PPSR2012

A compilation of things heading up to, thoughts that happened at, and reflections on the Public Participation in Scientific Research conference, Aug 4-5, 2012 in Portland, OR.

  1. Standing room only at #ppsr2012 ! 350-400 participants is a strong message in and of itself.
  2. Let's just say LOTS of people are interested in #citizenscience . Pic of #PPSR2012 conference attendees. @scistarter http://pic.twitter.com/vONXiYXM
  3. #PPSR2012 opening question: how do we collectively grow the field of citizen science (aka community science, participatory research)?
  4. #PPSR2012 conf opens with validation and history of the value of people like us/ me, amateur scientists (citizen scientists). [High-five!]
  5. Abe Miller Rushing of SERC Institute discusses how we got here and where to go from here? tinyurl.com/bm7ttkr #PPSR2012 #citizenscience
  6. Miller-Rushing: recent devo in PPSR include technology, data storage, analysis + explicit participant-focused outcomes #PPSR2012
  7. Miller-Rushing: PPSR contributions to peer-reviewed literature #PPSR2012 http://pic.twitter.com/BUjIvIH5
  8. Abe Miller-Rushing: Take-aways: PPSR is not new, has always been important to science, and is growing and innovating very quickly. #PPSR2012
  9. next up at #PPSR2012 conference is Bill Michener and DataOne. Challenges of big data! #citizenscience
  10. #ppsr2012 Bill Michner discusses the work on organising and managing data with the growth of information sources http://pic.twitter.com/AsD0lS1M
  11. Michener - DataONE's ONEMercury search tool for rapid search of #citizenscience data by author, project, keyword, originator #PPSR2012
  12. Want to make orphan data a thing of the past? Check out dataONE.org. Just learned about it at #ppsr2012
  13. Heidi Ballard UC-Davis - People & Participation: Educational and Community Components of #PPSR2012 Projects tinyurl.com/d459sac #PPSR2012
  14. Heidi Ballard on integration of citizen knowledge and scientific knowledge #PPSR2012 http://pic.twitter.com/DJlTBScE
  15. Ballard - Contributory e.g., LiMPETS: Long-term Monitoring Program & Experimental Training for Students limpetsmonitoring.org #PPSR2012
  16. #PPSR2012 human systems are intertwined with ecological systems. Could PPSR lead to eco-social resilience?

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Alison Young

Citizen Science Coordinator at the California Academy of Sciences. Adorer of intertidal inverts, watcher of birds, excited about all things citizen science.

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