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#Earthquake recorded on the #RaspberryShake #CitizenScience seismic network. See what's shaking near you with the @raspishake #ShakeNet mobile app

A plant vanished from the scientific record in 1967. 58 years later it turned up because a horticulturalist posted a photo online. Citizen science just pulled off a comeback story.


#Nature #Botany #CitizenScience

Ptilotus Senarius Was Rediscovered After 58 Years—With Help From INaturalist

A Queensland shrub presumed extinct was found through photos, botanical expertise and a specimen. Why the local count is not the global population.

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#citizenscience reading club

"When Data Meets Citizens" (Thuermer et al., 2024) finds that EU smart-city data projects rarely deliver on promised citizen benefits – and proposes "data justice plans" as a fix. 📄

…https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/data-and-policy/article/when-data-meets-citizens-an-investigation-of-citizen-engagement-in-datadriven-innovation-programmes/70E83BE85AD96F3A29CB8B905B81D4CC

#Citsci #data #policy #citizenengagement

Very happy to share our new article 'Public Involvement in Knowledge Production Through Citizen Science', with @eomalea and Rodrigo Lozano! Our aim was to examine how deeply citizens are involved in citizen science projects and how engagement varies across research field.

Citizen science turns noticing into participation. Students can document species, monitor habitats, collect local data, and contribute to a larger scientific picture from a creek, park, schoolyard, or city block.

#ScienceIsCool #CitizenScience

They buried their underpants. Then waited for the evidence.

Around 1,000 Swiss volunteers helped investigate soil life. Would you bury a pair for science?

* note – Not my actual pants !

#CitizenScience #pants #experiment

A round-up of expert advice on fostering citizen science and public engagement in research

@rmqueen_OSU @MaggieInchley @RosEdwards2 @DrKAWilson @timeshighered



#ResearchImpact #SciComm #CitizenScience #PublicEngagement

How to engage the public in research

Advice for fostering citizen science and public engagement in research

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#citizenscience Reading club

"Rethinking Impact Assessment in Citizen Science" (Kieslinger et al.) uses design thinking to unpack 5 key challenges: methodology, ethics, time, stakeholders, and planning.
https://ap.pensoft.net/article/1255…

#impact #research

🗣️ Great citizen science seminar by Maria João Leão (@itqbnova) at #IRNASA‑CSIC, joined by two participants from her project on alternative agricultural crops. 👏👏👏
#CitizenScience #AgriculturalResearch #AlternativeCrops #PlantScience