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Citizen Science? Let’s call it «Open Science»
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Urs Gaudenz
MSc Microtechnology (EPFL)
Neustadtstrasse 7
6003 Lucern
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BIO-HACKING MEETS CITIZEN SCIENCE
TRUE COLLABORATION
BETWEEN INSTITUTIONAL AND NON-INSTITUTIONAL
Citizen Science Meetup
Thursday 28th January 2016
House of the Academies, Laupenstrasse 7, Bern
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CitizenScience Symposium, Zürich
Standards and Recommendations for Citizen Science
17. November 2015
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CitizenScience Symposium, Zürich
Standards and Recommendations for Citizen Science
17. November 2016
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What do we have in common?
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The Ladder of Participation
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Citizens as Scientists? The hope.
Big crowd of people collecting
«data»
Perform dull tasks
Because they like to do good and
«contribute» to Science
Ambassadors for «science
communication»
Don’t need to be payed
They are Amateurs
Avanti Diletanti!
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And the nightmare - The Biohackers
What happens to:
The scientific method
And the scientific rigour
The ethics and safety
Are they “informed”
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Rüdiger Trojok
Rüdiger Trojok studied
molecular biology at the
University of Potsdam and
the University of Freiburg
Master thesis about
synthetic systems biology at
the DTU, Denmark.
He works for the
Technology Assessment
Bureau of the German
Parliament on systems and
synthetic biology
Germanys most famous
biohacker.
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Marc Dusseiller, PhD in
Micro- and nanoengineering
the 3-dimensional
environment of cells in
culture.
Is a transdisciplinary scholar,
Hackteria ambassador,
cultural facilitator and artist /
musician.
Sachiko Hirosue, Trained as a
chemical and biomedical
engineer at The Johns Hopkins
University and the Harvard-MIT
Division of Health Sciences and
Technology.
She is primarily interested in
critical territories where science
intersects with society. In
practice, this translates to
creating alternative spaces in
dominant cultures.
Bengt Sjölén. Independent
software and hardware
designer/hacker/artist based in
Stockholm with roots in the
home computer demo scene.
High-altitude Signal Research
in «The Critical Engineering
Working Group”
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Gjino Šutić, Self taught,
Independent interdisciplinary
researcher, from Croatia.
Conducts research in the
several fields of science, such
as; bioengineering, medicine,
bioelectronics, biorobotics
founded non-profit citizen’s
Universal Research Institute
UR.
Dr. Brian Degger is a scientist
with a PhD in Molecular
Biotechnology from Queensland
University of Technology,
Australia.
As part of the ‘maker
community’ he produces
workshops and art exhibits with
a focus on DIY Biology such as
octopus dissection and
bioplastic.
Paula Pin. She studied
Photography and Fine Arts in
Barcelona and Germany.
Lives in postcapitalist
ecoindustrial colony Calafou,
Spain. Works with a catalan
collective GynePunk wants to
decolonize the female body..
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Urs Gaudenz
Urs Gaudenz is
microengineer and worked for
Swiss high tech companies in
the field of micro sensor
technology.
Several years of experience
as a consultant in innovation
management
Lecturer for product
innovation at the Lucerne
University
Founder of GaudiLabs,
creative spaces for working,
thinking and living where
culture and technology meet.
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So..
Let’s call it «Open Science»
Jean-Claude Burgelman
(Head of Unit Science Policy, Foresight and Data, at
European Commission)
Open:
• Open data
• Open publication
• Open standards
• Open access
• Open Science Hardware
• Inclusiveness
• Transparency
• Open collaboration
• Open decision making
• Open governance
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Source: European Commission
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BioCommons Meetup Italy 2015
BioCommons Meetup Berlin 2016
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Open Source Generic Lab Equipment - DIY
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We have a lot to offer
Diversity
Open Collaborations
Open Source
Community management
Experience in interdisciplinary collaboration
Street credibility
Teaching experience
International relations (including global south)
New formats (hackatons, camps, pop up labs)
ArtSci experience