While many researchers
think of citizen science as a way to engage children and teenagers, many of citizen scientists are adults, some of whom bring scientific expertise from other fields, she said.
Not exact matches
Using examples from a range
of scientific controversies, The Honest Broker challenges us all - scientists, politicians and
citizens - to
think carefully about how best
science can contribute to policy - making and a healthy democracy.
Should I even put myself through the ringer and pursue a career in
science or engineering if at the end
of the day I am still going to be considered a second - class
citizen for no reason other than discriminatory or patriarchal
thinking?
Although the Netherlands have a good track record in using innovative means to engage the general public in the
science and technology debate — Van der Starre mentions the use
of citizen panels, in which a diverse group
of citizens gathers evidence and develops a statement on a particular scientific development or issue — both Schutter and Van der Starre
think PCST can be improved.
«I
think that CRG will exemplify the best
of European
science — that is, top - level
science in a high quality -
of - life environment,» says Veronica Raker, a U.S.
citizen who is currently finishing her first postdoc at EIO.
But I
think one
of the things that scientists and other people concerned about
science education in the country need to do is make it clear to publishers that as
citizens and voters, wherever they live, whatever state or town that they live [in], they will make sure that their elected officials know that textbook X, Y or Z is not to be used in this district because
of its bad
science.
«I
think the impact
of having my students do
citizen science and investigations that are connected to the real world is the knowledge sticks,» Hanna says.
Then: Bouchey, also known as L Francis Bouchey, was the director
of a project known as
Citizens for Sound
Science and the Environment, based at the
think tank Frontiers
of Freedom.
I
think that you would be really interested in some
of the most cutting - edge research that I have come across explaining crowds, open innovation, and
citizen science.