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Would you call this a citizen science activity?

Posted on Wednesday 11 December 2019 by mukih

This is an invitation to complete a survey that is available at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7XN5MQG This survey will present you stories about different forms of public participation in research. Different activities within this area of public participation in research are now called “citizen science” and we would like to hear what your opinion is about each activity. … Continue reading Would you call this a citizen science activity?

citizen science, citizen scientists, ECSA, OpenStreetMap, public engagement, Research, Research projects, science, VGI, Web 2.0

What is Science?

Posted on Saturday 6 September 2014 by Muki Haklay

When you look at the discussions that are emerging around the term ‘Citizen Science‘, you can often find discussion about the ‘Citizen‘ part of the term. What about the ‘Science‘ part? This is something that once you start being involved in Citizen Science you are forced to contemplate. As Francois Grey like to note ‘Science is too important […]

citizen cyberscience, citizen science, Concepts, democracy, Extreme Citizen Science, science, Science definition, VGI

Are you a young science songwriter?

Posted on Saturday 19 May 2012 by Martin Zaltz Austwick

This is me playing a song about bike data at a recent conference in Germany; I’m a songwriter, and a scientist, but I’m certainly not very young. During “I’m a Scientist, get me out of here” earlier this year, school-age … Continue reading →

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