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The wonders of the Zooniverse: Modelling and optimising volunteer participation in online citizen science

Zooniverse 的奇迹：在线公民科学中的志愿者参与建模和优化

基本信息

批准号：
EP/K039784/1
负责人：
Joe Cox
金额：
$ 95.94万
依托单位：
University of Portsmouth
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2013 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FK039784%2F1
关键词：
wonders Zooniverse Modelling optimising volunteer

项目摘要

The growth in the digital economy has dramatically affected the way in which people interact with each other and engage with a number of activities. Although the commercial and social aspects of this transition have previously been explored in some depth, third-sector and volunteering activity has not been subjected to the same degree of analysis from the economic and management sciences. This proposal will fill a significant gap in the understanding and modelling of volunteering practices in the digital economy.The particular focus of this research project is the group of websites known as the Zooniverse, a highly successful grouping of online citizen science and crowdsourcing projects such as Galaxy Zoo and Cell Slider. Volunteers to these sites donate their time to classifying data of scientific interest, ranging from images of distant galaxies to weather patterns and cancer cells. This project will re-evaluate existing economic models of volunteering in light of data obtained directly from Zooniverse volunteers, including attitudes, behaviours and responses to incentives. The research will allow for the development of new economic models of volunteering and crowdsourcing that will offer more effective explanations for participation and engagement with online volunteering and citizen science initiatives. The project will also investigate ways in which volunteering levels can be increased and sustained through the optimisation a specific and tailored series of direct interactions with participants. The results will be used to refine develop new models for the management and organisation of citizen science initiatives in order to enhance the creation of scientific progress and social value.

数字经济的增长极大地影响了人们彼此互动和参与许多活动的方式。尽管之前已经对这一转变的商业和社会方面进行了一定程度的探讨，但第三部门和志愿服务活动尚未受到经济和管理科学同等程度的分析。该提案将填补数字经济中志愿服务实践的理解和建模方面的重大空白。该研究项目的特别重点是名为 Zooniverse 的网站组，这是一个非常成功的在线公民科学和众包项目的组合，例如 Galaxy Zoo 和 Cell Slider。这些站点的志愿者贡献出时间来对具有科学意义的数据进行分类，从遥远星系的图像到天气模式和癌细胞。该项目将根据直接从 Zooniverse 志愿者获得的数据，包括态度、行为和对激励措施的反应，重新评估现有的志愿服务经济模型。该研究将有助于开发新的志愿服务和众包经济模式，为参与和参与在线志愿服务和公民科学倡议提供更有效的解释。该项目还将研究如何通过优化与参与者的一系列特定和定制的直接互动来提高和维持志愿服务水平。研究结果将用于完善开发公民科学倡议管理和组织的新模式，以促进科学进步和社会价值的创造。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（10）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

专利数量（0）

Getting Connected: An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship Between Social Capital and Philanthropy Among Online Volunteers

DOI：
10.1177/0899764018794905
发表时间：
2018-08
期刊：
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
影响因子：
2.8
作者：
J. Cox;E. Oh;Brooke D. Simmons;G. Graham;A. Greenhill;C. Lintott;K. Masters;R. Meriton
通讯作者：
J. Cox;E. Oh;Brooke D. Simmons;G. Graham;A. Greenhill;C. Lintott;K. Masters;R. Meriton

Calculating the relative importance of condition attributes based on the characteristics of decision rules and attribute reducts: Application to crowdfunding