1. Breaking the Barriers to Citizen Science
D-04: Tools for People Running Projects
Breaking the Barriers to Citizen Science
Artemis Skarlatidou
Muki Haklay
Alice Sheppard
Claudia Goebel
University College London
European Citizen Science Association
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

2. “DITOS” is …. togetherscience.eu 11 partners across Europe
H2020 program; €3.5 million
500 events to engage 1.4m people:
“A step change in European participation in science and innovation”
“Wide and deep public engagement”
What DITOs is – a few words about the project
3.5m euros, 11 partners (list them) across Europe, H2020. Our objectives. Aim “step change” – from 1.1 Objectives in GA. Env sust & biodesign w 500 events, 1.4m online & offline. Synchronous and asynchronous. Then egs of events
togetherscience.eu
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

3. Biodesign; Environmental Sustainability
Types of events:
Biodesign; Environmental Sustainability
Target Audiences
General public
Policy makers
Businesses
Researchers
Students
Women & Girls
People without Internet (~30% Europeans)
BioBlitz
Co-lab workshops
Science film nights
Bio art
Exhibitions
Science in Schools
Will also need to work the “wide and deep participation” in somewhere
DIY Science Instructables
Travelling exhibition bus
iGamer
Digital space
Innovation hubs
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

4. The “DITOS” Escalator Model
500 in BioHacking & DIY Science
40,000 in British Trust of Ornithology surveys
60,000 in Oxford ClimatePrediction.net
520,000 in RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch
8.5M BBC Attenborough & the Giant Dinosaur
64M UK population
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

5. “Dreams are maps” Why could Alice move “up” at each stage?
Why might someone else not?
Citizen science research
Community manager ExCiteS
Galaxy Zoo / citizen science ambassador
Galaxy Zoo forum moderator
Science websites + Galaxy Zoo classifier
Popular science book reader
“Dreams are maps”
(Pale Blue Dot, 1994)
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

6. The Logic Model: a visual tool
Early accomplishments → long-term impacts
Commonly used in NGOs, social interventions
Processes
Outcomes
Inputs
Activities
Outputs
Short-term
Medium-term
Long-term …
The relationship of indicator to outcome can be confusing and may be clarified with this simple formula: “I’ll know [outcome reached] when I see [indicator].” For example, “I’ll know that teenagers in the program understand the prenatal nutrition and health guidelines when I see program participants identifying foods that are good sources of nutrition.” 
Plans programme / initiative / project
Monitors progress
Evaluates results
Communicates to funders, stakeholders etc.
“I’ll know Outcome X has happened when I see Indicator Y”
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

7. + independent CS events
The DITOS Logic Model: Mapping the change you want to achieve
Science Bus
+ independent CS events
Gather Data
Mention the assumptions
e.g. that the escalator is real ….
e.g. bad press, Brexit ….
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

8. A few changes we want to achieve
Processes
Outcomes
Inputs
Activities
Outputs
Short-term
Medium-term
Long-term
Funds
CS in museum
+1 person …
Engage-ment
Public confidence
Partners & Sponsor
Travelling bus
Child takes experiment home
STEM interest
Uptake of STEM at school
More gender / income equality in science
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No

9. togetherscience.eu/signup
Please join Doing It Together Science
(You don’t have to be in Europe!)
togetherscience.eu/signup
Project Slam tonight!
Doing-it-Together Science: Amplifying & Cross-Pollinating Citizen & DIY Science in Europe Claudia Goebel - European Citizen Science Association
Please us at:
@togethersci
@mhaklay
@penguingalaxy
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No