CSA Gives on #GivingTuesday
For #GivingTuesday 2017, we are giving back to this community with go-to citizen science resources shared by some of our Board members. It’s a powerful but necessarily limited selection, drawing on […]...
View ArticleOn growing pains and a growing field
From the Director’s desk (Jennifer Shirk, Interim Executive Director): When the Internet starts to critique citizen science, we know this field has truly come into its own. Several provocative articles...
View ArticleThe One-Year Trial is Over: Please Tell Us What You Think
The CSA Board of Directors would like input, from all connected with the Citizen Science Association, on CSA’s membership structure. As a young organization, CSA has been striving to fulfil our […] The...
View ArticleLocal Actions, Global Connections: Advancing Citizen Science with...
[sg_popup id=”14″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup]One billion people engaged in citizen science by 2020. This bold goal was part of a Global Vision Statement presented at the Science Policy Business Forum...
View Article2017 CSA Top Ten Year in Review
[sg_popup id=”9″ event=”onload”][/sg_popup]2017 was a year of major milestones for CSA – here is our Top-10 run-down (in calendar order). 1. Paid Membership Without removing any previously-existing...
View ArticleAAAS Colloquium on Citizen Science, CSA Director's Remarks
From remarks by CSA’s Interim Executive Director, Jennifer Shirk, at the AAAS Citizen Science Colloquium (9 JAN 2018). Ordinarily I like to focus on achievements and successes, in part because there...
View ArticleVote for five new CSA Board members (2018 cohort)
The CSA Nominations Committee has narrowed a pool of 30 nominees to a ballot of 10 individuals. Now we are turning to the dues-paying members of the Citizen Science Association (CSA) to […] The post...
View ArticleCitSci2019 Supports Teachers
The education track of the conference explored citizen science both in K-12, classrooms, higher education, and out-of-school settings, with an emphasis on scientific inquiry and civic action. There...
View ArticleEnvironmental Justice at CitSci2019
We chose environmental justice as a special track at CitSci2019 to highlight the unique lessons we can learn from community science methods employed by environmental justice groups since the 1980s....
View ArticleAnnouncing CitSci2021
We are excited to announce that CitSci2021 will be held in conjunction with Arizona State University’s School for the Future of Innovation in Society (SFIS) on May 25-29, 2021 in Phoenix, […] The post...
View ArticleLaw & Policy Working Group Hosts Webinar to Launch Question Submission Tool
By Shaun Goho, George Wyeth, and Lea Shanley, CSA Law and Policy Working Group Citizen science practitioners can run into a variety of questions about the laws that affect how they […] The post Law...
View ArticleCSA Webinar: Approaching Informed Consent in Citizen Science: Legal and...
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 citizen science […] The post CSA Webinar:...
View ArticleNominations for the CSA Board of Directors are open
Skills Sought | About Board Service | Nominations Process This is a once-a-year solicitation of interest in service on CSA’s Board. The Board of Directors is the governing and managing body […] The...
View ArticleCareer Path: Kris Stepenuck
Want to make a career of citizen science, but not sure how? Let’s learn from the experience of those who have successfully built a career in this dynamic field. Kris Stepenuck […] The post Career Path:...
View ArticleHelp Shape #CitSci2021
We are one year out from our 2021 conference and excited to be ramping up planning activities. In light of COVID-19 this event will have new and additional dimensions still in […] The post Help Shape...
View ArticleCareer Path: Yao “Cha Cha” Foli
Want to make a career of citizen science, but not sure how? Let’s learn from the experiences of those building careers in this dynamic field. Yao “Chacha” Foli is an Independent […] The post Career...
View ArticleMember Interview: Pammi Price and Tina Barzo
CSA works to foster connections that sustain the field of citizen science. We created this member interview series as a mini-mentorship opportunity to connect early career citizen science professionals...
View ArticleSharing Citizen Science: Theory & Practice
Help spread the word about the journal that is growing this field, Citizen Science: Theory & Practice. Take a look at what we are learning together (it’s free to read):...
View ArticleProtected: One Association, many terms
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. The post Protected: One Association, many terms appeared first on Citizen Science Association.
View ArticleEnvironmental Justice at CitSci2019
We chose environmental justice as a special track at CitSci2019 to highlight the unique lessons we can learn from community science methods employed by environmental justice groups since the 1980s....
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