Service Learning for Developing Extreme Citizen Science
Aitziber Mugarra Elorriaga
https://www.deusto.es/cs/Satellite/deustoresearch/es/inicio/centros-equipos-e-investigadores/equipos-de-investigacion/economia-desarrollo-e-innovacion-social-para-las-personas-edispe-/equipoinvestiga
Cruz Enrique Borges Hernández
https://energia.deusto.es/people/members/cruz-enrique-borges-hernandez/
Social Development, Economy & Innovation for People (EDISPe2), research group with multidisciplinary background (Economics, Management and Law). Our research areas are: 1.- Social and solidarity based economy, entrepreneurship & social innovation for sustainable development: based on accumulated expertise in organizations of social & solidarity based economy, its values & principles, its economic, social & environmental impact for a balanced and cohesive growth. 2.- Construction of a legal, economic governance & management environment for all people: combining legal, economic & social perspectives, specially focusing on European area. 3.- Service-Learning as a transformative pedagogical tool, for building committed citizenship. EDISPe2 team participates in national & international networks, counting on abundant scientific publications & contributions in congresses, as well as teaching experience at all levels of study. It is remarkable its leadership & participation in European projects & research projects developed in co creation with public or social organizations.
http://www.research.deusto.es/cs/Satellite/deustoresearch/es/centros-equipos-e-investigadores/equipos-de-investigacion/economia-desarrollo-e-innovacion-social-para-las-personas-edispe-/equipoinvestiga
In collaboration with DeustoTech Energy
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Candidates should have a PhD in Social Sciences and Humanities (Law, Economics, Sociology, Education, Politics…) or Information Sciences and Engineering, with research experience in areas related to service learning, social applications of technology, citizen science.
Personal skills as flexibility and team work abilities are necessary.
- Social Sciences and Humanities (SOC)
- Information Sciences and Engineering (ENG)
Social innovation is the process of involving the society in the resolution of its current and future needs using interdisciplinary methodologies. One of the most valuable competences to progress towards that objective is to involve the society in carefully design citizen science projects. Thus, not only the citizen improves their scientific knowledge but also contribute to the community. One of the best ways to introduce the society in citizen science projects is by use the service learning methodology to involve students that learn the scientific method while solve a community problem. This way, it is built a triple win scenario: students get a more significative learning, a social problem gets solve and the social empowerment increase. This research program aims to produce innovative citizen science initiatives in students by the use of service learning.
The main research aims are:
● Build a framework for creating extreme citizen science projects using service learning methodology.
● Assess the best strategies not only to involve the different stakeholders but also to achieve the best scientific results from these types of projects.
EXCELLENCE OF THE HOST RESEARCH UNIT
MUGARRA ELORRIAGA, A.; BORGES HERNANDEZ, C. & GARCIA PEREZ, A. (2015) “Ciudades amigables para todos: investigación-acción universitaria en accesibilidad urbana a través de OpenStreetMap (OSM) [Friendly Cities for All: University Action-Research in Urban Accessibility through OpenStreetMap (OSM)]”, in Aprendizaje-Servicio en las universidades: de la iniciativa individual al apoyo institucional. Ed. UNED, pp.245-257 ISBN 978-84-60828747.
GARCIA PEREZ, A.; MUGARRA ELORRIAGA, A. & VILLA, A. (2017) “Responsible University Social Innovation as a Framework for the theoretical foundation, development and evaluation in community of Service-Learning projects”, Educación y Diversidad, revista interuniversitaria de investigación sobre discapacidad e interculturalidad 10(2) julio-diciembre, pp.77-86 ISSN: 1888-4857 (CIRC 2012: Grupo C) Retrieved from http://www.grupo-edi.com/anuario_list.php?ano=2016(2)
GARCIA PEREZ, A., VILLA SANCHEZ, A. & MUGARRA ELORRIAGA, A. (2018) “Procesos de investigación-acción en Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario: percepciones de los protagonistas pedagógicos en el proyecto Hiri Lagunkoiak [Action-research processes in Learning and Solidarity Service: perceptions of the pedagogical protagonists in the Hiri Lagunkoiak project]” RIDAS Revista Iberoamericana de Aprendizaje-Servicio (5) ISSN: 2339-9341, pp.62-86 (DOI10.1344/RIDAS2018.5.5)
FOLGUEIRAS, P.; OPAZO, H.F.; MUGARRA ELORRIAGA, A.; ARAMBURUZABALA, P. & RUIZ, A. (2018) “Service-Learning: A survey of Experiences in Spain” Education, Citizenship and Social Justice. pp.1-19 https://doi.org/10.1177/1746197918803857 (2016 SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) Score: 0.272 | 567/1066 in Education (Scopus®))
MUGARRA ELORRIAGA, A.; ALONSO, A.; BORGES, C.E.; ECHANIZ BARRONDO, A.; GARCIA PEREZ, A.; GOMEZ GOIRI, M. & PIJOAN, A. (2018) “¿Cómo desarrollar un proyecto socialmente innovador de aprendizaje-servicio para construir participativamente Ciudades Amigables para todas las personas? [How to Develop a Social Innovative Project of Service-Learning to Build in a Participative Way Friendly Cities for All?]” in the collection Social Briefing, Ed. Universidad de Deusto. ISBN: 978-84-16982-50-9.
Social Innovation, Driving Force for Social Change (SI-DRIVE), (2014-2017) for European Union, coordinated by the University of Dortmund.
SOLIDUS: Solidarity in European societies: empowerment, social justice and citizenship, (2015-2018) for European Union (Horizon 2020).
Friendly Cities for All People, in 2016 for Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT)
Currently, we are in the preliminary stages of identifying new opportunities for upcoming national and European calls in these areas. INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION
The proposal fits in the core objectives of the Interdisciplinary Research Platform “The Ageing and wellbeing” in particular, it will mix knowledge of the following fields:
■ Education: The participation of students in any citizen science project by the use of the service learning methodology produce a continuous reinforcing through all the value chain (from students to researchers and finally the citizens). It is vital to create innovative educational materials to ensure the best impact of the project.
■ Social Sciences: The main problem of citizen science project is to maintain the long term participation of the citizens. Innovative ways of produce civic engagement will be researched in this project.
■ Engineering: Humans have been demonstrated to be better than algorithms at solving very complex problems. Several engineering problems could be transformed in citizen science activities that can have a twofold objective: on the one hand, to teach the basic principles of the problem in question and, on the other hand to learn how humans solve these problems. The final objective is to learn how humans face up complex problems and introduce this knowledge in an algorithm.
Interdisciplinarity is, in fact, one of the strengths of the host unit, with members specialized in Economics, Engineering, Education, Law and Social Science; as a consequence, the projects and academic publications given by the research team count on a combination of these methodologies and perspectives. Synergies of this proposal with projects developed by the research teams involved at this moment are expected INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
The project is aligned with H2020 topics: first: Science with and for Society, and second: Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, innovative & reflective societies. In particular with the challenge: “Economic recovery and inclusive and sustainable long-term growth with focus on co-creation for growth & inclusion: engaging citizens, users, academia, social partners, public authorities, businesses including SMEs, creative sector & social entrepreneurs” INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION
The research team has a wide experience in co-creating research projects with public and private agents, mainly Portugalete Council, Zerbikas Foundation, and a diversity of social and educational organziations. According to the topic defined with the candidate, collaboration with other agents will be enhanced and supported by the team. IMPACT
Social impact will be promoted since the design of the research project to be developed by the candidate, enhancing co-creation with the actors involved (e.g. regional policy makers or social organizations). Equally, the participation of social agents during the research will be particularly supported by the team. The dissemination of the results will be done not only at scientific level but also through the web and blog of the team as well as through public seminars and meeting with public officers, aiming to reach the society and policy makers. INNOVATION
As expressed above, the proposal focuses on imagining new solutions based on the collaborative participation of different organizations, based in the prominence of civil society and community commitment in the search for innovative solutions. INCLUSION
Inclusion dimension is a key aspect in the research team aimed to involve the society in carefully design citizen science projects. Gender issues and inclusion are cross cutting topics in the team scientific results. As expressed in the proposal, its aim is to introduce the society in citizen science projects using the Service-Learning methodology to involve citizens that improve their scientific knowledge but also contribute to the community.
MUGARRA ELORRIAGA, A.; BORGES HERNANDEZ, C. & GARCIA PEREZ, A. (2015) “Ciudades amigables para todos: investigación-acción universitaria en accesibilidad urbana a través de OpenStreetMap (OSM) [Friendly Cities for All: University Action-Research in Urban Accessibility through OpenStreetMap (OSM)]”, in Aprendizaje-Servicio en las universidades: de la iniciativa individual al apoyo institucional. Ed. UNED, pp.245-257 ISBN 978-84-60828747.
GARCIA PEREZ, A.; MUGARRA ELORRIAGA, A. & VILLA, A. (2017) “Responsible University Social Innovation as a Framework for the theoretical foundation, development and evaluation in community of Service-Learning projects”, Educación y Diversidad, revista interuniversitaria de investigación sobre discapacidad e interculturalidad 10(2) julio-diciembre, pp.77-86 ISSN: 1888-4857 (CIRC 2012: Grupo C) Retrieved from http://www.grupo-edi.com/anuario_list.php?ano=2016(2)
GARCIA PEREZ, A., VILLA SANCHEZ, A. & MUGARRA ELORRIAGA, A. (2018) “Procesos de investigación-acción en Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario: percepciones de los protagonistas pedagógicos en el proyecto Hiri Lagunkoiak [Action-research processes in Learning and Solidarity Service: perceptions of the pedagogical protagonists in the Hiri Lagunkoiak project]” RIDAS Revista Iberoamericana de Aprendizaje-Servicio (5) ISSN: 2339-9341, pp.62-86 (DOI10.1344/RIDAS2018.5.5)
FOLGUEIRAS, P.; OPAZO, H.F.; MUGARRA ELORRIAGA, A.; ARAMBURUZABALA, P. & RUIZ, A. (2018) “Service-Learning: A survey of Experiences in Spain” Education, Citizenship and Social Justice. pp.1-19 https://doi.org/10.1177/1746197918803857 (2016 SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) Score: 0.272 | 567/1066 in Education (Scopus®))
MUGARRA ELORRIAGA, A.; ALONSO, A.; BORGES, C.E.; ECHANIZ BARRONDO, A.; GARCIA PEREZ, A.; GOMEZ GOIRI, M. & PIJOAN, A. (2018) “¿Cómo desarrollar un proyecto socialmente innovador de aprendizaje-servicio para construir participativamente Ciudades Amigables para todas las personas? [How to Develop a Social Innovative Project of Service-Learning to Build in a Participative Way Friendly Cities for All?]” in the collection Social Briefing, Ed. Universidad de Deusto. ISBN: 978-84-16982-50-9.
Social Innovation, Driving Force for Social Change (SI-DRIVE), (2014-2017) for European Union, coordinated by the University of Dortmund.
SOLIDUS: Solidarity in European societies: empowerment, social justice and citizenship, (2015-2018) for European Union (Horizon 2020).
Friendly Cities for All People, in 2016 for Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT)
Currently, we are in the preliminary stages of identifying new opportunities for upcoming national and European calls in these areas.
The proposal fits in the core objectives of the Interdisciplinary Research Platform “The Ageing and wellbeing” in particular, it will mix knowledge of the following fields:
■ Education: The participation of students in any citizen science project by the use of the service learning methodology produce a continuous reinforcing through all the value chain (from students to researchers and finally the citizens). It is vital to create innovative educational materials to ensure the best impact of the project.
■ Social Sciences: The main problem of citizen science project is to maintain the long term participation of the citizens. Innovative ways of produce civic engagement will be researched in this project.
■ Engineering: Humans have been demonstrated to be better than algorithms at solving very complex problems. Several engineering problems could be transformed in citizen science activities that can have a twofold objective: on the one hand, to teach the basic principles of the problem in question and, on the other hand to learn how humans solve these problems. The final objective is to learn how humans face up complex problems and introduce this knowledge in an algorithm.
Interdisciplinarity is, in fact, one of the strengths of the host unit, with members specialized in Economics, Engineering, Education, Law and Social Science; as a consequence, the projects and academic publications given by the research team count on a combination of these methodologies and perspectives. Synergies of this proposal with projects developed by the research teams involved at this moment are expected
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
The project is aligned with H2020 topics: first: Science with and for Society, and second: Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, innovative & reflective societies. In particular with the challenge: “Economic recovery and inclusive and sustainable long-term growth with focus on co-creation for growth & inclusion: engaging citizens, users, academia, social partners, public authorities, businesses including SMEs, creative sector & social entrepreneurs” INTERSECTORAL COLLABORATION
The research team has a wide experience in co-creating research projects with public and private agents, mainly Portugalete Council, Zerbikas Foundation, and a diversity of social and educational organziations. According to the topic defined with the candidate, collaboration with other agents will be enhanced and supported by the team. IMPACT
Social impact will be promoted since the design of the research project to be developed by the candidate, enhancing co-creation with the actors involved (e.g. regional policy makers or social organizations). Equally, the participation of social agents during the research will be particularly supported by the team. The dissemination of the results will be done not only at scientific level but also through the web and blog of the team as well as through public seminars and meeting with public officers, aiming to reach the society and policy makers. INNOVATION
As expressed above, the proposal focuses on imagining new solutions based on the collaborative participation of different organizations, based in the prominence of civil society and community commitment in the search for innovative solutions. INCLUSION
Inclusion dimension is a key aspect in the research team aimed to involve the society in carefully design citizen science projects. Gender issues and inclusion are cross cutting topics in the team scientific results. As expressed in the proposal, its aim is to introduce the society in citizen science projects using the Service-Learning methodology to involve citizens that improve their scientific knowledge but also contribute to the community.
The project is aligned with H2020 topics: first: Science with and for Society, and second: Europe in a changing world – Inclusive, innovative & reflective societies. In particular with the challenge: “Economic recovery and inclusive and sustainable long-term growth with focus on co-creation for growth & inclusion: engaging citizens, users, academia, social partners, public authorities, businesses including SMEs, creative sector & social entrepreneurs”
The research team has a wide experience in co-creating research projects with public and private agents, mainly Portugalete Council, Zerbikas Foundation, and a diversity of social and educational organziations. According to the topic defined with the candidate, collaboration with other agents will be enhanced and supported by the team.
IMPACT
Social impact will be promoted since the design of the research project to be developed by the candidate, enhancing co-creation with the actors involved (e.g. regional policy makers or social organizations). Equally, the participation of social agents during the research will be particularly supported by the team. The dissemination of the results will be done not only at scientific level but also through the web and blog of the team as well as through public seminars and meeting with public officers, aiming to reach the society and policy makers. INNOVATION
As expressed above, the proposal focuses on imagining new solutions based on the collaborative participation of different organizations, based in the prominence of civil society and community commitment in the search for innovative solutions. INCLUSION
Inclusion dimension is a key aspect in the research team aimed to involve the society in carefully design citizen science projects. Gender issues and inclusion are cross cutting topics in the team scientific results. As expressed in the proposal, its aim is to introduce the society in citizen science projects using the Service-Learning methodology to involve citizens that improve their scientific knowledge but also contribute to the community.
Social impact will be promoted since the design of the research project to be developed by the candidate, enhancing co-creation with the actors involved (e.g. regional policy makers or social organizations). Equally, the participation of social agents during the research will be particularly supported by the team. The dissemination of the results will be done not only at scientific level but also through the web and blog of the team as well as through public seminars and meeting with public officers, aiming to reach the society and policy makers.
As expressed above, the proposal focuses on imagining new solutions based on the collaborative participation of different organizations, based in the prominence of civil society and community commitment in the search for innovative solutions.
INCLUSION
Inclusion dimension is a key aspect in the research team aimed to involve the society in carefully design citizen science projects. Gender issues and inclusion are cross cutting topics in the team scientific results. As expressed in the proposal, its aim is to introduce the society in citizen science projects using the Service-Learning methodology to involve citizens that improve their scientific knowledge but also contribute to the community.
Inclusion dimension is a key aspect in the research team aimed to involve the society in carefully design citizen science projects. Gender issues and inclusion are cross cutting topics in the team scientific results. As expressed in the proposal, its aim is to introduce the society in citizen science projects using the Service-Learning methodology to involve citizens that improve their scientific knowledge but also contribute to the community.