Citizen or Participatory Science Ethics - On Tech Ethics

Discusses citizen or participatory science, including its benefits and key ethical issues. 

Our guest today is Lisa Rasmussen who is a Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina Charlotte and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Accountability in Research. Lisa has been a principal investigator or co-principal investigator on over $1 million in National Science Foundation awards and serves as a Co-Editor of the book series Philosophy and Medicine and an Associate Editor of the publication Citizen Science: Theory and Practice.  

Additional resources: 

• Association for the Advancement of Participatory Sciences: https://participatorysciences.org/ 
• Citizen Science: Theory and Practice: https://theoryandpractice.citizenscienceassociation.org/ 
• Citizen Science: How Ordinary People are Changing the Face of Discovery: https://scistarter.com/cooper 
• SciStarter: https://scistarter.org/ 

Chapters

• 0:03 Introduction of Guest
• 2:13 Defining Citizen Science
• 4:09 Who Can Participate?
• 5:25 Examples of Citizen Science Projects
• 8:32 Benefits of Participatory Science
• 11:40 Key Ethical Issues
• 12:09 Existing Regulations and Ethics
• 17:31 Recommendations for Resources
• 18:50 Final Thoughts and Encouragement