Research data management and related topics
Citizen science – harnessing the power of citizen-generated data
In collaboration with Scientific IT Services, the ETH Library is organising twice a year a workshop series about research data management and related topics. One of the seven workshops is held by Citizen Science Zurich and provides information on our activities and about Citizen Science.
Content
- Citizen Science (CS): the power of crowdsourcing
- Motivations and benefits
- Different typologies of CS projects
- Strengths and limits of CS data
- Open CS tools
- CS Project Builder: Crowdsourced data analysis
- CS Logger: Crowdsourced data collection
Learning objectives
At the end of the workshop, you are able to
- understand the general principle behind CS methodology.
- understand the implications of engaging with CS.
- evaluate the potentials of co-created Citizen Science to power your own research.
- evaluate different approaches and related tools.
- develop a pilot project to analyse digital data.
- develop a pilot project to collect digital data.
Target audience
Doctoral students ETH, Scientific staff ETH
Dates
Next dates will be published on the ETH-Library website.
Online, Zoom link will be sent in advance.
Registrations
Further information can be found at the ETH Library Website.