Boon, W.;
de Haan, J.;
Duisterwinkel, C.;
Gould, L.;
Janssen, W.;
Jongsma, K.;
Milota, M.;
... Yerkes, M.A.; + view all
(2022)
Meaningful public engagement in the context of open science: reflections from early and mid-career academics.
Research for All
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pp. 1-8.
10.14324/RFA.06.1.23.
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Abstract
How is public engagement perceived to contribute to open science? This commentary highlights common reflections on this question from interviews with 12 public engagement fellows in Utrecht University’s Open Science Programme in the Netherlands. We identify four reasons why public engagement is an essential enabler of open science. Interaction between academics and society can: (1) better align science with the needs of society; (2) secure a relationship of trust between science and society; (3) increase the quality and impact of science; and (4) support the impact of open access and FAIR data practices (data which meet principles of findability, accessibility, interoperability and reusability). To be successful and sustainable, such public engagement requires support in skills training and a form of institutionalisation in a university-wide system, but, most of all, the fellows express the importance of a formal and informal recognition and rewards system. Our findings suggest that in order to make public engagement an integral part of open science, universities should invest in institutional support, create awareness, and stimulate dialogue among staff members on how to ‘do’ good public engagement.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Meaningful public engagement in the context of open science: reflections from early and mid-career academics |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/RFA.06.1.23 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.14324/RFA.06.1.23 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022, Wouter Boon, Judith de Haan, Carien Duisterwinkel, Lauren Gould, Willem Janssen, Karin Jongsma, Megan Milota, Maud Radstake, Saskia Stevens, Madelijn Strick, Marij Swinkels, Marc van Mil, Erik van Sebille, Niko Wanders and Mara A. Yerkes. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence (CC BY) 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited. |
| Keywords: | public engagement, open science, rewards and recognition, citizen science, stakeholder engagement, co-creation, science communication, reciprocity |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10162588 |
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