Transforming science through participation: towards Citizen Science and democratic deliberation

I wish to transform the classical ‘exploitative or distant’ relationships between researchers and participants, so that research becomes a tool for democratic discussion and collective action on social and technological transformations. Therefore, I pay close attention to the conditions of collaboration with individual and institutional research partners, including aspects of ethics and the practical impact of research. Given these interests, I joined the emerging citizen science movement in 2012, researching the dynamics of informal learning through participation in online citizen science projects since 2013 (Jennett et al., 2016, Kloetzer 2016, Schneider et al., 2018), and serving as a founding member and co-chair of the ECSA Working Group on Education. I am looking at learning and education in Citizen Science.

Some publications linked to these topics:

• Pankiv, K., Kloetzer, L. (2024). Does using Artificial Intelligence in Citizen Science support volunteer’s learning? An experimental study in ornithology. Citizen Science Theory and Practice. 9(1), 36, DOI: 10.5334/cstp.733
• Kloetzer, L. (2024). Beyond procedural ethics: A four levels-architecture for research ethics in qualitative research. In Eleftheria Tseliou, Carolin Demuth, Eugenie Georgaca & Brendan Gough (Eds). The Routledge International Handbook of Innovative Qualitative Psychological Research.
• Nissille, C., & Kloetzer, L. (2023). Le Glossaire: 125 ans de sciences citoyennes en dialectologie. Etica & Politica, 25(2), 55-79.
• Kloetzer, L., Junqueira de Aguiar, W. M. & Fidalgo, S. (2023). Reflexões sobre Metodologias de Pesquisa: Perspectivas de Colaboração em Investigações Crítico-Educacionais/Reflections about Research Methodologies: Collaborative Perspectives in Critical-Educational Investigations/Réflexions sur les méthodologies de recherche : perspectives collaboratives dans les investigations critiques en éducation.
• Mata-Codesal, D., Kloetzer, L., Maiztegui-Oñate, C. (2020). Editorial: Strengths, Risks and Limits of Doing Participatory Research in Migration Studies. In Special Issue: Participatory Methods in Migration Research, guest edited by Diana Mata-Codesal, Laure Kloetzer, Concepción Maiztegui-Oñate. Migration Letters, 17(2), 201-210, https://journals.tplondon.com/ml/issue/view/81
• Jennett, C., Kloetzer, L., Schneider, D. Iacovides, I. Cox, A., Gold, M., Fuchs, B., Eveleigh, A., Mathieu, K., Ajani, Z., Talsi, Y. (2016). Motivations, Learning and Creativity in Online Citizen Science. Journal of Science Communication, 15(3).
• Kloetzer, L., Schneider, D. & da Costa, J. (2016). Not so passive:  engagement and learning in Volunteer Computing projects. Human Computation, 3(1), 25-68.