CSA 2017

World Cafe: Which Citizens Have a Moral Responsibility to Participate in Science, and How Can We Tell When That Responsibility Has Been Fulfilled?
Organizer: Chris Santos-Lang - Citizen Science Belleville
Some people who balk at addressing world hunger and political conflict nonetheless reliably feed their own children and vote in major elections. That may be because family roles and voting rituals help clarify scope of moral responsibility. We might likewise enhance the dependability of citizen science by clarifying scope of moral responsibility: Who should do what, and how can we all tell? Facilitated by members of the CSA ethics working group, attendees of this "World Cafe" will collaboratively identify science which society collectively is morally obliged to conduct, and will identify ways to measure whether the requisite citizens have completed the requisite tasks.

This symposium is structured to collect contribution from credentialed and non-credentialed citizens alike. Each attendee will participate in several brainstorms, each with a different group of 4-5 other attendees. The brainstorms will be structured to build upon each other and to answer our research question. 

Are Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing the Same? An Investigation on the Role of Framing on Participant Outcomes
Amanda Sorensen* - Rutgers University; Rebecca Jordan - Rutgers University

If You Don't Call It Citizen Science, What Happens to Participation?
Rhiannon Crain* - Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Poppy McLeod - Cornell University; Janis Dickinson - Cornell University; Jonathon Schuldt - Cornell University; Hwansuck Song - Cornell University

Public Perceptions of Citizen Science
Karen Oberhauser* - University of Minnesota; Eva Lewandowski - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources; Wendy Caldwell - University of Minnesota; Dane Elmquist - USDA-ARS

Why Cit Sci? Say What You Mean and Mean What You Say
Tiffany Beachy - Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont

Comparison of Marine Debris Data Collected by Researchers and Citizen Scientists: Is Citizen Science Data Worth the Effort?
Tonya van der Velde 

Overview of the European Research Landscape on Citizen Science
Katrin Vohland* - Museum fr Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Research

Citizen Science in the Karoo:Tool for Community Engagement
Nyaradzo Dhliwayo - Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 

Mapping Diversity in Citizen Science Participation in the Northeastern US
Erika Barthelmess* - St. Lawrence University; Jacob Malcomb - Nature Up North / St. Lawrence University

Better Together: Finding Common Ground Between Citizen and Scientist
Anne-Marie Runfola - NOAA/Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary

Braiding Citizen Science, Culturally Responsive and Locally Relevant Learning Through Arctic and Earth SIGNs
Elena Sparrow* - The International Arctic Research Center/School of Natural Resources and Extension at the University of Alaska Fairbanks; Katie Spellman - University of Alaska Fairbanks International Arctic Research Center

Initial Motivations for Participation in Wildlife Monitoring on Private Land
Christine Anhalt-Depies* - University of Wisconsin-Madison; Adena Rissman - University of Wisconsin-Madison; Mark Rickenbach - University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jennifer Stenglein - Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

The Emerging Whole: Putting Citizen Science in Place
Organizer: Mary Ellen Hannibal
As the ecological crisis critically imperils biodiversity, citizen science (CS) posits a platform for addressing it at local to global scales. But while projects proliferate, actual conservation outcomes from CS are lagging or inadequate . Why? What's missing? How do we bridge the divide between science and action? The statistical and modeling rigor of Big Data are often referenced as the "science" CS, but its specialized rationales can separate it from local relevance. Academic attention to participant experience excavates the "citizen," yet its focus on the personal often stops short of supporting more powerful collective, landscape-level impacts. Mary Ellen Hannibal will moderate a discussion of where large-scale data collection and analysis and individual experience come together on local landscapes. Allen Fish of the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory and Julia Parrish of the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team will talk about managing hundreds of volunteers over decades, not only furnishing data and research themselves but fostering others to do the same. We will articulate "place" as the meeting ground for the dichotomous end points of "citizen" and "science," and the gateway for conservation outcomes.

PRESENTATIONS:

Sense of Place and Collective Identity in the COASST Program
Julia Parrish, COASST/University of Washington

The Emerging Whole: Putting Citizen Science in its Place
Mary Ellen Hannibal

Thirty Years of Raptor Monitoring: Conservation Impacts
Allen Fish, Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy

Bringing Data to Decisionmakers: Building Capacity Among Citizen-initiated Efforts
Pam DiBona* - Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Program; Prassede Vella - Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Program; Nicholas Moreno - Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Program

Toward a Definition of Indigenous Citizen Science in Kenya
Elizabeth Warrick* - University of Maryland, College Park.; Tamara Clegg - University of Maryland, College Park; Jennifer Preece - University of Maryland; Jedidah Kibutu - Chuka University

Understanding the Role of Place in Citizen Science and Conservation Decision Making
Greg Newman* - Colorado State University; Mark Chandler - Earthwatch Institute; Malin Clyde - University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension; Bridie McGreavy - University of Maine; Muki Haklay - University College London; Heidi Ballard - University of California, Davis; Steven Gray - Michigan State University; Russell Scarpino - CitSci.org, Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Colorado State University

Blurring the Boundaries Between Outdoor and Online Citizen Science: Lessons Learned from the Orchid Observers Project
John Tweddle* - Natural History Museum London; Lucy Robinson - Natural History Museum London; Heidi Ballard - University of California, Davis; Chris Lintott - University of Oxford

The Integrity, Diversity and Equity (IDE) Working Group: Progress Report and Discussions for Ensuring Equity and Justice Within the CSA
Organizer: Daniela Soleri
The Integrity, Diversity and Equity (IDE) Working Group of the CSA was founded to "take responsibility for including justice, equity and integrity in scientific research among the founding and guiding mandates of our association. We also work with colleagues within and beyond our association to support and advance those mandates in practice." Through clarity, a willingness to make values explicit, and recognition of structural and historical sources of inequity in communities and academic and other professional scientific organizations, our goal is to support citizen science practice that is positive for society. In this symposium IDE members giving short presentations, and many more members who will be present, will discuss our work to date including guidance on language and processes for the association in general, extensive involvement with the CSA 2017 conference planning process, a series of issues statements defining critical concepts for equitable partnerships, and collaborating with other working groups. During the open discussion we will elaborate further on this work, but especially provide space for attendees with their own ideas for accomplishing this goal. Suggestions and critiques will be summarized as a group process at the end of the symposium, posted on the IDE webpage and responded to by IDE over the summer, also to be posted.

PRESENTATIONS:

Examples of IDE issues, Knowledge and expertise: Oralite trackers and scientific reasoning - towards an inclusive citizen science.
Louis Liebenberg, CyberTracker

Passion, process and practice: The ongoing evolution of the Integrity, Diversity and Equity working group
Daniela Soleri*,  UC Santa Barbara; Timothy Vargo, Urban Ecology Center; Shannon Dosemagen, Public Lab

The Integrity, Diversity and Equity Working Group: Identifying and Tackling Obstacles to Participating in Citizen Science.
Linda Silka, University of Maine-Orono

Mental Health Ecosystem: Co-designing and Empowering with and for the Patients
Josep Perelló* - Universitat de Barcelona; Ferran Español - Universitat de Barcelona; Angel Sánchez - Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; Jordi Duch - Universitat Rovira i Virgili; Isabelle Bonhoure - Universitat de Barcelona

IP and Citizen Science: Who Owns Research Outcomes?
Christi Guerrini - Baylor College of Medicine

Language as a Crucial Component of Equity in Citizen Science
Samantha Estoesta - Royal Roads University

Regulatory Penumbra: What Happens If a Citizen Scientist Commits Research Misconduct?
Lisa Rasmussen - University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Department of Philosophy

Fostering Resilience and Adaptation to Drought in the High Plains: Ethically Engaging Communities Throughout the Research Process
Jacqueline Vadjunec* - Oklahoma State University/ Department of Geography; Todd Fagin - Oklahoma Biological Survey; Nicole Colston - Oklahoma State University, Department of Geography

The Transformative Capacity of Citizen Science to Empower and Enable Agro-pastoral Communities to Adapt Their Governance of Natural Resource in the Remote Tianshan Mountains in Central Asia
Mark Foggin*, Altyn Kapalova, Lira Sagynbekova,  Azamat Azarov*, Evgenii Shibkov, Aline Rosset, Jangyl Ismailova, Samat Kalmuratov, Christian Hergarten - Mountain Societies Research Institute, University of Central Asia

Why We Lose Traditional Ecological Knowledge and How Citizen Science Can Help Us Rebuild Our Knowledge Banks
Madhusudan Katti - North Carolina State University

Learning to Work with Nature: Designing for a Shared Intelligence on Fundamental Processes Such as Soil Function
Peter Donovan - Soil Carbon Coalition

Citizen Science Communication - Connecting Across Disciplines
Organizer: Susanne Hecker - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research/German Centre for integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig
"Citizen science is one of the most dramatic developments in science communication in the last generation." Bruce V. Lewenstein (Lewenstein, 2016) Citizen science and science communication are both relatively young and highly inter- and transdisciplinary fields of research (Gascoigne et al., 2010; Jordan, Crall, Gray, Phillips, & Mellor, 2015). This symposium is a first cut to explore how the respective underlying concepts intertwine in theory and practice, and invites researchers and practitioners of both fields. Following Lewenstein's quote, we need to ask: how does citizen science contribute to the dramatic development in science communication? What is new and innovative about it? What is the development? Undeniably, science communication in citizen science has moved from a one-way communication towards a multi-directional exchange (Trench, 2006). From a citizen science perspective, we ask: What opportunities does science communication provide for citizen science activities beyond outreach? Where can science communication help citizen science project coordinators to face the challenges throughout the process? How can science communication empower all those involved in citizen science for enhanced exchange and reasoning? Citizen science and the process of engaging stakeholders and participants needs adequate flexibility as dialogue and interaction might develop in unforeseen ways and need respective translation process. The aim of this symposium is to investigate the synthesis and innovative potential of citizen science and science communication. We want to shed light on theory and best practice of citizen science communication as well as allow for dialogue and convergence of both disciplines to eventually cross-fertilise.

PRESENTATIONS:

Beyond the deficit model - Communication in citizen science
Susanne Hecker, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research/German Centre for integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig

Citizen Journalism as a tool/new skill for citizen science projects - Best case study, Futurium Berlin, Germany
Monique Luckas, Futurium gGmbH

Science and Public Engagement
Bernard Schiele, Faculty of Communication, University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada

What are the interesting questions about citizen science?
Bruce V. Lewenstein, Cornell University

Fireballs in the Sky: A Global Fireball Network in Our Pockets
Renae Sayers* - Curtin Univeristy; Phil Bland - Curtin University, Australia; Brian Day - NASA Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute; Jay Ridgewell - Curtin University, Australia; Yara Al-Rajeh - AMES Research Centre, NASA

The Evolving Role of Citizen Science in Education
Joseph Roche* - Trinity College Dublin; Nicola Davis - Trinity College Dublin

Citizen Science as an Innovative Disruptor
Nicole Garneau - Denver Museum of Nature & Science

From Wildlife to Justice: Creating Safe Environmental Spaces for Everyone
Angelique Hjarding - North Carolina Wildlife Federation

Addressing the Needs and Motivations of Citizen Scientists Through a Virtual Research Center
Pamela Gay - Astronomical Society of the Pacific; Team CosmoQuest - Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Assessing Participant Demographics in a PPSR Project: Comparing Two Survey Techniques
Renee Lyons* - Clemson University; Michelle Cook - Clemson University; David White - Clemson University

Can Citizen Science Shift Attitudes? The Importance of Studying Participants
Stephanie Schuttler* - North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, North Carolina State University; Kathryn Stevenson - North Carolina State University; Robert Dunn - North Carolina State University; Roland Kays - North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences & NC State University

Engagement in Citizen Science: An Overview of Volunteer Motivation and Retention in the US Geological Survey's National Map Corps
Erin Korris* - United States Geological Survey; Elizabeth McCartney - U.S. Geological Survey

A Global Movement? Citizen Science Around the World from a Scientific-social-cultural-political Context
Organizer: Jessie Cappadonna - Queensland University of Technology
Regional variation in the social-cultural-political context of citizen science leads to important variation in its diversification and growth. This symposium will provide an overview of regional similarities and differences between citizen science initiated in Australia, China, Europe, and the United States, as well as the opportunities and challenges that this offers to global citizen science projects. The state of citizen science, including primary drivers, development strategies utilized, and support mechanisms (e.g. financial, structural, and institutional) will be considered. Speakers will marshal regional project examples to highlight citizen science goals, diversity, and outcomes. Regional efforts underway and visions for the future will be discussed.

PRESENTATIONS:

Citizen science across Australia: Diversity, design, support, and impact
Jessie Cappadonna, PhD Student, Queensland University of Technology

Expansion of citizen science across the United States
Darlene Cavalier, Arizona State University and SciStarter

Factors that influence citizen science progress across Europe
Muki Haklay, University College London

Modes of public participation in scientific research across China
Elizabeth Tyson, Science & Technology Innovation Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

The WeDigBio event — International partners produce a global data campaign for citizen science
Austin Mast, Florida State University

Using Partnerships to Leverage Limited Resources: The Biscayne Bay Drift Card Study
Chelle King* - Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science; Laura Bracken - University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science; Rebecca Peterson - Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

What Is the Role of Academic-Community Partnership Capacity in Adaptive Drought Communication? Lessons from Open Public Meetings
Nicole Colston* - Oklahoma State University; Jacqueline Vadjunec - Oklahoma State University/ Department of Geography; Todd Fagin - Oklahoma Biological Survey

Measures to Facilitate Collaboration Between Citizen Science Projects - an Approach for Sharing Resources
Barbara Heinisch - University of Vienna, Centre for Translation Studies