Dear Colleague,
We are excited to announce a call for abstracts for a special collection on AI and the Future of Citizen Science in the journal Citizen Science: Theory and Practice. Please find the details of the call here: https://citizenscience.org/2023/07/18/call-for-abstracts-ai-and-the-future-of-citizen-science/
In particular, note the deadline for abstract submission is September 8, 2023. We encourage submissions from across the disciplines including domain researchers, educators, social scientists, ethicists and policy makers.
Lucy Fortson (University of Minnesota), Kevin Crowston (Syracuse University), Laure Kloetzer (Université de Neuchâtel), and Marisa Ponti (University of Gothenburg) will edit this Collection and encourage you to consider it as an outlet for a future research paper.
The journal Citizen Science Theory and Practice is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published on behalf of the Citizen Science Association and dedicated to advancing the global field of citizen science.
This special collection will seek to understand how AI technologies and citizen science have been combined in different domains and different regions of the world, the lessons learned, and provide a glimpse at what the future holds. The collection will also explore the social systems aspects of citizen scientists working alongside AI to provide guidance on the many critical challenges arising in this field, including educational, motivational, ethical, and policy issues. As a whole, in addressing both successes and challenges, this special issue will provide both a reference point for practitioners interested in incorporating AI techniques into their citizen science projects and signposting how AI needs careful consideration by the overarching citizen science community. We therefore seek contributions from across disciplines including domain researchers, educators, social scientists, ethicists, and policy makers.
We invite prospective authors to submit an abstract (max 1000 words, not counting title, authors, and references) by September 8, 2023 (hard deadline). Authors will be informed if they will be invited to submit full papers on a rolling basis through October 15, 2023. Papers will be due no later than March 15, 2024. Earlier submission is encouraged to allow time for revision(s).