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January 22, 2025
Often overlooked in broader discussions around open research, citizen science involves a different kind of openness to that which we associate with such practices as the open dissemination of outputs.
In this context, ‘open research’ instead means the potential for members of the wider public to contribute to the collection and analysis of data - to become, in other words, members of an inclusive and distributed research team.
In this Open Research Conversation, we’ll hear from researchers with experience of facilitating and leading citizen science projects, exploring the challenges, benefits and unique opportunities such methodologies offer. Speakers will include Jill Edmondson (leader of the citizen science project Measure Your Harvest) and Andrea Jimenez, who will explore her work establishing the Metropolitan Water Observatory, an action-research and citizen science platform for water and data justice.