Our principles
Opening up science for all requires a collective effort and new ways of thinking. As a project team, we came up with the following principles to guide our activities.
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We believe that sustainable citizen science and public engagement with environmental research must:
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be a multi-disciplinary and partnership-building endeavour;
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actively build on existing expertise in citizen science and participatory engagement;
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acknowledge people have a complex identities, often with contradictory opinions;
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respect and value all knowledge as meaningful and promote pluralism in expertise;
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develop increased capacity, interest and skills of researchers and audiences;
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enable avenues of engagement that acknowledge different needs, interests and availability;
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facilitate public involvement in all stages of the scientific process and make explicit links to everyday life.