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New paper: Exploring factors associated with participation in citizen science among UK museum visitors aged 40–60

Posted on Tuesday 24 November 2020 by mukih

The DITOs escalator was developed as part of the “Doing It Together Science” project and represent a conceptual framework that positions citizen science within the wider set of activities that we can consider as public engagement in science – from the act of reading an article about scientific discovery in a newspaper to developing your … Continue reading New paper: Exploring factors associated with participation in citizen science among UK museum visitors aged 40–60 →

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New paper: Exploring factors associated with participation in citizen science among UK museum visitors aged 40–60

Posted on Tuesday 24 November 2020 by mukih

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How Does Citizen Science “Do” Governance? Reflections from the DITOs Project

Posted on Friday 3 January 2020 by mukih

This is the second post about papers in the special collection of papers in the journal “Citizen Science: Theory and Practice” was dedicated to Policy Perspectives of Citizen Science. The first paper is described in this post. It is fairly rare to be able to catch an image close to the time when a concept … Continue reading How Does Citizen Science “Do” Governance? Reflections from the DITOs Project

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DITOs final event (2): Doing It Together beyond DITOs

Posted on Sunday 7 April 2019 by mukih

This is the second part of the plenary element of the DITOs final event and again, I’m reblogging Alice Sheppard’s notes (and editing them lightly): The second part of the This is a continuation after the morning’s sessions. The session is based on a panel of other projects that have done work in Europe separately from … Continue reading DITOs final event (2): Doing It Together beyond DITOs

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Doing It Together Science (DITOs) final event talks (part 1)

Posted on Sunday 7 April 2019 by mukih

This is a reblogging of the reporting from DITOs final event, which was blogged by Alice Sheppard (which I’ve edited, lightly): Introduction to the day Camille Pisani, the Director of RBINS praises numerous volunteers and collaborators who have worked together, and the way different activities have been aimed at reaching many different audiences. There have … Continue reading Doing It Together Science (DITOs) final event talks (part 1)

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Ecsite 2018 – Day 2: technology advocacy, evolution, citizen science in parody trial, and DITOs

Posted on Friday 8 June 2018 by mukih

The second day of Ecsite 2018 included several interesting sessions (here is day 1) which includes a morning discussion about the role of science centres and museum in the public discussion of science and technology, a parody trial of citizen science, and a discussion on the nature of multi-country projects, where I gave a presentation … Continue reading Ecsite 2018 – Day 2: technology advocacy, evolution, citizen science in parody trial, and DITOs

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Representation of the people in science: Women in civic and citizen science – event summary

Posted on Sunday 1 April 2018 by mukih

On the 19th March, as part of UCL activities to the that accompany the UCL Exhibition “Disruptors and Innovators: Journeys in gender equality at UCL”, we hosted a panel of talks on how to open up science and engineering to new audiences, especially the representation of women in science. The event was called “Representation of … Continue reading Representation of the people in science: Women in civic and citizen science – event summary

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DITOs, Doing It TOgether Science – introductory video

Posted on Monday 12 February 2018 by mukih

The Doing It Together Science (DITOs) project is now in its 20th Month. It is a 3-year project, funded by the EU Horizon 2020 programme, that is aimed to increase awareness of and participation in citizen science across Europe and beyond. As such, it is focused on communication, coordination, and support of citizen science activities. Therefore, … Continue reading DITOs, Doing It TOgether Science – introductory video

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Citizen Science Inquiry event and book launch at the Open University

Posted on Monday 20 November 2017 by mukih

Citizen Inquiry is a new book, edited by Christothea (Thea) Herodotou,‎ Mike Sharples, and Eileen Scanlon – all are education technology experts at the Open University. To celebrate the book, the Institute of Education Technology organised a citizen science impact symposium. These are my notes from the day. The day opened with Eileen Scanlon covered … Continue reading Citizen Science Inquiry event and book launch at the Open University

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Podcast – discussion with Liz Killen and Alice Sheppard on citizen science

Posted on Monday 6 February 2017 by mukih

Several weeks ago, Liz Killen, who is studying for an MSc in Science Communication at Imperial College organised an interview with me and Alice Sheppard about aspects of citizen science, for the I, Science the science magazine of Imperial College. This is the second time ExCiteS is covered in the magazine, after a report in 2013 by … Continue reading Podcast – discussion with Liz Killen and Alice Sheppard on citizen science

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Opportunistic Citizen Science in central California

Posted on Sunday 4 September 2016 by mukih

As I’ve noted in the earlier post, I’ve travelled through central California in August, from San Francisco, to Los Angeles. Reading ‘Citizen Scientist: Searching for Heroes and Hope in an Age of Extinction‘, made me think about citizen science, but this was my holiday – and for the past 4 years, as I finish setting the email away … Continue reading Opportunistic Citizen Science in central California

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