“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
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
"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...
Science communicators are constantly walking a fine line between keeping audiences engaged and delivering clear and critical scientific context. When it comes to space agriculture, this...
Awe has traditionally been used as a tool by science communicators to engage their audience; however, the authors propose that awe is a learned emotion and...
TL;DR: The paper explores how certain practices can resemble citizen science but in fact involve engaging participants in scientific tasks without transparency, informed consent, or benefits for...
Scientists affiliated with the University of California, Davis have successfully merged data from two popular participatory science apps—iNaturalist and eBird—to capture known seasonal patterns of bird...
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