[ciência aberta] Two new reports on Citizen Science

[Sarita Albagli]

The Commons Lab at the Wilson Center is releasing two new reports today
that address different challenges facing citizen science, one examining the
policy implications of a range of successful citizen science projects in
Europe and the other exploring potential legal issues surrounding
intellectual property (IP).

The first report, Citizen Science and Policy: A European Perspective,
written by Dr. Muki Haklay of University College London, examines European
citizen science projects to understand how they support or influence public
policy (and how policy can support or constrain citizen science). The
report includes suggestions for how projects can be better structured to
support decision making and meet policy goals--for example, through
strategic partnerships and by developing guidelines to facilitate the use
of citizen science data. The report can be downloaded here:
http://wilsoncenter.org/publication/
citizen-science-and-policy-european-perspective

The second report, Typology of Citizen Science Projects from an
Intellectual Property Perspective: Invention and Authorship between
Researchers and Participants, written by Dr. Teresa Scassa and doctoral
candidate Haewon Chung of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, analyzes
various types of citizen science activities to determine whether they raise
legal questions about IP ownership. The report includes a typology
comparing the IP implications of different types of citizen science
projects, from transcribing or gathering data to assisting with problem
solving. The report can be downloaded here: http://wilsoncenter.org/
publication/
typology-citizen-science-projects-and-intellectual-property-perspective

In addition to the citizen science and crowdsourcing communities, these
reports may also be of use to government agencies looking to launch their
own projects using these novel techniques. Hardcopies of the reports will
be available at the inaugural conference of the Citizen Science
Association, which begins Feb. 11, 2015 at the San Jose Convention Center
in San Jose, CA.
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