Post on 09-Aug-2020
Citizen Science Project Design
Jennifer Shirk Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Citizen Science Association
South Atlantic Fisheries Management Council
January 2015
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Photo, MLMP photo gallery
PROJECT, PROGRAM, FRAMEWORK?
PROJECT:
PROGRAM:
Canadian Community Monitoring Network
(Pollock and Whitelaw 2005; Vaughan et al 2003)
Participant engagement
Identify goals:
Science
Policy/action
Participants
Establish capacity:
Staff
Volunteers
Partners
Design/refine:
Question/protocol
Training
Infrastructure
Manage:
Participation
Data
Expectations
Apply and adapt:
Research/action
Determine effectiveness
Transparency
Sustainability/accountability
Components of project design
Citizen Science Project
Identify goals
Establish capacity
Design/refine Manage
Apply and adapt
Citizen Science Project
Identify goals
Establish capacity
Design/refine Manage
Apply and adapt
Participant engagement
Bonney et al. 2009; Shirk et al. 2012; Stepenuck in press
Define a question/issue Gather information Develop explanations Design data collection methods Collect samples Analyze samples Analyze data Interpret data/conclude Disseminate conclusions Discuss results/inquire further
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Ability to network with researchers, fishermen, and other stakeholders
Seeing the data used in stock assessments and/or for management decisions
Having an active role in the science that is used to manage my fisheries
“Synergistic interaction between scientists and fishers. Co-learning and jointly
developing ideas for solving problems and achieving desired goals.”
Open communication Issues of trust, reciprocity, accountability
Transparency about goals and outcomes
Participant engagement
Citizen Science Project
Identify goals
Establish capacity
Design/refine Manage
Apply and adapt
Identify/align goals
Science
Policy/ action
Participants
Identify/align goals
Science
Policy/ action
Participants
Accessibility Appropriate amount Believability Completeness Concise representation Consistent representation Ease of manipulation Free of error Interpretability
Identify/align goals
Objectivity Relevancy Reputation Security Timeliness Understandability Value-added … (from Hunter et al. 2012)
Data “quality” --->Data integrity
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Data
**Identify information needs and data users at the outset
• Set quality objectives • Relevant to goals and concerns
(US EPA 1990)
Identify/align goals
Citizen Science Project
Identify goals
Establish capacity
Design/refine Manage
Apply and adapt
Establish capacity Partners
Staff
Volunteers
Where can you efficiently access the skills and resources needed to be effective? Where does the capacity already exist that you can leverage?
“... even though it makes me uncomfortable, I’m thinking about ways to communicate/interact on a regular and frequent basis with the science education community ”
Citizen Science Project
Identify goals
Establish capacity
Design/refine Manage
Apply and adapt
Design/refine
Question/protocol
Training Infrastructure
ALLARM: Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring
(Bowser et al Data policy primer, DataONE)
Citizen Science Project
Identify goals
Establish capacity
Design/refine Manage
Apply and adapt
Manage
Participation Data Expectations
(Wiggins et al Data management guide, DataONE)
(EPA Workbook, Quality assurance project plans)
Manage
Participation Data Expectations
Data access, visualization
Citizen Science Project
Identify goals
Establish capacity
Design/refine Manage
Apply and adapt
Apply/adapt
Determine effectiveness
Research/ action
Transparency
Ability to network with researchers, fishermen, and other stakeholders
Seeing the data used in stock assessments and/or for management decisions
Having an active role in the science that is used to manage my fisheries
Citizen Science Project
Identify goals
Establish capacity
Design/refine Manage
Apply and adapt
A program can provide continuity Institutional knowledge/memory
Track impacts (ROI)
Point of contact/trust
Celebration/recognition
Sustainability/accountability
Atlantic Coastal Action Program
Sustained funding --> high efficiency, high quality
Low capacity --> no core staff, no consistent work
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PROJECT, PROGRAM, FRAMEWORK?
Build on relationships
Find shared value
Establish partnerships
Leverage existing resources
…
Insights from…
Owen Boyle WI Dept. of Natural Resources
Maria Fernandez-Gimenez Colorado State University
Muki Haklay University College London
Greg Newman Colorado State University
Rajul Pandya American Geological Society
Michael Pocock Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Jennifer Shirk jls223@cornell.edu
Rick Bonney reb5@cornell.edu
Kris Stepenuck University of Wisconsin, Madison
Julie Vastine Dickinson College
Jake Weltzin USGS
Sarah Weston Saint Mary’s University
Graham Whitelaw Queen’s University
… and key documents.
(via the Wilson Center)
“... even though it makes me uncomfortable, I’m thinking about ways to communicate/interact on a regular and frequent basis with the science education community ”
Synthesis of insights from experts:
Owen Boyle WI Dept. of Natural Resources
Maria Fernandez-Gimenez Colorado State University
Muki Haklay University College London
Greg Newman Colorado State University
Rajul Pandya American Geological Society
Michael Pocock Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
Kris Stepenuck University of Wisconsin, Madison
Julie Vastine Dickinson College
Jake Weltzin USGS
Sarah Weston Saint Mary’s University
Graham Whitelaw Queen’s University
… and key documents.