Open Research Conversation - Everyday researchers: Exploring citizen science
Recording of the following session, part of the 'Open Research Conversations' seminar series at the University of Sheffield (organised by the University Library, Scholarly Communications Team), held on 22nd January 2025:
Everyday researchers: Exploring citizen science
Often overlooked in broader discussions around open research, citizen science involves a different kind of openness to that which we associate with such practices as the open dissemination of outputs.
In this context, ‘open research’ instead means the potential for members of the wider public to contribute to the collection and analysis of data - to become, in other words, members of an inclusive and distributed research team.
In this Open Research Conversation, we’ll hear from researchers with experience of facilitating and leading citizen science projects, exploring the challenges, benefits and unique opportunities such methodologies offer. Our speakers will be Jill Edmondson (School of Biosciences, University of Sheffield), Andrea Jimenez (Information School, University of Sheffield), and Melissa Lacey and Rachel Schwartz-Narbonne (School of Biosciences and Chemistry, Sheffield Hallam University).
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Ethics
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- The data complies with the institution and funders' policies on access and sharing
Sharing and access restrictions
- The uploaded data can be shared openly
Data description
- The file formats are open or commonly used
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Categories
- Sociological methodology and research methods
- Public participation and community engagement
- Environmental communication
- Communications and media policy
- Microbiology not elsewhere classified
- Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)
- Agriculture, land and farm management not elsewhere classified
- Cultural studies of agriculture, food and wine
- Data quality
- Sociology of education
- Culture, representation and identity