Citizen Science Policy Making Liz Richardson University of

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Citizen Science & Policy Making Liz Richardson, University of Manchester New Forms of Discovery

Citizen Science & Policy Making Liz Richardson, University of Manchester New Forms of Discovery for Policy Making 19 -20 February 2015, University of Canberra

Warm up… • Write down up to three words that first spring to mind

Warm up… • Write down up to three words that first spring to mind when you think about the policy approaches of: – academics – civil servants – practitioners – citizens

Doing Citizen Science - exercise 1. Tweet general reactions #newtools 4 policy 2. By

Doing Citizen Science - exercise 1. Tweet general reactions #newtools 4 policy 2. By yourself, write down (on giant post-it notes): - an area where public opinion seems to be contradictory and you want to open up debate - what circumstances, if any, Citizen Science might be preferable to conventional research - a policy area or policy issue which might benefit from crowd-sourced data 3. Share your answers, and decide on your group favourite 4. Rapid fire on ‘our favourite’ to plenary group 5. Collect in post-its

Citizen science has grabbed imaginations across the world

Citizen science has grabbed imaginations across the world

There is potential for wider application to public policy

There is potential for wider application to public policy

Problem solving is undermined when we put different policy expertise into boxes

Problem solving is undermined when we put different policy expertise into boxes

There additional challenges doing Citizen Science in the social sciences

There additional challenges doing Citizen Science in the social sciences

Imaginative ways to open up the tools of social science to the public

Imaginative ways to open up the tools of social science to the public

High quality data from a light-touch approach “Nobody is going to make changes without

High quality data from a light-touch approach “Nobody is going to make changes without some facts and figures. ”

Community qualitative analysis

Community qualitative analysis