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CANCELLED: Notes from a decade of citizen science: have we opened up research to everyone?

30 April 2020, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm

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This UCL East Lunch Hour Lecture has been cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

This event is free.

Event Information

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Cost

Free

Organiser

Emma Hart

Location

Darwin Lecture Theatre
Darwin Building
Gower Street
London
WC1E 6BT

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About the lecture:
The past decade has seen a rapid increase in new forms of participation between researchers at universities and research institutes, and people from different walks of life. These new ways of working made it possible for a wider range of participation in the process of creating new knowledge and understanding of the world. These new forms come under many terms: participatory mapping, community science, community-based participatory research, and so on. The general term "citizen science" became a common way to describe all these activities. In the talk, we will cover the range of impacts and changes that occurred - with examples from the sciences, social sciences and humanities; from projects by a single individual to participation of million people; and from digital tools to pen and paper. We also think where do we go next with citizen science?

Photo credit: Dr Megan Laws, UCL Extreme Citizen Science group. 

About the Speaker

Muki Haklay

Professor of Geographic Information Science and co-director of the Extreme Citizen Science group at Department of Geography, UCL

Prof Muki Haklay is a professor at the Department of Geography, a co-director of UCL Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS) research group, and co-director of Mapping for Change, a social enterprise dedicated to participatory mapping and citizen science. Prof Haklay background is in computer science and geography, and he has been research public access to environmental information and creation of environmental information by the public for over 20 years. He is also involved in different international organisations in the area of citizen science, such as the US-Based Citizen Science Association and the European Citizen Science Association.