TY - JOUR
T1 - Agile collaboration
T2 - Citizen science as a transdisciplinary approach to heliophysics
AU - Ledvina, Vincent
AU - Brandt, Laura
AU - MacDonald, Elizabeth
AU - Frissell, Nathaniel
AU - Anderson, Justin
AU - Chen, Thomas Y.
AU - French, Ryan J.
AU - Di Mare, Francesca
AU - Grover, Andrea
AU - Battams, Karl
AU - Sigsbee, Kristine
AU - Gallardo-Lacourt, Bea
AU - Lach, Donna
AU - Shaw, Joseph A.
AU - Hunnekuhl, Michael
AU - Kosar, Burcu
AU - Barkhouse, Wayne
AU - Young, Tim
AU - Kedhambadi, Chandresh
AU - Ozturk, Dogacan S.
AU - Claudepierre, Seth G.
AU - Dong, Chuanfei
AU - Witteman, Andy
AU - Kuzub, Jeremy
AU - Sinha, Gunjan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2023 Ledvina, Brandt, MacDonald, Frissell, Anderson, Chen, French, Di Mare, Grover, Battams, Sigsbee, Gallardo-Lacourt, Lach, Shaw, Hunnekuhl, Kosar, Barkhouse, Young, Kedhambadi, Ozturk, Claudepierre, Dong, Witteman, Kuzub and Sinha.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Citizen science connects scientists with the public to enable discovery, engaging broad audiences across the world. There are many attributes that make citizen science an asset to the field of heliophysics, including agile collaboration. Agility is the extent to which a person, group of people, technology, or project can work efficiently, pivot, and adapt to adversity. Citizen scientists are agile; they are adaptable and responsive. Citizen science projects and their underlying technology platforms are also agile in the software development sense, by utilizing beta testing and short timeframes to pivot in response to community needs. As they capture scientifically valuable data, citizen scientists can bring expertise from other fields to scientific teams. The impact of citizen science projects and communities means citizen scientists are a bridge between scientists and the public, facilitating the exchange of information. These attributes of citizen scientists form the framework of agile collaboration. In this paper, we contextualize agile collaboration primarily for aurora chasers, a group of citizen scientists actively engaged in projects and independent data gathering. Nevertheless, these insights scale across other domains and projects. Citizen science is an emerging yet proven way of enhancing the current research landscape. To tackle the next-generation’s biggest research problems, agile collaboration with citizen scientists will become necessary.
AB - Citizen science connects scientists with the public to enable discovery, engaging broad audiences across the world. There are many attributes that make citizen science an asset to the field of heliophysics, including agile collaboration. Agility is the extent to which a person, group of people, technology, or project can work efficiently, pivot, and adapt to adversity. Citizen scientists are agile; they are adaptable and responsive. Citizen science projects and their underlying technology platforms are also agile in the software development sense, by utilizing beta testing and short timeframes to pivot in response to community needs. As they capture scientifically valuable data, citizen scientists can bring expertise from other fields to scientific teams. The impact of citizen science projects and communities means citizen scientists are a bridge between scientists and the public, facilitating the exchange of information. These attributes of citizen scientists form the framework of agile collaboration. In this paper, we contextualize agile collaboration primarily for aurora chasers, a group of citizen scientists actively engaged in projects and independent data gathering. Nevertheless, these insights scale across other domains and projects. Citizen science is an emerging yet proven way of enhancing the current research landscape. To tackle the next-generation’s biggest research problems, agile collaboration with citizen scientists will become necessary.
KW - aurora
KW - citizen science
KW - crowdsourced science
KW - heliophysics
KW - space weather
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U2 - 10.3389/fspas.2023.1165254
DO - 10.3389/fspas.2023.1165254
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85153473878
SN - 2296-987X
VL - 10
JO - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
JF - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
M1 - 1165254
ER -