Erinma Ochu #MMUPGC14

www.wellcome.ac.uk/

Carolyn Kagan – fostering an ecological edge

The Edge

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/excites

Professor Muki Haklay

Research Method with social value

Citizen Science• As an instrument for social impact…. & social change• Collective intelligence

Benefits & Impact• Quality of Life• Improved decision making• Enhancing curriculum content & informal learning• Enhanced research advocacy

Social vs research valuePrinciples•1. Mutual respect•2. Equality and inclusion•3. Democratic participation•4. Active learning•5. Making a difference•6. Collective action•7. Personal integrity

Professor Sarah Banks, Durham University

Music Cognition Group

Hookedonmusic.co.uk

erinma.ochu@manchester.ac.uk

ReferencesCagan, K (2007) Working at the Edge, Psychologist, Vol 20, part 4, pp224 - 227 http://www.thepsychologist.org.uk/archive/archive_home.cfm?volumeID=20&editionID=146&ArticleID=1172

Roy, H.E., Pocock, M.J.O., Preston, C.D., Roy, D.B., Savage, J., Tweddle, J.C. & Robinson, L.D. (2012) Understanding Citizen Science & Environmental Monitoring. Final Report. NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and Natural History Museum on behalf of UK-EOF. 175pp http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/citizen-science-review-guide_2012_59.html

Tweddle, J.C., Robinson, L.D., Pocock, M.J.O & Roy, H.E. (2012). Guide tocitizen science: developing, implementing and evaluating citizen science tostudy biodiversity and the environment in the UK. Natural History Museumand NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology for UK-EOF.http://www.ceh.ac.uk/news/news_archive/citizen-science-review-guide_2012_59.html

Riesch H, Potter C and Davies, L (2013) Combining citizen science with public engagement: the open air laboratories programme. Journal of Science Communication 1 – 18; http://jcom.sissa.it/archive/12/3-4/JCOM1203%282013%29A03/JCOM1203%282013%29A03.pdf

Frietag, A, Pfeffer, M.J. (2013) Process, not product: Investigating Recommendations for improving Citizen Science "Success". PLoS ONE 8(5): e64079. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064079

Banks, S. (et al) (2013) 'Everyday ethics in community-based participatory research', in Contemporary Social Science: Journal of the Academy of Social Sciences

Haklay M (2012) Citizen Science and Volunteered Geographic Information: Overview and Typology of Participation. Crowdsourcing Geographic Knowledge pp 105-122 http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-4587-2_7