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Note: One of CSA Ethics’ objectives is to chart the landscape of ethical issues across the spectrum of citizen science, hence this blog includes perspectives outside the consensus of our group. Please be sure to add and read comments as well.
Ecology and Conservation Citizen Science Ethical Concerns–A Call for Case Studies June 8, 2021 Category: Blog, CSA Blog, Ethics Working Group, News - Case studies are a great way to think through the kinds of ethical issues faced in research. Please help us gather case studies in the domain of ecology and conservation citizen… ...
Don’t Miss Your Chance to Help Build Trustworthy Data Practices! July 22, 2020 Category: Blog, CSA Blog, Ethics Working Group, News - Starting August and continuing through September, you will have the chance to share your experiences and expertise as part of a focus group series to help build trustworthy data practices for… ...
CSA Webinar: Approaching Informed Consent in Citizen Science: Legal and Ethical Issues November 4, 2019 Category: Blog, CSA Blog, Ethics Working Group, Law and Policy Working Group, News, Uncategorized, Webinars - Register Here Presented by the Law and Policy Working Group and Ethics Working Group Date: Friday, November 22, 2019, from 1:00 PM to 2:15 PM EST How do we know when… ...
Summer Webinar Series May 25, 2019 Category: Blog, CSA Blog, Ethics Working Group, News, Webinars - We are pleased to be hosting three engaging webinars in the month of June, two from organizational partners, and one from our Ethics Working Group. Webinars are one way that the… ...
Special Collection: Ethical Issues in Citizen Science March 7, 2019 Category: Ethics Working Group - Collection launched: 07 Mar 2019 Image by Ed Gregory via Stokpic. Citizen science can challenge existing ethical norms because it falls outside of customary methods of ensuring that research is conducted… ...
How to Make Your Research Transparent January 31, 2019 Category: Ethics Working Group - You are invited to a free webinar. Noon EST on 31 January 2019, with Chris Santos-Lang This webinar is a practical how-to demonstrating some of the latest technologies developed to satisfy… ...
Situation Assessment and Stakeholder Analysis for Citizen Science November 30, 2018 Category: Ethics Working Group - A Free Webinar from CSA's Ethics Working Group, presented by Dr. Stacy Lynn (Colorado State University) Friday, 30 Nov 2018, 12-1pm US EST (UTC -5) Situation assessment and stakeholder analysis (SASA) is… ...
What’s Happening with the CSA Ethics Working Group? September 11, 2018 Category: Blog, CSA Blog, CSA Working Groups, Ethics Working Group, News, Webinars - Image Credit: Madhumathi S V [CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)] Post by Chris Santos-Lang, Co-Chair, CSA Ethics Working Group Have you noticed the risk of reinventing the wheel, wasting precious resources to… ...
- Special Issue Call for Papers: Ethics November 21, 2017 Category: Blog, Ethics Working Group, Journal - [sg_popup id="9" event="click"][/sg_popup]Announcing a call for papers (abstracts due15 JAN 2018) for a special issue of Citizen Science: Theory and Practice focused on "Ethical Issues in Citizen Science." From the issue… ...
- How to Handle Citizen Theoreticians August 16, 2017 Category: Ethics Working Group, Uncategorized - Opinion by Chris Santos-Lang Some citizen scientists help collect data; some design experiments; some participate in ethics review of research plans; and some propose new theories for scientific testing. I am… ...