Co-created Citizen Science Jade L. Cawthray-Syms
What is Citizen Science? The involvement of the non-scientists in scientific research
Contributory - data collection Collaborative - method design and/or data analysis
Co-created - whole process
Why Co-created Citizen Science? Provide communities with more power, control, self governance and influence regarding the issues that affect them. • • • • •
Community empowerment (5, 6, 9) Changes practice at community level (5, 7 , 8) Outcomes are more relevant to communities (2, 3) Community knowledge development (2, 5, 6, 8) Lay experience filling professional knowledge gaps and provide other contexts (1, 3, 4) • Professional and lay knowledge has closer alignment (2, 4) 1. Bennett & Smith, 2007. 2. Boivin, 2014. 3. Corburn, 2007. 4. Cornwell & Campbell, 2012. 5. Garcia & Brown, 2009. 6. Gray et al., 2016. 7. Hubbard et al., 2011. 8. Kendall et al., 2015. 9. Phillips et al., 2010.