Citizen science
Alternative labels
Crowd-sourced science
Crowd science
Community science
Civic science
Science--Citizen participation
Briefing paper
Digital media literacy as a precondition for engaged digital citizenship
This policy brief asserts that digital media literacy — the ability to critically, effectively and responsibly access, use, understand and engage with media of all kinds — is an essential part of civic engagement.
Working paper
Clean air action: applications of citizen science to identify and address air pollution emission sources
This paper aims to improve understanding of how citizen science initiatives improve understanding on the methodologies and outcomes of citizen science initiatives that are focused on sources of air pollution.
Working paper
Australian search experience project: background paper
This background paper outlines the motivations and context for a study that takes a citizen science approach to investigating the recommendations made by leading search engines for a wide range of search topics.
Discussion paper
Fresh perspectives in security
This series was created to improve the conversation and engagement between academic and policy communities. It also aims to draw attention to the most significant strategic questions facing Australia and the Asia-Pacific.
Journal article
Citizen-scholars: social media and the changing nature of scholarship
In this conceptual article, the authors argue that practicing public, social scholarship and increasing the use of social media to promote scholarship are the civic responsibility of citizen-scholars, so that research becomes more widely accessible, shareable, and usable in the public sphere.