse groups in science remains a challenge (Miller-Rushing 2013), so increasing participation in community science efforts may be an effective way to increase representation in science more generally. We developed and tested the effectiveness of a conceptual community science program model (Figure 1; Ruzic et al 2016) aimed at engaging a diverse urban community in community science, specifically in the investigation of trash pollution in their neighborhood's waterways.…”

Section: Research Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using Community Science to Address Pollution in an Urban Watershed: Lessons about Trash, Diverse Engagement, and the Need for Science Mindsets

Talley

Ruzic²,

McKay

et al. 2021

Contemporary Water Research

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T rash pollution is a ubiquitous, global problem with well-documented effects on coastal communities and marine ecosystems (UNEP 2014; Rochman et al. 2016). Most trash found throughout watersheds and in lakes and oceans around the world originates from land (Rochman 2013). California is no exception, with trash collected during coastal cleanups dominated by single-use and plastic food containers and wrappers, tableware, bottles, bags, straws, and cigarette butts (CCC 2019), reflecting global trends (Ocean Conservancy 2020; Reddy

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Section: Research Implicationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Using Community Science to Address Pollution in an Urban Watershed: Lessons about Trash, Diverse Engagement, and the Need for Science Mindsets

Talley

Ruzic²,

McKay

et al. 2021

Contemporary Water Research

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“…As an interdisciplinary field of practice, citizen science is experiencing a process of professionalization, which is evident from newly organized societies such as the Citizen Science Association ( http://citizenscienceassociation.org ), the European Citizen Science Association ( http://ecsa.biodiv.naturkundemuseum-berlin.de/ ), and the Citizen Science Network Australia ( http://csna.gaiaresources.com.au ). Other hallmarks of professionalization include new educational- and cyber-infrastructure initiatives, international conferences, and numerous advisory boards [1] , [2] .…”

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confidence: 99%

The Invisible Prevalence of Citizen Science in Global Research: Migratory Birds and Climate Change

2014

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Citizen science is a research practice that relies on public contributions of data. The strong recognition of its educational value combined with the need for novel methods to handle subsequent large and complex data sets raises the question: Is citizen science effective at science? A quantitative assessment of the contributions of citizen science for its core purpose – scientific research – is lacking. We examined the contribution of citizen science to a review paper by ornithologists in which they formulated ten central claims about the impact of climate change on avian migration. Citizen science was never explicitly mentioned in the review article. For each of the claims, these ornithologists scored their opinions about the amount of research effort invested in each claim and how strongly the claim was supported by evidence. This allowed us to also determine whether their trust in claims was, unwittingly or not, related to the degree to which the claims relied primarily on data generated by citizen scientists. We found that papers based on citizen science constituted between 24 and 77% of the references backing each claim, with no evidence of a mistrust of claims that relied heavily on citizen-science data. We reveal that many of these papers may not easily be recognized as drawing upon volunteer contributions, as the search terms “citizen science” and “volunteer” would have overlooked the majority of the studies that back the ten claims about birds and climate change. Our results suggest that the significance of citizen science to global research, an endeavor that is reliant on long-term information at large spatial scales, might be far greater than is readily perceived. To better understand and track the contributions of citizen science in the future, we urge researchers to use the keyword “citizen science” in papers that draw on efforts of non-professionals.

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“…Held in Portland, Oregon, the conference attracted 300 participants from a broad range of disciplines, levels of experience, and organization types, representing many countries and research on all seven continents. Besides the opportunity for participants at the conference to network and share experiences and challenges in citizen science, a goal of the conference was to affirm and initiate the formation of an organizational structure for citizen science as a field of study and practice (Benz et al 2013). An external evaluator documented a growing sense among conference participants of community, identity, and professionalism in a highly interdisciplinary field, as well as the shared perception that citizen science was not sufficiently appreciated as a valid and valuable approach to science and public engagement (Heimlich 2012).…”

Section: Citizen Science Association Meg Domroese Abe Miller-rushingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Associations for Citizen Science: Regional Knowledge, Global Collaboration

Storksdieck

Shirk

Cappadonna

et al. 2016

CSTP

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Workshop 1: Conference on Public Participation in Scientific Research 2012: An International, Interdisciplinary Conference

Cited by 8 publications

References 4 publications

Using Community Science to Address Pollution in an Urban Watershed: Lessons about Trash, Diverse Engagement, and the Need for Science Mindsets

Using Community Science to Address Pollution in an Urban Watershed: Lessons about Trash, Diverse Engagement, and the Need for Science Mindsets

The Invisible Prevalence of Citizen Science in Global Research: Migratory Birds and Climate Change

Associations for Citizen Science: Regional Knowledge, Global Collaboration

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