Geographers and Sustainers,
#1 and #3 below may be of interest to some of you who have expressed interest in outreach related careers.
MC
On 11/16/18, 12:03 AM, "[log in to unmask] on behalf of A community of practice for leaders of public participation in scientific research projects (citizen science, community based monitoring, volunteer and amateur research, etc.) digest" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:
CITSCI-DISCUSSION-L Digest for Friday, November 16, 2018.
1. post-doc opportunity
2. FW: LIBER 2019 Call for Papers
3. Open position: Research Technician at the Extreme Citizen Science group
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Subject: post-doc opportunity
From: "Caren B. Cooper" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 11:27:12 -0500
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Hi Citizen Science Practitioners:
Please share with your networks this new post-doctoral research position:
(2 years), social scientist for research about a culture of ethics in
citizen science
The College of Natural Resources (CNR) at North Carolina State University
invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher beginning in Spring 2019
(start dates are negotiable, but ideally would be in early spring). The
successful applicant will work under the supervision of* Dr. Caren Cooper
<https://faculty.cnr.ncsu.edu/carencooper/>* (Dept. of Forestry and
Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University) and *Dr. Lisa
Rasmussen <https://healthpsych.uncc.edu/people/lisa-rasmussen>* (Department
of Philosophy, University of North Carolina - Charlotte).
With funds from the National Science Foundation, the post-doctoral student
will engage in research with and about the community of practitioners
belonging to the Citizen Science Association (CSA). Citizen science refers
to a broad spectrum of ways in which scientists and members of the public
collaborate in scientific discovery. The CSA is a professional society
established to organize practitioners of citizen science, and serves over
5,000 practitioners in more than 15 countries, hosts an academic journal
and scholarly conferences, and links practitioners through an active
listserv and many working groups. One primary goal of the CSA is to support
best practices in citizen science.
The postdoctoral research is intended to help the CSA build capacity to
cultivate professional ethics among practitioners by identifying,
extending, and synthesizing ethical norms from the many disciplines engaged
in citizen science. The research focuses on the common denominator to
nearly all citizen science projects: volunteer data collection and use.
Data are the bedrock of citizen science: they must be reliable, rigorously
collected, and ethically obtained, or they will not be used by other
scientists or public policy developers. By socializing practitioners to
ethical reliability (understood as the trust users of the research can have
that the results were obtained ethically) into data science practices from
the outset, we hope that in citizen science will be deeply informed by
ethical practice.
Research activities include:
(1) create an inventory of data handling practices of citizen science
projects (e.g., data licensing, informed consent, location obfuscation
technique, etc.),
(2) carry out mixed-method research to determine views of practitioners and
volunteers on the ethics of data collection and management,
(3) co-create best data practices and co-design guidance and resources with
practitioners,
(4) assist with outreach and dissemination of tools for ethical practices
in citizen science, and
(5) assess use of tools and resources via a quantitative survey of the
ethical culture of CSA membership. Project products will advance the field
of citizen science by creating a culture of data ethics and enable CSA to
provide tools and resources accordingly.
Key responsibilities of the post-doc include:
- Assist or lead in developing peer-reviewed journal articles, academic
presentations, non-technical reports and outreach materials (e.g., Guide
for Project Owners), and other project deliverables.
- Contribute to the activities of the cluster on* Leadership in Public
Science
<https://facultyclusters.ncsu.edu/clusters/leadership-in-public-science/)>*,
which offers unique intellectual focus and professional development in the
realm of citizen science, open science, and science communication.
- Work with faculty advisors and partners to enhance capacity of the
Citizen Science Association in supporting cultural norms of data ethics.
- Coordinate periodic meetings with the research team and advisory board.
Required Qualifications:
- PhD in social sciences, humanities, human dimensions, or a discipline
related to public science, citizen science, or ethics
- Demonstrated research productivity
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong commitment to public science
- Experience with mixed methods research (qualitative interviews and
quantitative surveys)
Desired Qualifications
- Competency with concepts of human-centered design
- Familiarity with “big dataâ€, open science, and data privacy and
geoprivacy
- Program management experience
- Experience working in citizen science contexts as a researcher and/or
practitioner
*How to Apply:* The formal application process and details here:
https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/109281
Contact Caren Cooper ([log in to unmask]) if you have questions.
Thanks,
Caren
Associate Professor, Forestry & Environmental Resources, NC State University
Chancellor's Faculty Excellence Program in Leadership in Public Science
She | Her | Hers
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"Today's mighty oak is yesterday's nut that held its ground."
~Rosa Parks
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Subject: FW: LIBER 2019 Call for Papers
From: "Haklay, Muki" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 17:49:22 +0000
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Fra: Friedel Grant <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Dato: 15. november 2018 kl. 12.05.35 CET
Til: <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Emne: LIBER 2019 Call for Papers
Svar til: Friedel Grant <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
Dear Colleagues,
The Call for Papers for LIBER’s 2019 Annual Conference is now open<https://liberconference.eu/liber-2019-call-for-papers/>. The theme is Research Libraries for Society and we are looking for papers and posters on a range of topics including:
* Citizen science and public engagement
* Copyright and legal matters
* Information ethics
* Open Science, including Open Access
* Linked open data and semantic interoperability
* Digital humanities and digital cultural heritage
* The future of collections
* Bibliometrics
* Emerging initiatives
The deadline to submit a proposal is 14 January 2019. For more information, please see the LIBER 2019 website<https://liberconference.eu/liber-2019-call-for-papers/>.
With kind regards,
Friedel
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Friedel Grant
Senior Communications Advisor
+31 (0)70 314 0121
www.libereurope.eu<http://www.libereurope.eu/>
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Subject: Open position: Research Technician at the Extreme Citizen Science group
From: "Haklay, Muki" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 18:19:47 +0000
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Applications are invited for the position of Researcher Technician within an interdisciplinary research team at UCL to play a role in the ERC funded project Extreme Citizen Science: Analysis and Visualisation (ECSAnVis). The project takes the ambitious step of developing geographical analysis and visualisation tools that can be used, successfully, by people with limited literacy, in a culturally appropriate way. The project includes working with marginalised, non-literate communities in remote areas (e.g. Cameroon rainforest) with the aim to enable them to conduct their own environmental monitoring or mapping. For more information, see papers by Stevens et al. 2014 and Vitos et al. 2017. (see http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1431647/ and http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1550478/ )
The successful candidate will join a team of anthropologists, geo-information scientists, human-computer interaction experts and computer scientists and will support the research efforts undertaken within the scope of this project.
We're looking for a person with MSc and/or PhD degree in relevant subject (e.g. Computer Science, Geographical Information Science, Human Computer Interaction) or relevant work experience of at least 3 years. They will also have the ability to write well-documented and maintainable code using state-of-the-art architecture and frameworks as well as experience with REST APIs and of various aspects of data management and SQL databases.
The post is commencing on the 1st December 2018 and is offered for 24 months in the first instance. Click here <https://atsv7.wcn.co.uk/search_engine/jobs.cgi?SID=amNvZGU9MTc0ODIwOCZ2dF90ZW1wbGF0ZT05NjUmb3duZXI9NTA0MTE3OCZvd25lcnR5cGU9ZmFpciZicmFuZF9pZD0wJnZhY194dHJhNTA0MTE3OC41MF81MDQxMTc4PTkyNzg2JmpvYl9yZWZfY29kZT0xNzQ4MjA4JnBvc3RpbmdfY29kZT0yMjQ=> for more information and to apply.
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