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How does moving Public Engagement with Research Online Change Audience Diversity? Comparing Inclusion Indicators for 2019 & 2020 European Researchers' Night events
<p>Taking place annually in more than 400 cities, European Researchers’ Night is a pan- European synchronized event that aims to bring researchers closer to the public. In this paper audience profiles are compared from events in 2019 and 2020. In 2019, face-to-face events reached an estimated 1.6 million attendees, while in 2020, events shifted online due to the COVID-19 pandemic and reached an estimated 2.3 million attendees. Focusing on social inclusion metrics, survey data is analyzed across two national contexts (Ireland and Malta) in 2019 (n=656) and 2020 (n=506). The results from this exploratory, descriptive study shed light on how moving public engagement with research online shifted audience profiles. Based on prior research about the digital divide in access and use of online media, hypotheses were proposed that online European Researchers’ Night events would attract audiences with higher educational attainment levels and greater self-reported, subjective economic well-being. While changes were observed from 2019 to 2020, results for each hypothesis show a mixed picture. The first hypothesis was upheld for the highest education levels but failed for the lowest levels suggesting that the pivot to online events simultaneously attracted participants with no formal education and those with postgraduate qualifications, while attracting less of those with undergraduate or lower levels of education. The second hypothesis was not upheld, with online European Researchers’ Night events attracting audiences with slightly higher levels of economic well-being compared to face-to-face events. The findings of this study indicate that European Researchers’ Night events present a clear opportunity to measure the effects of the digital divide in relation to public engagement with research across Europe.</p>
A study on biomedical researchers' perspectives on public engagement in Southeast Asia
<p>Survey data from biomedical researchers in Southeast Asia about their perceptions of public engagement. The survey used open and closed questions.</p>
A study on biomedical researchers' perspectives on public engagement in Southeast Asia
<p>Qualitative data on researcher's perceptions of public and community engagement in South and Southeast Asia</p>
Supporting Data: Do spatial climate messages increase pro-environmental engagement? Evidence from a survey experiment on public transport
<p>Additional material for the paper:</p> <p>Victor von Loessl, Eva Weingärtner & Sonja Zitzelsberger (2022) Do spatial climate messages increase pro-environmental engagement? Evidence from a survey experiment on public transport, Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy, DOI: 10.1080/21606544.2022.2097960</p>
Data Matrix Theme-Specific Analysis of the Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers (RSSR): Public and Stakeholder Engagement
<p>This Table sets out findings from the mapping exercise conducted as part of the objectives of subtask 6.1 of the RRING project.</p> <p>Aim: Alignment of RRI to advance the UN SDGs.</p> <p>Objectives:</p> <ul> <li>Mapping the RSSR to the SDGs </li> </ul> <p>Mapping the RSSR to the SDGs is aimed at providing new perspectives, ideas and approaches that can help to improve the operationalization and implementation of each SDG, <em>by facilitating the integration of RRI (or RRI-like) practices in the SDGs, to make them more achievable.</em> The impact of the new perspectives, ideas and approaches in SDG operationalization and implementation will be aimed at the level of <em>national and international policy (making); future research and innovation projects (in industry and academia); as well as education and training of researchers, policy makers and other stakeholders.</em></p> <p>Two documents were used for this task:</p> <ul> <li>2017 Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers ([RSSR], UNESCO), and</li> <li>the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).</li> </ul>
Survey Data: Public Engagement with Science: A Survey for India Alliance Grantees
<p>Lately, the Indian research ecosystem has seen an upward trend in scientists showing interest in communicating their science and engaging with non-scientific audiences; however, the number and variety of science communication or public engagement activities undertaken formally by scientists remains low in the country. There could be many contributing factors for this trend. To explore this further, the science funding public charity in India, DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance (India Alliance), in a first of its kind of study by a funding agency in India, surveyed its 243 research grantees in November 2020 requesting their views on public engagement with science in India through an online survey. The survey included both quantitative as well as open-ended questions to assess the understanding of, participation in, and attitude of India Alliance Fellows/Grantees towards public engagement with research, identify the enablers, challenges, and barriers to public engagement for India Alliance Fellows/Grantees, understand the specific needs (training/capacity-building, funding, etc.) and develop recommendations for India Alliance as well as for the larger scientific ecosystem in the country. The survey showed that India Alliance grantees are largely motivated to engage with the public about science or their research but lack professional recognition and incentives, training and structural support to undertake public engagement activities.</p> <p>A shareable survey was designed using Microsoft Forms. The survey employed a mixed methods strategy and included 24 closed-ended questions (multiple choice and Likert scale) and nine qualitative questions, similar to open-ended questions. The questions were modelled on a similar survey carried out by Wellcome in 2016 to gather views of researchers on public engagement in Asia and Africa.</p> <p>The survey was shared by email with 243 Indian researchers in receipt of India Alliance fellowships or grants, out of which 137 (male – 78; female – 59) responded to the survey. Of these, 90 respondents were basic science researchers, 22 were clinical researchers, and 25 were public health researchers. A majority, i.e. 81% of the respondents indicated working as an independent researcher for more than 4 years (time post-PhD). Furthermore, 58% of the respondents were based at research institutions, 18% at higher education institutions, and 17% at central, state and private universities; these organisations geographically represent around 31 cities of India (9 respondents chose to not reveal their host institution in the survey). Periodic reminders were sent by email to the fellows to complete the survey. Three fellows who received funding from India Alliance for their public engagement projects were contacted via email after the survey for their views (in 50-150 words) on the public engagement funding programme of India Alliance. They were informed that their input is intended to be included in a report of the survey results, and they can choose to either stay anonymous or be credited. The data was collected from 27 November 2020 until 28 April 2021.</p> <p>Following the end of the survey, the data automatically mapped on Microsoft Excel was cleaned for duplication and errors. Microsoft Excel tools were used to analyse and visualise the data.</p> <p>The study did not undergo a formal ethical clearance process as the primary objective of the study was to gather insights of grantees to inform India Alliance’s public engagement support mechanisms. At the start of the survey, the objectives of the survey were clearly stated and the respondents were informed that the anonymized data of the survey may be communicated in the future. Participation in the survey was entirely voluntary.</p>
Master database for publication "Stakeholder engagement and knowledge co-production for better watershed management with the Freshwater Health Index"
<p> </p> <p>The spreadsheet is the master database used for the research with the title of "Stakeholder engagement and knowledge co-production for better watershed management with the Freshwater Health Index" to be published on <em>Current Research in Environmental Sustainability</em> in late 2022.</p> <p>The data include narratives for six principles on stakeholder engagement and knowledge co-production. These principles were derived by combining Talley et al’s five principles for effective stakeholder engagement (Talley et al. 2016) with Norström et al’s four principles for knowledge co-production (Norström et al. 2020). The six principles were aligned with the components of the freshwater health index (FHI) framework. Project leaders from nine FHI case studies completed a text table based on the description of the six principles and their FHI factors. This process generated the present master qualitative database with narrative responses. </p> <p>The socio-ecological context for each case study is provided for contextualization.</p>
Key words related to public engagement with science by Society of Freshwater Science journals and conference sessions (1997-2019)
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Survey Data | Public Engagement with Science: A Survey for India Alliance Grantees |
<p>Lately, the Indian research ecosystem has seen an upward trend in scientists showing interest in communicating their science and engaging with non-scientific audiences; however, the number and variety of science communication or public engagement activities undertaken formally by scientists remains low in the country. There could be many contributing factors for this trend. To explore this further, the science funding public charity in India, DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance (India Alliance), in a first of its kind of study by a funding agency in India, surveyed its 243 research grantees in November 2020 requesting their views on public engagement with science in India through an online survey. The survey included both quantitative as well as open-ended questions to assess the understanding of, participation in, and attitude of India Alliance Fellows/Grantees towards public engagement with research, identify the enablers, challenges, and barriers to public engagement for India Alliance Fellows/Grantees, understand the specific needs (training/capacity-building, funding, etc.) and develop recommendations for India Alliance as well as for the larger scientific ecosystem in the country. The survey showed that India Alliance grantees are largely motivated to engage with the public about science or their research but lack professional recognition and incentives, training and structural support to undertake public engagement activities.</p> <p>A shareable survey was designed using Microsoft Forms. The survey employed a mixed methods strategy and included 24 closed-ended questions (multiple choice and Likert scale) and nine qualitative questions, similar to open-ended questions. The questions were modelled on a similar survey carried out by Wellcome in 2016 to gather views of researchers on public engagement in Asia and Africa.</p> <p>The survey was shared by email with 243 Indian researchers in receipt of India Alliance fellowships or grants, out of which 137 (male – 78; female – 59) responded to the survey. Of these, 90 respondents were basic science researchers, 22 were clinical researchers, and 25 were public health researchers. A majority, i.e. 81% of the respondents indicated working as an independent researcher for more than 4 years (time post-PhD). Furthermore, 58% of the respondents were based at research institutions, 18% at higher education institutions, and 17% at central, state and private universities; these organisations geographically represent around 31 cities of India (9 respondents chose to not reveal their host institution in the survey). Periodic reminders were sent by email to the fellows to complete the survey. Three fellows who received funding from India Alliance for their public engagement projects were contacted via email after the survey for their views (in 50-150 words) on the public engagement funding programme of India Alliance. They were informed that their input is intended to be included in a report of the survey results, and they can choose to either stay anonymous or be credited. The data was collected from 27 November 2020 until 28 April 2021.</p> <p>Following the end of the survey, the data automatically mapped on Microsoft Excel was cleaned for duplication and errors. Microsoft Excel tools were used to analyse and visualise the data.</p> <p>The study did not undergo a formal ethical clearance process as the primary objective of the study was to gather insights of grantees to inform India Alliance’s public engagement support mechanisms. At the start of the survey, the objectives of the survey were clearly stated and the respondents were informed that the anonymized data of the survey may be communicated in the future. Participation in the survey was entirely voluntary.</p>
Data Graphs | Public Engagement with Science: A Survey for India Alliance Grantees
<p>Lately, the Indian research ecosystem has seen an upward trend in scientists showing interest in communicating their science and engaging with non-scientific audiences; however, the number and variety of science communication or public engagement activities undertaken formally by scientists remains low in the country. There could be many contributing factors for this trend. To explore this further, the science funding public charity in India, DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance (India Alliance), in a first of its kind of study by a funding agency in India, surveyed its 243 research grantees in November 2020 requesting their views on public engagement with science in India through an online survey. The survey included both quantitative as well as open-ended questions to assess the understanding of, participation in, and attitude of India Alliance Fellows/Grantees towards public engagement with research, identify the enablers, challenges, and barriers to public engagement for India Alliance Fellows/Grantees, understand the specific needs (training/capacity-building, funding, etc.) and develop recommendations for India Alliance as well as for the larger scientific ecosystem in the country. The survey showed that India Alliance grantees are largely motivated to engage with the public about science or their research but lack professional recognition and incentives, training and structural support to undertake public engagement activities.</p> <p>A shareable survey was designed using Microsoft Forms. The survey employed a mixed methods strategy and included 24 closed-ended questions (multiple choice and Likert scale) and nine qualitative questions, similar to open-ended questions. The questions were modelled on a similar survey carried out by Wellcome in 2016 to gather views of researchers on public engagement in Asia and Africa.</p> <p>The survey was shared by email with 243 Indian researchers in receipt of India Alliance fellowships or grants, out of which 137 (male – 78; female – 59) responded to the survey. Of these, 90 respondents were basic science researchers, 22 were clinical researchers, and 25 were public health researchers. A majority, i.e. 81% of the respondents indicated working as an independent researcher for more than 4 years (time post-PhD). Furthermore, 58% of the respondents were based at research institutions, 18% at higher education institutions, and 17% at central, state and private universities; these organisations geographically represent around 31 cities of India (9 respondents chose to not reveal their host institution in the survey). Periodic reminders were sent by email to the fellows to complete the survey. Three fellows who received funding from India Alliance for their public engagement projects were contacted via email after the survey for their views (in 50-150 words) on the public engagement funding programme of India Alliance. They were informed that their input is intended to be included in a report of the survey results, and they can choose to either stay anonymous or be credited. The data was collected from 27 November 2020 until 28 April 2021.</p> <p>Following the end of the survey, the data automatically mapped on Microsoft Excel was cleaned for duplication and errors. Microsoft Excel tools were used to analyse and visualise the data.</p> <p>The study did not undergo a formal ethical clearance process as the primary objective of the study was to gather insights of grantees to inform India Alliance’s public engagement support mechanisms. At the start of the survey, the objectives of the survey were clearly stated and the respondents were informed that the anonymized data of the survey may be communicated in the future. Participation in the survey was entirely voluntary.</p>
CATCH-EyoU: Public Authorities engaging with youth: Interviews: UK
<p>The data set includes discourse analysis and thematic content analysis of interview transcripts collected with UK and regional politicians, local government youth policy officers, public officials and representatives of youth umbrella organizations. The data set consists of a 38 page preliminary report that summarizes themes and discourses emerging from transcribed extracts derived from 14 audio-recorded interviews in the UK. Personal data has been anonymized in order to protect participants’ privacy. </p> <p> </p> <p>This dataset aims to identify discourses and themes emerging from interviews with policy makers regarding whether and to what extent European Youth policies have been implemented at national, regional and local levels in various member states. </p> <p> </p> <p>Previous research has only partially answered these questions; comparing different policy makers’ perspectives, will allow researchers to identify tensions and contradictions in policies implementation, providing new insight for improving policy implementation.</p>
CATCH-EyoU: Public Authorities engaging with youth: Policy Documents: UK
<p>The specific data collected are written public documents by UK governmental and civil society actors regarding youth at European, national and local levels, produced during a three-year period between 2012-2014. The aim of the collection of public documents is to characterize contemporary European Union policy discourses and examine how policies and pronouncements about youth are both conceptualized and enacted in the UK. The dataset contains 10 primary documents selected and summarized in an Excel spreadsheet. Full citation of data sources is provided via excel spreadsheet. The dataset consists of original source document summaries that are catalogued in an excel spreadsheet by identifying information (author/title/year) and summaries of the general character of each document.</p>
#Coronavirus on TikTok: User engagement with misinformation as a potential threat to public health behavior
<p><strong>Background:</strong> COVID-related misinformation is prevalent online, including on social media. The purpose of this study was to explore factors associated with user engagement with COVID-related misinformation on the social media platform, TikTok.</p> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> A sample of TikTok videos associated with the hashtag #coronavirus were downloaded on September 20, 2020. Misinformation was evaluated on a scale (low, medium, high) using a codebook developed by experts in infectious diseases. Multivariable modeling was used to evaluate factors associated with number of views and presence of user comments indicating intention to change behavior.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> 166 TikTok videos were identified. Moderate misinformation was present in 36 (22%) videos, and high-level misinformation was present in 11 (7%). After controlling for characteristics and content, videos containing moderate misinformation were less likely to generate a user response indicating intended behavior change. By contrast, videos containing high-level misinformation were less likely to be viewed but demonstrated a non-significant trend towards higher engagement among viewers.</p> <p><strong>Conclusions:</strong> COVID-related misinformation is less frequently viewed on TikTok but more likely to engage viewers. Public health authorities can combat misinformation on social media by posting content of their own. </p>
Scrub Typhus Public Engagement in Northern Thailand - The voice of participants
<p>Scrub Typhus is a potentially deadly febrile disease that is very common in rural Southeast Asia. The population at risk has a low awareness of this disease, which complicates prevention and management. Therefore, between June and September 2020, Chiangrai Clinical Research Unit (CCRU), part of the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Network, together with the Primary Care Department of Chiangrai Prachanukroh Hospital carried out a series of public engagement activities in Chiangrai, northern Thailand with community health volunteers and healthcare workers in primary care units to increase disease knowledge and awareness and obtain feedback to improve future activities. Participants went on to train community members, increasing awareness and promoting preventive behaviours directly in the communities. In the video we collected interviews with participants and other stakeholders reflecting on their experience.</p>
#Coronavirus on TikTok: User engagement with misinformation as a potential threat to public health behavior
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You Don't Say! Emma Dorris on Public Engagement and How Discussions with the Public Improve Research
<p><strong>Episode Summary:</strong></p> <p>This week we talk to Dr Emma Dorris, a molecular researchers and Initiative Lead for The Patient Voice in Arthritis Research, about the benefits of public engagement for health and life sciences research. She outlines the challenges of involving the public in research, the benefits for scientists and society, and practical steps for researchers to take. </p> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://people.ucd.ie/emma.dorris">Emma Dorris</a> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/ERDorris">Twitter</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="http://www.ox.ac.uk/research/public-engagement">Information about Public Engagement</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.orion-openscience.eu/news/201909/what-do-public-think-about-genome-editing">ORION Public Dialogues</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Episode Quote: </strong></p> <p>"They are fascinated by what is going on behind the scenes, they really want to know what's happening and what's in the pipeline. and they tend to be far more supportive of it and far more supportive of high risk research than people in academia are". </p>
The Great British Liverwort Hunt – collecting wild accessions for molecular biology research while engaging the public
<p>During the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic, outreach activities of universities were significantly perturbed. The Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University (SLCU) outreach project for the Cambridge festival in 2021 was therefore a fully online project, which asked people from across the mainland of the United Kingdom to send in plant samples of <i>Marchantia polymorpha</i>, and <i>Lunularia cruciata. </i>The samples were, upon arrival, established into axenic culture for use in research. Here, we deposit the names and locational data of the lines established in axenic culture for the wider use of the research community. Out of 76 samples received, 68 were successfully established in sterile tissue culture. This dataset also includes an analysis of the sex of the <i>M. polymorpha</i> accessions.</p>
Software Engineers Engagement and Job Satisfaction: A Survey with Practitioners Working Remotely in a Public Organization - Supplementary material
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Temporal Dynamics and Demographic Profiles: Evaluating the Cultural Impact of Public Engagements with Civil War Shelters in Alicante (Spain)
<p>In the context of sustainable tourism, understanding visitors' needs and preferences is crucial for planning effective strategies that promote the conservation of historical and cultural heritage. In this regard, the quantitative analysis of survey results from visitors to Civil War air-raid shelters in Alicante, Spain, emerges as a valuable tool for gaining detailed insights that enable the planning of specific visits and events. This paper aims to explore the significance of using quantitative data in developing strategies for sustainable tourism within this particular context.</p>
Research Libraries on a Mission: Engaging the Public
<p>Audio from <em>Session 8: Research Libraries on a Mission - Engaging the Public</em>, held Thursday 27 June 2019 at the LIBER 2019 Annual Conference.</p> <p>Talks included:</p> <ul> <li>8.1 <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3259729">The Social Mission of 21st Century Research Libraries: Building Data Literate Communities</a>, Sheila Mary Corrall, University of Pittsburg, United States of America</li> <li>8.2 <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3259733">Enriching Europeana: the Crowdsourcing Platform of the European Library</a>, Hui Ting Chung, Austrian National Library, Austria</li> <li>8.3 <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3259741">#Protest: Info-Activism, Archive Literacy and Digital Learning</a>, Dr Barry Houlihan, NUI Galway, Ireland</li> <li>8.4 <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3259743">Open Data for the Crowd: an Account of Citizen Science at the ETH Library</a>, Stefan Wiederkehr, ETH Zurich, Switzerland</li> <li>8.5 <a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3259751">Crowdsourcing at the Austrian National Library</a>, Paul David Sommersguter, Austrian National Library, Austria</li> </ul>
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