“The reason that this really works as a science project is a little bit of an accident of geography” - Dr. Jill Leonard
“Any individual image is going to be annotated or looked at by 15 independent volunteer citizen scientists.” — Benjamin Richards
Dear Colleagues, We are seeking biologists, political scientists, and language scientists (all broadly construed) to participate in a survey about the barriers researchers face when attempting to communicate...
Take-home points Research!America just announced its 2026 Civic Engagement Microgrant cohort, selecting 17 projects from 132 applicants to fund early-career scientists building local civic science initiatives...
Melanie Brown reflects on her journey into science journalism and the practice of finding stories through listening, working in communities, and reporting on science in ways...
The $1.5M of total grants will enable the six awardees to “implement bold institutional reforms” to faculty hiring, evaluation, promotion, and tenure systems to align with...
“We’re now producing data on about 300,000 species a year… something that would take on the order of 200 years for a typical museum to collect.”...
“Being stuck is what it looks like when you’re working on the edge of knowledge. We are stuck because we’re learning new things about our world,...
In this 18th episode of Consider This Next from our audio studio, host Kacie Luaders speaks with Meagan Naraine, co-founder and executive director of Culturally Relevant...
What if a citizen science project in British Columbia that’s focused on preserving water resources could learn from citizen science projects in South Africa or Pakistan...
“We were able to get a tiny seed grant, about $3,000, to run the first Our Voice project.” - Dr. Abby C. King
"Our goal really is to mobilize for large-scale initiatives in science policy and science communication to reconnect scientists to the communities they came from and the...
Laurie embodies the vision and entrepreneurial spirit that JSPG needs at this pivotal moment.” - Julianne McCall
"So evaluating the project was kind of a nightmare, but we have a very extended evaluation report that did come out of this program." — Grace...
As I have spoken with more and more practitioners, I have come to see civic science as a set of distinct and overlapping practices that include science communication,...
"So much of it is just luck. I was privileged to have people around me who were able to pay my rent and help me survive...
"One of those big challenges has been a misconception within the scientific community that citizen science data is just no good." — Haley Davis
“It’s worth thinking about: Why do I want to build awareness? If I corrected misinformation or raised awareness or built this relationship, what do I think...
On this first episode of Season 8 of Questions of the Day, I sat down with Dr. Liz Crocker, Director of the Thriving Earth Exchange at the...
In this episode, host Kacie speaks with Kim Steele, founder of the production company Documentaries Don’t Work, about her analysis of dominant climate communication approaches and her decision...
The saying goes that a picture is worth a thousand words. In addition to my ongoing ethnographic work in documenting the practice of civic science, I...
SAN FRANCISCO, California — The Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) held its annual conference in San Francisco from September 5 to 8, 2025, bringing...
Researchers in this study had one question: “How is science represented in independent short films?”
Speaking at AGU's annual meeting in New Orleans in Dec 2025, leaders highlighted training, career support, community building, and engagement with local decision-makers.
TL;DR: The authors found that individuals from Black and Latino communities were aware of misinformation but sometimes struggled to distinguish fact from fiction, especially as they were...
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