1. Feb. 2021

Workshop at the Citizen Science Association Conference

The workshop starts from the observation that while Citizen Science is highly participatory, evaluation does not live up to this claim. In the workshop we will explore existing approaches to participatory evaluation where participants are involved from the beginning, e.g. in co-designing the evaluation strategy. We plan to discuss alternative methods (e.g. open evaluation, peer interviews, diaries, storytelling, etc.) and to show how they are applied in different evaluation contexts. In all of this, we will reflect on possible risks and pitfalls based on concrete experiences, and consider which approaches promise success in times of physical distancing and crisis. You can register here: https://citizenscience.org/home/events/conferences/citscivirtual/ The workshop was developed by Katja Mayer, Barbara Kieslinger, Teresa Schäfer and Stefanie Schürz in the project CoAct.

Related Articles:

• News: Kick-off of H2020 project CoAct
• Event: Participatory evaluation in citizen science
• News: CoAct Final Event Week
• News: CoAct Abschlussausstellung
• Publication: Transformation messen und verstehen: partizipative Evaluationsansätze für Citizen Science
• Project: Co­designing Citizen Social Science for Collective Action
• News: CoAct wins European Citizen Science Prize
• News: Welcoming Guillermina Actis as a Visiting Scholar at ZSI

Tags: citizen science, citizen social science, participatory evaluation