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How can citizen science achieve for neuroscience what it's achieved for nature?
Aug 31, 2014
Short talk given at the Neuroscience Research Institute research showcase at the University of Manchester
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Definitions/ ApproachesCitizen ScienceUsually unpaid individuals & interest groups contributing toscientific experiments
Co-design (or extreme citizen science)Public participate in setting research question(s), methods and/or analysis to address social need
Crowdsourced scienceComplex problem, wisdom & power of crowd to create, analyse,collect datasets – research benefits
DIYBIO – network of hobbyists & biohackers DIY, hack, opensource ethos to labs, equipment, methods
Variations Citizen Science with co-design & crowdsourcing elements
1. Research Questions
2. Methods
3. Data analysis
4. Dissemination
Influencing research
Research Method with social valueCitizen ScienceAs an instrument for social impact….
Benefits & Impact• Quality of Life• Improved decision making• Enhancing curriculum content & informal learning• Enhanced research advocacy
Why now?
Why now?
@citizenbrains www.thegreatbrainexperiment.com
@eye_wire http://eyewire.org
Crowdsourcing neuroscience
Who else is doing it?
Matteo FarinellaDaksha Patel Ramon Y Cajal
Who else is doing it?
Challenges
• Data quality assurance• Ethics• Additional resource• Recognition of public contributions• Measuring impact
#HOOKED
The University of Amsterdam
Dr Ashley Burgoyne & Prof Henkjan Honing
26th Jul - 4th Jan 2014
FLS Community Open Day
Michael Smith
6th Jul 2013
http://www.ls.manchester.ac.uk/openday
ReferencesTweddle, J.C., Robinson, L.D., Pocock, M.J.O & Roy, H.E. (2012). Guide tocitizen science: developing, implementing and evaluating citizen science tostudy biodiversity and the environment in the UK. Natural History Museumand NERC Centre for Ecology & Hydrology for UK-EOF.
Cohn, JP (2008) Citizen Science: Can Volunteers Do Real ResearchBioScience 58: 192-197.
Frietag, A, Pfeffer, M.J. (2013) Process, not product: InvestigatingRecommendations for improving Citizen Science "Success". PLoS ONE 8(5):e64079. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0064079
Wellcome Trust Monitor: wellcome.ac.uk/monitor Salvatore Iaconesi: www.artisopensource.net/
Daksha Patel: dakshapatel.co.uk/
Matteo Farinella: www.neurocomic.org/
Albinomosquito: www.albinomosquito.com/
Ethical Guidelines in cbpr:http://www.publicengagement.ac.uk/about/ethics
Websites
erinma.ochu@manchester.ac.ukwww.everyoneandeverything.wordpress.com
Thank you!• Professor Nancy Rothwell - UoM
• Professor Matthew Cobb - UoM
• Professor Stuart Allan - UoM
• Professor Amanda Bamford - UoM
• Jean Francyzk & Natalie Ireland - MOSI
• Clarissa Edwards – Wellcome Trust
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