Presentation Title: Citizen Science: Science as if People Mattered Presenter: Raj Pandya, Director, Spark: UCAR Science Education, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

1. Citizen
Science:
Science
as
if
people
mattered
Raj
Pandya
Conference
on
Public
Par3cipa3on
in
Science
Research
4
August
2012
Portland
OR

2. Partners
in
Science:
Science
as
if
people
mattered
Raj
Pandya
Conference
on
Public
Par3cipa3on
in
Science
Research
4
August
2012
Portland
OR

3. Citizen
Science
Demographics
Individuals
from
historically
under-­‐represented
groups
par3cipate
less
than
majority
groups
Affluent
par3cipants
outnumber
less-­‐affluent
par3cipants

4. Why
?
Access
transporta3on,
3ming,
natural
seFngs
and/or
compu3ng,
family
engagement,
scien3fic
background
Culture
Cri3cal
mass,
unfamiliar
prac3ces,
divergent
values
Relevance
are
the
problems
inves3gated
by
ci3zen
science
aligned
with
community
priori3es?

5. Victor
H.
Rivera-­‐Monroy
and
Robert
R.
Twilley

6. Examples
Doing
Science
with
Communi0es

7. Vanishing
Points
Louisiana
Delta

8. Wild
Rice
on
White
Earth

9. Managing Meningitis in the Sahel

10. A
suggested
framework

11. Align
research
with
community
priorities

12. Plan
for
co-­‐management

13. Incorporate
multiple
kinds
of
knowledge

14. Communicate

15. Engage
the
Community
at
every
step

16. Partners
in
Science
By
paying
even
more
aSen3on
to
doing
science
with
people,
ci3zen
science
can
provide
a
model
for
making
science
more
relevant
and
useful

17. pandya@ucar.edu