open science awareness
Citizen and participatory sciences
Online training from the Aix-Marseille University libraries
Citizen and participatory sciences
1. Introduction
2. What is participatory science?
3. Why involve citizens?
4. Examples of participatory science
Contents
6. Quiz
5. Citizen science is also...
Citizen and participatory sciences
Citizen and participatory sciences
Introduction
In the digital age, citizens are becoming increasingly involved in science...
Opening up science means making it accessible to everyone, but it also means giving society as a whole the opportunity to explore and embrace it. This is what participatory science or citizen science initiatives offer: research projects to which people who are not professional scientists contribute. Today, the internet and digital technology are making participatory science more vibrant than ever, with strong communities supporting research in a variety of fields (ecology, musicology, linguistics, etc.) and using a range of methods (field observations, data analysis, etc.). Exchanges in this context benefit both scientists, by providing them with valuable data sets, and the public, who contribute to the development of knowledge for the common good, learn and develop their critical thinking skills.
science-ensemble.org
Source : La science ouverte, FUN MOOC
Citizen and participatory sciences
What is participatory science?
"Participatory science and research are forms of scientific knowledge production in which civil society actors participate alongside researchers, either individually or collectively, in an active and deliberate manner." (Houllier Report, 2016)
An ancient practice that has exploded with digital technology and mass participation
Involving non-scientific citizens in research
Interactions between science and society governed by a charter
Genuine research recognised by institutions
+ info
+ info
+ info
+ info
Citizen and participatory sciences
Why involve citizens?
+ info
To obtain sufficient data
"Participatory science and research are forms of scientific knowledge production in which civil society actors participate, individually or collectively, in an active and deliberate manner."(Charter for participatory science and research in France, March 2017)
To access varied data, often inaccessible
+ info
To respond to citizens' desire and need for knowledge
+ info
+ info
For mutual benefit
Citizen and participatory sciences
Examples of participatory science
There are thousands of participatory projects of varying sizes at international and national level, as well as local projects in which Aix-Marseille University is involved.
Around the world
In France
At Aix-Marseille University
+ info
+ info
+ info
Citizen and participatory sciences
Examples of participatory science around the world
Global project
Citizen and participatory sciences
Examples of participatory science in France
A French project with an international scope...
Citizen and participatory sciences
And within Aix-Marseille University!
European project involving the entire amU academic community: Pascal CARLIER, senior lecturer, Biodiv'AMU project manager
Scientific project led by amU recognised for its participatory approach
+ INFO
+ INFO
Citizen and participatory sciences
Citizen science is also...
Beautiful stories
‘Stories [that show] how open science benefits knowledge and society through its values and operating model.’
+ info
Citizen and participatory sciences
Now it's your turn!
Test your knowledge of citizen science and participatory science.
Start
Citizen and participatory sciences
1/3
Among these contributions, what can a non-professional scientific audience bring to participatory science research projects?
Drag the correct answers to the right-hand column.
Validation of prior learning earning him the title of ‘researcher’
Data on their own practices
Completing survey questionnaires
Large-scale data collection
The development of a research protocol
Crowdfunding
Analysis of the results obtained
Data that only individuals can access
continue
solution
Citizen and participatory sciences
2/3
Which of these reasons is not a motivation for citizens involved in participatory science?
To broaden one's knowledge in a field of research
To participate in the ‘common good’
For the pleasure of collaborating with researchers
To obtain financial reward
Citizen and participatory sciences
Correct
Involvement in a participatory science research protocol is a civic initiative aimed at contributing to the common good and, in any case, is not motivated by any financial compensation.
Continue
Citizen and participatory sciences
3/3
From the following principles, select those on which citizen and participatory science are not based.
Drag the correct answers to the right-hand column.
Enabling citizen involvement
Promoting media exhibition projects
Strengthening collective participation through vertical mechanisms
Promoting interdisciplinarity
Enabling citizens to become specialists in scientific research
Finish
solution
Open Science awareness
Training course
VI. Citizen and participatory sciences
IV. Research data
II. Introduction
VIII. Conclusion
I. Preamble
V. Support for bibliodiversity
VII. Peer review
III. Disseminating publications
continue
Citizen and participatory sciences
False !
Try again!
New try
Here are the correct answers
Data on their own practices
Large-scale data collection
Data that only individuals can access
To respond to citizens' desire and need for knowledge
"For participants, there are several reasons for getting involved in a research project, and motivations vary greatly depending on the person and the type of project. In any case, what always stands out as the initial motivation for getting involved is often an interest in the subject of the research. So people who are passionate about astronomy will get involved in an astronomy project, and so on [...]. The notion of enjoyment is central to this participation. In fact, people don't stay if it's not fun to participate or if they don't get something out of it. Often, it's about learning." Laure Turcati, coordinator of the PartiCitaE observatory. Sorbonne University (FUN MOOC open science)
Astrophysics
The first Gemini Prize 2020 was unanimously awarded by the jury to the entry ‘Detection and monitoring of exoplanets by amateur astronomers’ submitted by Alexandre Santerne from the Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory and Aix-Marseille University.
+ info
The NutriNet Health Study
This is a cohort study (i.e. involving a group of subjects monitored over several years) conducted on a large population of adult volunteers (who become Nutrinauts when they register), with the aim of studying the relationship between nutrition and health.
Participatory science at the National Museum of Natural History
+ info
Globe at Night is an international citizen science campaign aimed at raising public awareness of the impact of light pollution by inviting citizen scientists to measure and submit their observations of the brightness of the night sky.
+ info
Here are the correct answers
Strengthening collective participation through vertical mechanisms
Enabling citizens to become specialists in scientific research
Promoting media exhibition projects
To access varied data, often inaccessible
The production of linguistic resources on ‘under-resourced’ languages, for example, is particularly valuable in participatory science. It enables scientists to collect and analyse data on languages that are rarely spoken.
Project description
The ValEuRT programme focuses on reconstructing the socio-environmental dynamics generated over time by interactions between humans and their environment within the Eure river basin (ValEuRT). A multidisciplinary, multi-institutional and collaborative research project, its main objective is to harness the full collaborative potential of knowledge and questions about the evolution of our environment.
+ info
DigiVol is a crowdsourcing platform developed by the Australian Museum in collaboration with the Atlas of Living Australia.
+ info
To obtain sufficient data
Citizen science enables scientists to collect large amounts of data thanks to the participation of citizens who gather reliable data and are not merely ‘data collectors’.
For mutual benefit
Citizen science offers numerous benefits for both participating citizens and scientists.
BiblioJazz
BiblioJazz is a participatory project led by the Collegium Musicæ Institute at Sorbonne University. Based on a unique database of 6,000 entries created by musicologist and jazz musician Laurent Cugny and enriched by his musicology students over the past dozen years, BiblioJazz aims to bring thousands of writings on jazz and related music to the public. BiblioJazz is intended to be a collaborative knowledge-sharing tool, designed in particular for individuals, who will have easy access to thousands of referenced documents.
+ info
Interactions between science and society governed by a charter
‘Collaborations between the scientific community and civil society’ may be governed by a charter that specifies the roles and responsibilities of each contributor who commits to these protocols.
Citizen science in France: current situation, best practices and recommendations
(February 2016)
Genuine research recognised by institutions
Commissioned by the ministers responsible for national education, higher education and research in 2015, François Houllier's report provides an overview and definition of best practices and recommendations for participatory science in France.
the HOULLIER report
The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is an annual census of birds in the Western Hemisphere, organised at the beginning of the North American winter by thousands of amateur and/or professional ornithologists. The aim of the census is to contribute to scientific knowledge in autecology and conservation ecology, but many participate purely for recreational purposes.
+ info
The Eyes of the Reef network is a volunteer-based organisation created to raise public awareness and engage communities in monitoring and reporting coral bleaching and coral diseases, invasive marine species, crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) outbreaks, and other reef diseases.
+ info
An ancient practice that has exploded with digital technology and mass participation
The most striking example is the Christmas Bird Count in North America. In 1900, Franck Chapman, an ornithologist and member of the National Audubon Society, proposed the first First Christmas Bird Count. 27 observers took part in the first bird census. In 1999, there were 50,000 participants for the 100th edition. Today, there is a dedicated app for this count.
Involving non-scientific citizens in research
Participatory science and research at INRAE
This video explains the special bond that researchers can forge with fellow citizens who increasingly want to understand, get involved and become active participants in science through participatory science and research.
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open science awareness
Citizen and participatory sciences
Online training from the Aix-Marseille University libraries
Citizen and participatory sciences
1. Introduction
2. What is participatory science?
3. Why involve citizens?
4. Examples of participatory science
Contents
6. Quiz
5. Citizen science is also...
Citizen and participatory sciences
Citizen and participatory sciences
Introduction
In the digital age, citizens are becoming increasingly involved in science...
Opening up science means making it accessible to everyone, but it also means giving society as a whole the opportunity to explore and embrace it. This is what participatory science or citizen science initiatives offer: research projects to which people who are not professional scientists contribute. Today, the internet and digital technology are making participatory science more vibrant than ever, with strong communities supporting research in a variety of fields (ecology, musicology, linguistics, etc.) and using a range of methods (field observations, data analysis, etc.). Exchanges in this context benefit both scientists, by providing them with valuable data sets, and the public, who contribute to the development of knowledge for the common good, learn and develop their critical thinking skills.
science-ensemble.org
Source : La science ouverte, FUN MOOC
Citizen and participatory sciences
What is participatory science?
"Participatory science and research are forms of scientific knowledge production in which civil society actors participate alongside researchers, either individually or collectively, in an active and deliberate manner." (Houllier Report, 2016)
An ancient practice that has exploded with digital technology and mass participation
Involving non-scientific citizens in research
Interactions between science and society governed by a charter
Genuine research recognised by institutions
+ info
+ info
+ info
+ info
Citizen and participatory sciences
Why involve citizens?
+ info
To obtain sufficient data
"Participatory science and research are forms of scientific knowledge production in which civil society actors participate, individually or collectively, in an active and deliberate manner."(Charter for participatory science and research in France, March 2017)
To access varied data, often inaccessible
+ info
To respond to citizens' desire and need for knowledge
+ info
+ info
For mutual benefit
Citizen and participatory sciences
Examples of participatory science
There are thousands of participatory projects of varying sizes at international and national level, as well as local projects in which Aix-Marseille University is involved.
Around the world
In France
At Aix-Marseille University
+ info
+ info
+ info
Citizen and participatory sciences
Examples of participatory science around the world
Global project
Citizen and participatory sciences
Examples of participatory science in France
A French project with an international scope...
Citizen and participatory sciences
And within Aix-Marseille University!
European project involving the entire amU academic community: Pascal CARLIER, senior lecturer, Biodiv'AMU project manager
Scientific project led by amU recognised for its participatory approach
+ INFO
+ INFO
Citizen and participatory sciences
Citizen science is also...
Beautiful stories
‘Stories [that show] how open science benefits knowledge and society through its values and operating model.’
+ info
Citizen and participatory sciences
Now it's your turn!
Test your knowledge of citizen science and participatory science.
Start
Citizen and participatory sciences
1/3
Among these contributions, what can a non-professional scientific audience bring to participatory science research projects?
Drag the correct answers to the right-hand column.
Validation of prior learning earning him the title of ‘researcher’
Data on their own practices
Completing survey questionnaires
Large-scale data collection
The development of a research protocol
Crowdfunding
Analysis of the results obtained
Data that only individuals can access
continue
solution
Citizen and participatory sciences
2/3
Which of these reasons is not a motivation for citizens involved in participatory science?
To broaden one's knowledge in a field of research
To participate in the ‘common good’
For the pleasure of collaborating with researchers
To obtain financial reward
Citizen and participatory sciences
Correct
Involvement in a participatory science research protocol is a civic initiative aimed at contributing to the common good and, in any case, is not motivated by any financial compensation.
Continue
Citizen and participatory sciences
3/3
From the following principles, select those on which citizen and participatory science are not based.
Drag the correct answers to the right-hand column.
Enabling citizen involvement
Promoting media exhibition projects
Strengthening collective participation through vertical mechanisms
Promoting interdisciplinarity
Enabling citizens to become specialists in scientific research
Finish
solution
Open Science awareness
Training course
VI. Citizen and participatory sciences
IV. Research data
II. Introduction
VIII. Conclusion
I. Preamble
V. Support for bibliodiversity
VII. Peer review
III. Disseminating publications
continue
Citizen and participatory sciences
False !
Try again!
New try
Here are the correct answers
Data on their own practices
Large-scale data collection
Data that only individuals can access
To respond to citizens' desire and need for knowledge
"For participants, there are several reasons for getting involved in a research project, and motivations vary greatly depending on the person and the type of project. In any case, what always stands out as the initial motivation for getting involved is often an interest in the subject of the research. So people who are passionate about astronomy will get involved in an astronomy project, and so on [...]. The notion of enjoyment is central to this participation. In fact, people don't stay if it's not fun to participate or if they don't get something out of it. Often, it's about learning." Laure Turcati, coordinator of the PartiCitaE observatory. Sorbonne University (FUN MOOC open science)
Astrophysics
The first Gemini Prize 2020 was unanimously awarded by the jury to the entry ‘Detection and monitoring of exoplanets by amateur astronomers’ submitted by Alexandre Santerne from the Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory and Aix-Marseille University.
+ info
The NutriNet Health Study
This is a cohort study (i.e. involving a group of subjects monitored over several years) conducted on a large population of adult volunteers (who become Nutrinauts when they register), with the aim of studying the relationship between nutrition and health.
Participatory science at the National Museum of Natural History
+ info
Globe at Night is an international citizen science campaign aimed at raising public awareness of the impact of light pollution by inviting citizen scientists to measure and submit their observations of the brightness of the night sky.
+ info
Here are the correct answers
Strengthening collective participation through vertical mechanisms
Enabling citizens to become specialists in scientific research
Promoting media exhibition projects
To access varied data, often inaccessible
The production of linguistic resources on ‘under-resourced’ languages, for example, is particularly valuable in participatory science. It enables scientists to collect and analyse data on languages that are rarely spoken.
Project description
The ValEuRT programme focuses on reconstructing the socio-environmental dynamics generated over time by interactions between humans and their environment within the Eure river basin (ValEuRT). A multidisciplinary, multi-institutional and collaborative research project, its main objective is to harness the full collaborative potential of knowledge and questions about the evolution of our environment.
+ info
DigiVol is a crowdsourcing platform developed by the Australian Museum in collaboration with the Atlas of Living Australia.
+ info
To obtain sufficient data
Citizen science enables scientists to collect large amounts of data thanks to the participation of citizens who gather reliable data and are not merely ‘data collectors’.
For mutual benefit
Citizen science offers numerous benefits for both participating citizens and scientists.
BiblioJazz
BiblioJazz is a participatory project led by the Collegium Musicæ Institute at Sorbonne University. Based on a unique database of 6,000 entries created by musicologist and jazz musician Laurent Cugny and enriched by his musicology students over the past dozen years, BiblioJazz aims to bring thousands of writings on jazz and related music to the public. BiblioJazz is intended to be a collaborative knowledge-sharing tool, designed in particular for individuals, who will have easy access to thousands of referenced documents.
+ info
Interactions between science and society governed by a charter
‘Collaborations between the scientific community and civil society’ may be governed by a charter that specifies the roles and responsibilities of each contributor who commits to these protocols.
Citizen science in France: current situation, best practices and recommendations
(February 2016)
Genuine research recognised by institutions
Commissioned by the ministers responsible for national education, higher education and research in 2015, François Houllier's report provides an overview and definition of best practices and recommendations for participatory science in France.
the HOULLIER report
The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is an annual census of birds in the Western Hemisphere, organised at the beginning of the North American winter by thousands of amateur and/or professional ornithologists. The aim of the census is to contribute to scientific knowledge in autecology and conservation ecology, but many participate purely for recreational purposes.
+ info
The Eyes of the Reef network is a volunteer-based organisation created to raise public awareness and engage communities in monitoring and reporting coral bleaching and coral diseases, invasive marine species, crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) outbreaks, and other reef diseases.
+ info
An ancient practice that has exploded with digital technology and mass participation
The most striking example is the Christmas Bird Count in North America. In 1900, Franck Chapman, an ornithologist and member of the National Audubon Society, proposed the first First Christmas Bird Count. 27 observers took part in the first bird census. In 1999, there were 50,000 participants for the 100th edition. Today, there is a dedicated app for this count.
Involving non-scientific citizens in research
Participatory science and research at INRAE
This video explains the special bond that researchers can forge with fellow citizens who increasingly want to understand, get involved and become active participants in science through participatory science and research.