24 Mar 2025
By AAPS Board

US Federal leadership in participatory sciences – a position statement

AAPS News,
From across the AAPS membership and from partners in many sectors, we hear and share widespread concern that participatory science activities will be impacted by the current curtailing of US Federal agency budgets, personnel, and programs. AAPS is grounded in the work of science, education, and civic engagement. We care deeply about this country's commitments to and global leadership in those areas as a whole. The AAPS Board offers the attached position statement (below) to make sure that, in the midst of changes, the significance and value of the participatory sciences––and of Federal agency leadership in these practices––is not overlooked.…
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30 Sep 2024
By Reanna Putnam
55 reasons the future of participatory science is bright

55 reasons the future of participatory science is bright

Fellowships,
Last month we announced a fellowship opportunity at AAPS in partnership with the NASA Citizen Science Leaders Series. We were surprised and delighted to receive 55 applications! They came from graduate students and early career professionals in diverse disciplines, with backgrounds and experience that mirrors the range of practice and application that we see in the field of participatory science. The enthusiasm, talent, and passion in these applications was such strong evidence of the broad appeal of doing research using participatory methods and its growing acceptance that we are moved to share some of our takeaways from the review process.…
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02 Apr 2024
By J_Shirk
Reintroducing this Association: Advancing Participatory Sciences

Reintroducing this Association: Advancing Participatory Sciences

AAPS News, Terms
The Citizen Science Association launched a global movement. To expand and grow that movement, we are now the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences.  For more than ten years, this Association has engaged practitioners from many related traditions, including crowdsourced science, volunteer monitoring, amateur astronomy, community-based research, citizen science, and more. Our new name reflects that broad scope, and helps reveal and engage the rich landscape of practices across the many participatory sciences. What are the Participatory Sciences? Participatory sciences combine the strengths of scientific inquiry with the knowledge, insights, and observations of members of the public. Some efforts are scientist-driven,…
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28 Nov 2023
By Reanna Putnam
Celebrating 10 years Advancing Participatory Sciences

Celebrating 10 years Advancing Participatory Sciences

AAPS News, Events,
We are proud of the work we have done over the past ten years, and all of the people who have helped to build this field and Association. An event on October 5th, 2023 celebrated this history and community and propelled us into the future and a new phase of growth. This new phase includes affirming our identity an embracing a new name, the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences (more on the name change here).  This event marked the launch of a new Awards program to honor those whose work inspires and enables the best in this field. Three awards…
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20 Feb 2021
By Reanna Putnam
New site for PPSR Core

New site for PPSR Core

Data & Metadata, Uncategorized,
PPSR Core is a set of global, transdisciplinary data and metadata standards for use in  Public Participation in Scientific Research (Citizen Science) projects. These standards are united, supported, and underlined by a common framework illustrating how information is structured within the citizen science domain. This allows data to be used across platforms and projects in a consistent manner, furthering the research goals of the scientific community. The CSA Data and Metadata Working Group has launched a new site to coordinate work around this effort: core.citizenscience.org. We welcome your contributions to PPSR Core. This site is maintained by a diverse group of volunteers through the Citizen Science…
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20 May 2016
By Jennifer Shirk
Citizen Science: Theory and Practice journal launched!

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice journal launched!

Journal
Volume 1, Issue 1 of Citizen Science: Theory and Practice has been published! This open access, interdisciplinary, and international journal is sponsored by the Citizen Science Association in cooperation with the European Citizen Science Association and the Australian Citizen Science Association. It has been launched by a team of editors, associate editors, editorial board members, and reviewers - not to mention authors. The publication represents a milestone for the field - congratulations to all who have contributed to this process. The link above takes you to the issue overview page on the Ubiquity Press journal site. Accessing issues from the…
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09 Oct 2015
By Jennifer Shirk
PPSR_CORE Metadata Standard

PPSR_CORE Metadata Standard

Data & Metadata, Resources
Overview Over the fall of 2013, organizations supporting citizen science came to a landmark agreement - to share basic information across databases that catalog citizen science projects.The collaborative success for citizen science and public participation in scientific research (PPSR) led to the development of the PPSR_CORE Program Data Model Metadata Standard / data sharing protocol.Sharing information across databases maximizes everyone's efforts, getting more "bang for the buck" out of information about citizen science projects everywhere. It leads to current, up-to-date, and synchronized project lists and a broader understanding about citizen science globally. The Need With the proliferation of citizen science,…
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26 Nov 2014
By Jennifer Shirk
Connecting a global community

Connecting a global community

AAPS News
Before Citizen Science 2015 there was PPSR 2012 – arguably the birthplace of the Citizen Science Association. That two-day conference, held in Portland, Oregon, drew in practitioners from at least four continents, and showcased posters describing citizen science investigations on all seven continents. The upcoming meeting in San Jose promises a similarly diverse, global representation of projects and practitioners. Over 60 registrants - so far - will be traveling to California from beyond the US, this time from 23 countries across six continents: Australia Bahamas Bolivia Canada Chile Denmark Egypt England France Germany Israel Japan Mexico Nepal Netherlands New Zealand…
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