Crowd Sourcing the Future? A One Day Interactive Conference (few places remaining)
Date:
07/12/2016
Organised by:
NCRM - The University of Manchester
Presenter:
Key Notes: Professor Chris Lintott (Zooniverse/University of Oxford) and Professor Muki Haklay (UCL)
Level:
Entry (no or almost no prior knowledge)
Contact:
Claire Spencer, 0161 275 1980, claire.spencer@manchester.ac.uk
Map:
View in Google Maps (M13 9PL)
Venue:
The Manchester Museum
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester
Description:
This event is fully booked. There is a waiting list available via the registration link below.
Citizen Social Science Methods, Data and Challenges
Digital data is now generated in huge volumes by many citizens and is documenting peoples lives in detail. Moreover citizens are increasingly generating data as part of a sense of their own need to respond and report including during humanitarian crises. These approaches link to debates about civic engagement and the observant digital citizen. Digital citizens are becoming the eyes and ears of the world and the citizen response is becoming part of the tools to tackle social problems and political challenges previously left to the state. There are new opportunities to address intractable social issues but also increasing numbers of voices and truth claims.
In this interactive one-day conference we will explore the future of citizen science and citizen social science methods. We will examine the different types of applications, methods, the data and the challenges posed including in terms of the debates about expertise, divisions of labour, different ways of seeing, data quality, questions about what might still be going undocumented and the ethical issues raised. We will also consider the ways in which more people can be encouraged to participate as citizen scientists.
The conference will include talks by leading academics and practitioners involved in using citizen science and citizen social science methods. There will be opportunities to try out citizen science tools and to contribute to the debates.
Outline Schedule
11am - Introductions and citizen science project demonstrations.
11.15am - Methods, Data, Ethics – Professor Chris Lintott (Zooniverse/University of Oxford) and Professor Muki Haklay (University College London).
12.15pm - Practitioner Short Talks 1 – Methods, Data and Ethics. Including: Ben Rich (BBC), Hilary Geoghegan (Reading), Will Dixon (Manchester), K. Purdam (Manchester).
1pm - Lunch and more project demonstrations.
1.30pm - Practitioner Short Talks 2 – Methods, Data and Ethics. Including: Erinma Ochu (Salford), Monika Buscher (Lancaster), Alex Albert (Manchester), Liz Richardson (Manchester).
2.30pm - More Participation? – Redesigning Research and the Policy Interface - Professor Muki Haklay (University College London).
3pm – 3.45pm Round Table Discussion – Ground Up Data and Crowd Sourced Applications.
Cost:
Free
Website and registration:
Region:
North West
Keywords:
Digital Social Research, Online qualitative fieldwork, Analysis of social media, Big data analytics, Online experimental research, Research Ethics
Related publications and presentations:
Digital Social Research
Online qualitative fieldwork
Analysis of social media
Big data analytics
Online experimental research
Research Ethics