Granada Seminar (15-­‐19 June 2015). Physics Meets the Social Sciences. We present the citizen science projects we have been running during the past 3 years. We have adopted the idea of running collective experiments in public spaces of Barcelona to create crowd-­sourced data atainning to concrete questions. We have been focussed on non‐permanent or pop-­up experiments on 1. human mobility through voluntary tracking. In a park (Science Festival) and in an exhibition room (museum). 2. human decision making through games, as a complementary approach through three different games (Board Game Festival in Barcelona). Such data sources have allowed us to develop some stochastic models on human behaviour under concrete situations or circumstances. We critically analyse them and extract experience‐based conclusions from both a methodological and conceptual perspective.

1. Collec&ve
experimenta&on
on
human
behaviour
using
ci&zen
science
strategies
Mario
Gu)érrez-­‐Roig,
Isabelle
Bonhoure
and
Josep
Perelló
Josep.perello@ub.edu
@JosPerello
@OpenSystemsUB
/
@CLabBarcelona
Granada
Seminar
(15-­‐19
June
2015).
Physics
Meets
the
Social
Sciences

2. Outline
We
present
the
ci1zen
science
projects
we
have
been
running
during
the
past
3
years.
We
have
adopted
the
idea
of
running
collec)ve
experiments
in
public
spaces
of
Barcelona
to
create
crowd-­‐sourced
data
aTaining
to
concrete
ques)ons.
We
have
been
focussed
on
non-­‐permanent
or
pop-­‐up
experiments
on
1. human
mobility
through
voluntary
tracking.
In
a
park
(Science
Fes)val)
and
in
an
exhibi)on
room
(museum).
2. human
decision
making
through
games,
as
a
complementary
approach
through
three
different
games
(Board
Game
Fes)val
in
Barcelona).
Such
data
sources
have
allowed
us
to
develop
some
stochas1c
models
on
human
behaviour
under
concrete
situa)ons
or
circumstances.
We
cri)cally
analyse
them
and
extract
experience-­‐based
conclusions
from
both
a
methodological
and
conceptual
perspec)ve.

3. Outline
We
present
the
ci1zen
science
projects
we
have
been
running
during
the
past
3
years.
We
have
adopted
the
idea
of
running
collec)ve
experiments
in
public
spaces
of
Barcelona
to
create
crowd-­‐sourced
data
aTaining
to
concrete
ques)ons.
We
have
been
focussed
on
non-­‐permanent
or
pop-­‐up
experiments
on
1. human
mobility
through
voluntary
tracking.
In
a
park
(Science
Fes)val)
and
in
an
exhibi)on
room
(museum).
2. human
decision
making
through
games,
as
a
complementary
approach
through
three
different
games
(Board
Game
Fes)val
in
Barcelona).
Such
data
sources
have
allowed
us
to
develop
some
stochas1c
models
on
human
behaviour
under
concrete
situa)ons
or
circumstances.
We
cri)cally
analyse
them
and
extract
experience-­‐based
conclusions
from
both
a
methodological
and
conceptual
perspec)ve.

4. Laurent
Mignonneau
and
Christa
Sommerer,
A-­‐Volve.
Living
Systems,
Arts
Santa
Mònica
2011
Public
Experimenta1on

5. Laurent
Mignonneau
and
Christa
Sommerer,
Eau
de
Jardin.
Living
Systems,
Arts
Santa
Mònica
2011
Public
Experimenta1on

6. Ci1zen
Science
“general
public
engagement
in
scien)fic
research
ac)vi)es
when
ci)zens
ac)vely
contribute
to
science
either
with
their
intellectual
effort
or
surrounding
knowledge
or
with
their
tools
and
resources”
Green
Book
of
Ci)zen
Science
Socien)ze
(IberCivis,
EU
project)
OpenBeeResearch.
Urban
Bees
Project

7. Ci1zen
Science
Aerial
Cartography
of
a
Neighborhood
(Raval
Barcelona,
2015).
Public
Lab

8. Paral·lel (Molino)
Plaça de la Bella Dorita. Barcelona
Fecha: 19.00h. 15 abril 2015
Fotógrafos: Teb Raval; Basurama; Public Laboratory.
Herramienta: Mapknitter
Imágenes y mapa: http://mapknitter.org/maps/parallel-2015
Licencia: Dominio Público
Resolución: cm/pixel
Coordenadas: Latitud 41.3745415 Longitud 2.1677728
Cartógrafo: Pablo Rey Mazón
N
Cartogra a aérea de barri
Dentro del festival NOVUM 2015.
Taller de fotografía aérea con globos.
100m0200m50m150m

9. Is
it
possible
to
extract
“serious”
science
along
Ci1zen
Science
projects
and
Public
Experiments?

10. Is
it
possible
to
extract
“serious”
science
along
Ci1zen
Science
projects
and
Public
Experiments
in
Social
Sciences?

11. Is
it
possible
to
extract
“serious”
science
along
Ci1zen
Science
projects
and
Public
Experiments
in
Social
Sciences
done
by
physicists?

12. OpenSystems
Departament
de
Fisica
Fonamental
Universitat
de
Barcelona
www.ub.edu/opensystems
@OpenSystemsUB
Since
2012

13. Barcelona
Ci)zen
Science
Office
hTp://cciutadana.barcelonalab.cat
@CCiutadana
Riu.NET
:
hTp://riunet.net
AtrapaElTigre
:
hTp://atrapael)gre.com
Pollen
and
Allergies
:
hTp://lap.uab.cat/aerobiologia
Seawatchers
:
hTp://observadorsdelmar.cat
OpenSystems
:
hTp://ub.edu/opensystems
Community
of
prac)ce
with
5
different
research
groups
having
Ci)zen
Science
projects.
Since
2012

14.
“A
laboratory
experiment
is
a
rare,
costly,
local,
ar)︎ficial
set
up.”
ficial
set
up.”
Bruno
Latour

16. Pop-­‐up
Experiments
along
ci1zen
science
framework
• Collec)ve
Experimenta)on
sharing
publicly
the
risk
with
all
par)cipants.
• Volunteers
should
be
first
users
of
the
scien)fic
knowledge
being
produced.
• Natural
experiments
in
real-­‐world.
An
alterna)ve
to
virtual
labs
and
to
byassed
popula)ons
in
social
experiment.
• Clear
defini)on
of
the
ques)on
to
respond.
Appealing
concept:
Par)cipants
are
curious.
• Time
and
space
frames
controlled
since
it
is
a
one-­‐shot
experiment.
• Light
infraestructure
easy
to
adapt
to
several
contexts.
Always
expect
the
uncertain.
• Quick
and
flexible
configura)on
of
teams
(but
large
and
complex
to
manage).

18. Bee-­‐Path,
Experiments
on
human
mobility
The
experiment.
Science
Fair
2012
The
results
• M. Gutiérrez-Roig, O. Sagarra, J.
Palmer, A. Oltra, F. Bartumeus, A.
Díaz-Guilera, J. Perelló, 2015, in
preparation
• 12,000
visitors
of
Science
fair
in
a
centric
park
of
Barcelona
• Find
the
right
team
and
create
a
brand
• How
do
we
move
in
an
event
(a
park)
where
we
know
the
events
happening
• Quan)fy
how
people
is
gekng
oriented
with
an
App
• Finding
paTerns
with
data
donated
by
volunteers
and
shared
with
them
• www.bee-­‐path.net

19. Bee-­‐Path,
Experiments
on
human
mobility
The
experiment.
Big
Bang
Data
Exhibi1on,
CCCB
2014
The
results

20. Bee-­‐Path,
Experiments
on
human
mobility
The
experiment.
Big
Bang
Data
Exhibi1on,
CCCB
2014
The
results
In
collabora)on
Domes)c
Data
Streamers
and
Counterest
for
the
Big
Bang
Data
exhibi)on
in
CCCB
(Barcelona,
2014).
Work
in
progress
with
undergraduate
student
Joan
Bernat
Ferrer,
and
M.
Gu)érrez-­‐Roig

22. Human
Behaviour
and
Games
Board
Game
Fes1val
DAU
2012
• 160
volunteers,
3
research
groups
engaged
and
an
actor
• Coopera)on
as
a
func)on
of
the
age.
Results
• Transi)on
from
reciprocal
coopera)on
to
persistent
behaviour
in
social
dilem
as
at
the
end
of
adolescence,
M
Gu)érrez-­‐Roig,
C
Gracia-­‐Lázaro,
J
Perelló,
Y
Moreno
and
A
Sánchez.
Nature
Communica)ons
5
(2014)
4362

23. Human
Behaviour
and
Games
Board
Game
Fes1val
DAU
2013
• 283
volunteers,
24,375
decisions
• Tes)ng
Efficient
Market
Hypothesis
• Decision
making
and
emergent
strategies
in
an
uncertain
environment.
• hTp://mr-­‐banks.net
Results
• M.
Gu)érrez-­‐Roig,
J.
Duch,
J.
Perelló,
in
prepara)on,
2015

24. M.
Gu)érrez-­‐Roig,
J.
Duch,
J.
Perelló,
in
prepara)on,
2015

25. M.
Gu)érrez-­‐Roig,
J.
Duch,
J.
Perelló,
in
prepara)on,
2015

26. M.
Gu)érrez-­‐Roig,
J.
Duch,
J.
Perelló,
in
prepara)on,
2015

27. Human
Behaviour
and
Games
Board
Game
Fes1val
DAU
2014
• 541
par)cipants,
8,366
ac)ons
• Dr.
Brain:
Looking
for
a
coopera)on
Phenotype
with
Prisonner
Dilemma,
Harmony
Game,
Stag-­‐Hunt
and
Snowdris.
Results
• A.
Sánchez,
Y.
Moreno,
C.
Gracia-­‐
Lázaro,
J.
Gómez-­‐Gardeñes,
J.
Poncela-­‐Casasnovas,
J.
Duch,
J.
Vicens,
M.
Gu)érrez-­‐Roig,
J.
Perelló,
in
prepara)on
2005.

28. In
collabora)on
with
Outliers
collec)ve

29. “The
contribu)on
of
the
︎
field
of
science
and
technology
studies
(STS)
to
main-­‐stream
sociology
[and
economics
and
finance]
has
so
far
been
slim
because
of
a
misunderstanding
about
what
it
means
to
provide
a
social
explana)on
[…].”
Bruno
Latour,
Bri&sh
Journal
of
Sociology
Vol.
No.
51
Issue
No.
1
(January/March
2000)
pp.
107–123

30. “The
social
sciences
imitate
the
natural
sciences
in
a
way
that
render
them
unable
to
pro︎fit
from
the
type
of
objec1vity
found
in
the
fit
from
the
type
of
objec1vity
found
in
the
natural
sciences.”
“It
is
argued
that
by
following
the
STS
lead,
social
sciences
may
start
to
imitate
the
natural
sciences
in
a
very
different
fashion.”
“Once
the
meanings
of
‘social’
and
of
‘science’
are
recon︎figured,
the
de︎fini)on
of
what
a
‘social
figured,
the
de︎fini)on
of
what
a
‘social
fini)on
of
what
a
‘social
science’
is
and
what
it
can
do
[can
be
thus
reconsidered].”
Bruno
Latour,
Bri&sh
Journal
of
Sociology
Vol.
No.
51
Issue
No.
1
(January
2000)
pp.
107–123

31. With
the
support
of
Community
of
prac)ce
in
Ci)zen
Science
Ci)zen
Science
Office.
Science
Unit
in
the
City
Council
Science
Communica)on
in
Bee-­‐Path
and
Complexity
Lab
Barcelona
(2014
SGR
608)
Mecánica
estadís)ca
para
"big
data”:
adquisición,
análisis
y
modelización
(FIS2013-­‐47532-­‐C3-­‐3-­‐P)
Hos)ng
the
experiments.
Barcelona
Ins)tute
of
Culture
Josep.perello@ub.edu
@JosPerello
@OpenSystemsUB
@CLabBarcelona
Big
thanks
to:
Isabelle
Bonhoure,
Mario
Gu)érrez-­‐Roig,
Anxo
Sánchez,
Yamir
Moreno,
Jordi
Duch,
Inés
Garriga,
Nadala
Fernández,
Fran
Iglesias,
Pedro
Lorente,
Carlota
Segura,
Clàudia
Payrató,
Joan
Bernat
Ferrer,
Domes)c
Data
Streamers,
Oscar
Marín,
Outliers,
Albert
Díaz-­‐Guilera,
Oleguer
Sagarra,
Julia
Poncela-­‐Casasnovas,
Jesús
Gómez-­‐
Gardeñes,
Julian
Vicens,
Roi
Sastre
and
to
thousands
of
volunteers.