Professional Development Fellowship for Citizen-Scientist Collaboration

公民科学家合作专业发展奖学金

• 批准号: 0328433
• 负责人: Yuri Yamamoto
• 金额: $ 6.8万
• 依托单位: North Carolina State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Fellowship Award
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2003-09-01 至 2004-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0328433&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Professional; Development; Fellowship; Citizen; Scientist

This Professional Development Fellowship allows a plant molecular biologist, to study citizen-scientist collaboration under the direction of a social scientist at North Carolina State University as well as several other mentors. The objective of the proposed fellowship research is to evaluate effects of citizen-scientist collaboration on participants' perceptions; the case to be studied is the North Carolina Wood Chip Production Study (NCWCPS), a comprehensive study of impacts associated with chip mills in rural North Carolina. Mandated in response to public outcry against increased chip mill operations and associated forest clear cutting. the NCWCPS incorporated various citizen-science collaborative efforts, including a citizen advisory committee. Citizens and scientists worked together to refine and reframe the problem definition and study questions through extensive analysis and deliberation. The guiding hypothesis for this work is that the citizen-scientist collaboration resulted in a significant improvement of participants' perception of each other and the study itself, and the scientists' self-perception. Archival documents and in- person interviews of the NCWCPS participants will be used to examine the initial and evolving problem definitions and study questions and changes in participants' perceptions. The fellowship training will include graduate-level courses on relevant social science research methods, direct observation of ongoing cases of collaborative dispute resolution in natural resources issues around North Carolina, coordination of a Research Ethics Seminar Series with the Director of Research Ethics at NCSU, literature reviews, and in-depth discussions with the host specialists, who also include the director and the associate director of the Natural Resources Leadership Institute that organized and facilitated the NCWCPS public participation component. They will provide all available records and assistance in reaching the advisory committee members, government representatives and the scientists. After the completion of the fellowship, the findings will be presented to academic scientists and graduate students through the Research Ethics Seminar Series, to undergraduate students in a science, technology and society course, to the local community through Natural Resources Leadership Institute workshops and written reports, and in national meetings and through publications for academic audiences and practitioners of collaborative dispute resolution.

该专业发展奖学金允许植物分子生物学家在北卡罗来纳州立大学的社会科学家和其他几位导师的指导下研究公民与科学家的合作。提议的奖学金研究的目的是评估公民-科学家合作对参与者的看法的影响；要研究的案例是北卡罗来纳州木屑生产研究（NCWCPS），这是一项对北卡罗来纳州农村木屑厂相关影响的综合研究。这是为了回应公众对增加木屑厂运营和相关森林砍伐的强烈抗议。NCWCPS整合了各种公民科学合作努力，包括公民咨询委员会。公民和科学家共同努力，通过广泛的分析和审议来完善和重新定义问题的定义和研究问题。这项工作的指导假设是，公民与科学家的合作导致参与者对彼此和研究本身的感知显著改善，以及科学家的自我感知。档案文件和NCWCPS参与者的亲自访谈将用于检查最初和不断发展的问题定义，并研究参与者感知的问题和变化。该奖学金培训将包括有关社会科学研究方法的研究生水平课程，直接观察北卡罗来纳州自然资源问题中正在进行的合作争议解决案例，与NCSU研究伦理主任协调研究伦理系列研讨会，文献综述，并与主持专家进行深入讨论。他们还包括组织和促进NCWCPS公众参与部分的自然资源领导研究所所长和副所长。他们将提供所有可用的记录和协助，以便联系咨询委员会成员、政府代表和科学家。奖学金完成后，研究结果将通过研究伦理系列研讨会向学术科学家和研究生展示，通过科学、技术和社会课程向本科生展示，通过自然资源领导研究所的讲习班和书面报告向当地社区展示，并通过国家会议和出版物向学术听众和合作解决争端的实践者展示。