Since World War II, most government investments in science followed a model where taxpayer dollars flowed to elite institutions, where science was done. Scientists in turn have become accustomed to working in increasingly small niches, insulated from much of the rest of the world. But the emergence of increasingly cheap and ubiquitous tools for data generation, storage, and analysis, anyone can do the kind of science that’s been the exclusive province of the academy. The scientific method itself isn’t changing, but the way it works in practice is going through massive shifts driven by data. So how do we bring the principles of changemaking to scientists themselves, many of whom have been trained in anti-collaborative practice and are rewarded for keeping to an old set of practices? And how do we find ways to ensure the emerging citizen science movement creates more changemakers rather than mimicking the academy?
Speakers:
Jason Bobe
Shannon Dosemegan
Kaitlin ThaneyJohn Wilbanks
