The potential and the impacts of citizen science

The Citizen Science Hub, within the Institutional Projects Office, together with the Department of Teaching of Mathematics and Experimental Sciences of UAB organise a session about the potential and the impacts of citizen science.

Venue: Edifici G, Plaça del Coneixement, Campus UAB de Bellaterra

Program of the session

9h – 10h : Heidi L. Ballard, UC Davis. “Beyond “Potential”: Documenting Learning and Stewardship Outcomes of Community and Citizen Science”

10h - 10h20: Q&A

10h15 – 10.35h: Caterina Solé Martín, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. “School-based citizen science”

10h35 - 10h40: Sofia Mojica Baquero, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, introducing the Citizen Science Hub at UAB

10h40 – 11h: Q&A

Information about the speakers

Heidi Ballard is Professor of Environmental Science Education and Founder and Faculty Director of the Center for Community and Citizen Science (CCS) in the School of Education at University of California, Davis. She conducts research focused on science and environmental learning that link communities, scientists, and environmental action. Her work focuses on what and how adults and youth learn through community science, citizen science and other forms of public participation in scientific research.  She works in varied contexts, from natural history museums to Uganda farmer field schools to carceral settings, using primarily qualitative research methods in partnership with teachers, environmental educators, research scientists, and community-based organizations. Her publications span the fields of environmental and science education, ecology, conservation, social science, forestry, and agriculture.  She was a high school biology teacher and science curriculum developer in California, before earning her MA in Science Education and Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Policy and Management focused on forest ecology and natural resource social science. 

Caterina Solé holds a PhD in Education and is a post-doctoral researcher at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. In February 2024, she defended her doctoral thesis"Caracteritzant el potencial educatiu de la ciència ciutadana escolar. Disseny i avaluació d'una seqüència didàctica per a l'aprenentatge del model matèria a secundària” . 

Sofia Mojica is a Project Manager at the Institutional Projects Office of UAB. In the frameowrk of the UAB Citizen Science Hub, she promotes an active citizen engagement in research and innovation.