{"id":11297,"date":"2019-03-07T07:35:47","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T12:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/currents\/?p=11297"},"modified":"2019-03-07T08:20:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-07T13:20:09","slug":"citizen-science-comes-to-raleigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/currents\/2019\/03\/citizen-science-comes-to-raleigh\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizen Science Comes to Raleigh"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>The Citizen Science Association is hosting the\u00a0CitSci2019<\/a>\u00a0conference in Raleigh from March 13 to 17.<\/p>\n Citizen science projects involve the public in research in order to build on the base of scientific knowledge. They often utilize volunteers for data collection, monitoring, and occasionally analysis.<\/p>\n Open to both leaders and learners, this conference will provide a venue to share diverse perspectives and practices in the field. The theme of this year\u2019s conference, \u201cGrowing Our Family Tree,\u201d is a metaphor to describe the field\u2019s deep roots and broad branches in the science community.<\/p>\n Over four days a variety of events including speakers, workshops, poster sessions and field trips will encourage collaboration and discussion among participants. Three areas of focus this year are problem-driven citizen science, environmental justice and education.<\/p>\n