In this module, students will learn to understand what citizen science and public engagement are, understand why and when to include the public in science, and understand how to involve non-scientists in their research.
This module has a duration of approximately 1 hour and covers the following elements:
- Lecture: Defining citizen science and public engagement
- Lecture: Why and when to include the public in science
- Group discussion: Possible challenges when doing citizen science
- Exercise: When to involve your target group?
- Lecture: The involvement matrix
- Lecture: How to involve non-scientists
- Exercise: Brainstorm about concrete actions early career researchers can do to enhance public engagement
