Citizen Science

Citizen Science

Project Partners of the Technischen Universität Braunschweig

• Prof. Dr. Monika Taddicken
• Dr. Nina Wicke

Description

Citizen Science describes a voluntary participation and integration of citizens in knowledge acquisition and knowledge gain by collaborating with established scientific institutions and universities. The extent to which citizen science projects represent 'successful' forms of science communication and how to evaluate this form of citizen participation is so far unclear and not empirically substantiated. The current public debate in politics and society does not reflect on this, but is strongly normative and value-laden. Therefore, the purpose of this research project is to investigate the significance of Citizen Science regarding the relationship between science and the public as well as to empirically evaluate Citizen Science projects.

Publications

• Wicke, N. (2021). Citizen Science – eine ›erfolgreiche‹ Entwicklung in der Wissenschaftskommunikation? In J. Milde, I. Vogel, & M. Dern (Eds.), Intention und Rezeption von Wissenschaftskommunikation (p. 177-206). Herbert von Halem Verlag.
• Hecker, S., Wicke, N., Haklay, M., & Bonn, A. (2019). How Does Policy Conceptualise Citizen Science? A Qualitative Content Analysis of International Policy Documents. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 4(1), 32. http://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.230
• Hecker, S., & Wicke, N. (2019). Roles of Actors in Citizen Science in International Policy Documents. In T. Bartoschek, D. Nüst & M. Pesch (Eds.), Forum Citizen Science 2019 (p. 5–15). Open Science Framework.

Presentations

• Hecker, S., & Wicke, N. (2019, September 27). Welche Rollen spielen die Akteure in Citizen Science? Eine Analyse internationaler Politikdokumente [Presentation]. Citizen Science Forum, Münster, Germany.
• Hecker, S., Wicke, N., Haklay, M., & Bonn, A (2019, June 26-28). Stimmen von der anderen Seite: Wie konzipiert internationale Politik Citizen Science? [Presentation]. Österreichische Citizen Science Conference, Obergurgl, Austria.
• Hecker, S., Wicke, N., Haklay, M., & Bonn, A. (2019, March). Voices from the other side: How does international policy conceptualise 'citizen science'? [Presentation]. Citizen Science Association Conference, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
• Hecker, S., & Wicke, N. (2019, February 6-8). Stimmen von der anderen Seite: Wie konzipiert internationale Politik 'Citizen Science'? [Presentation]. Annual Meeting of the Science Communication Division of the German Communication Association (DGPuK), Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany.
• Wicke, N. (2018, November). Citizen science - unexplored potential for the relationship of science and the public? [Presentation]. 7^th European Communication Conference, Lugano, Switzerland.
• Taddicken, M., & Wicke, N. (2017, April). Citizen Science-eine 'erfolgreiche' Entwicklung in der Wissenschaftskommunikation? [Presentation]. Annual Conference “Science Communication”, University of Koblenz-Landau, Germany.