Summary of Research integrity, Ethics and the Sustainable Development Goals within the context of citizen science (RIECS)

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Research integrity, Ethics and the Sustainable Development Goals within the context of citizen science (RIECS)

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Teacher: Jacqueline Goldin Jacqueline Goldin
Teacher: Chantel Newmark

Skill Level: Beginner

The ECS Academy has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe Framework Programmes for Research and Innovation under grant agreements No. 824580 (EU-Citizen.Science project) and No. 101058509 (ECS project)

Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the REA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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Section 1: Welcome and Introduction

Overview of the course

Content of this course

Introduction to ethics

Self-reflection exercise one

We turn now to the terms virtue, ethics and justice

Second self-reflection exercise

Example of virtue, ethics and justice

Final example of justice and integrity

Section 2: Research integrity: a historical perspective

Overview

Chambers and what matters on the ground

Fabrication, falsification and plagiarism

Singapore Statement on Research Integrity

Informed consent

Global perspectives of doing no harm

Honest disclosure and verification, validation and visibility of data

Science as a public good

Section 3: On the ground

Overview

Presenting the site

The Hout Catchment

Low Cost Appropriate Technology

Defining Citizen Science

Water literacy

Citizen Science and reliability and validity

Ngwena dza madi

Science and falling in love with the world

Ten practical tips

Section 4: Tools and techniques for ethical research

Overview

Ethics, CS and democratisation of knowledge

Feminist philosophy

Ethics, CS and decentralisation

Techniques and propositions for authentic learning

1. River of Life

Poem by Machado

2. Knowledge Cafe

3. Participatory mapping

4. Field diaries and field plotting

5. Stories of change

6. Graphic facilitation

7. Participatory monitoring and evaluation

Section 5: Research integrity, ethics and the SDGs

Overview

Promoting a more just world

SDGs and Citizen Science

SDGs and Trust

SDG context

SDG 6 and the importance of clean water

Anthropocentrism

Striving for a better world

In summarising SDGs and Citizen Science

Section 6: Summary & Self-Assessment

Conclusion

Citizen science section summaries

Citizen science self-assessment quiz

Section 7: Sources & Acknowledgements

Literature

Acknowledgements

Section 8: Further Reading

Further reading

Research integrity, Ethics and the Sustainable Development Goals within the context of citizen science (RIECS)

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