Contemporary Challenges: "Citizen Science" in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Public Science, Interdisciplinarity, the Boundaries of Sciences
Contemporary Challenges: "Citizen Science" in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Public Science, Interdisciplinarity, the Boundaries of Sciences
Join us for an engaging two-day conference that highlights the transformative role of citizen science (CS) in the humanities and social sciences. The first day will feature thought-provoking theoretical presentations that explore the challenges and opportunities of integrating CS methods into these disciplines.
Renowned speakers will discuss innovative approaches to understanding society, culture, and humanity through citizen engagement. On the second day, participants will have the opportunity to learn about ongoing projects and research results.
This dynamic setting will encourage meaningful discussions on the interplay between lay and professional research, and the ways in which qualitative and quantitative methods can enhance our understanding of local phenomena.
Don’t miss this chance to be part of a vibrant exchange of ideas and to explore the future of interdisciplinary research in citizen science!
Keynote speakers
Eglė Butkevičienė (full Professor and the Head of Committee for Political Science, Sociology and Public Governance Study Programs at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania, Visiting professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF), USA).
Marietta Le (Researcher, Citizen Science app developer, ECSA ambassador)
György Pataki (Senior researcher, ESSRG, Hungary)
Stefania Oikonomou (Researcher, Web2Learn, Greece)
Date: December 2-3, 2024
Location: Pécs, University of Pécs Library and Knowledge Centre
Language: English
Organizers:
Research Center of Contemporary Challenges (Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, University of Pécs)
University of Pécs Library and Knowledge Centre
Detailed program:
DAY 1 - Monday – 2nd of December 2024.
12:30 - 13:00 - Registration & Arrival
13:00 - 13:30 - Welcoming speeches:
Judit Farkas (Associate Professor, University of Pécs, Hungary)
Beatrix Lábadi (vice-dean, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Pécs)
Alexandra Czeglédi (PhD student, University of Pécs, Researcher, ESSRG)
Host of the day: Arató Balázs (Benedek Ferenc Library of the Faculties of Law and Economics)
13:30 - 14:00 - Ethnography, local knowledge, action research and citizen science
Pál Géza Balogh (Assistant professor, University of Pécs, Hungary)
14:00 - 14:30 - Citizen science and decolonial thinking: A collaborative linguistic ethnographic project for social justice
János Imre Heltai (Associate professor, KRE, Hungary)
14:30 -15:00 - ‘Every citizen is a reporter’ - dilemmas around citizen journalism
Rita Glózer (Associate Professor, University of Pécs, Hungary)
15:00 - 15:30 - Enhancing environmental values through experiential learning methods – a participatory study in school gardens
Kármen Czett (Researcher, ESSRG, Hungary)
15:30 - 16:00 - Coffee break
16:00 - 16:30 - The kitchen work of collaborative research: Recipes for emancipatory practices
Luca Sára Bródy (researcher, HUN-REN KRTK, Hungary)
16:30 - 17:00 - Participation, research and action: a commitment to engage with social and cultural issues of citizens in contemporary socio-cultural anthropology
Veronika Lajos (Associate Professor, University of Miskolc, Hungary)
18:00 - 21:00 - Conference Dinner for speakers and workshop organisers
DAY 2 - Tuesday – 3rd of December 2024.
9:00 - 9:10 - Registration & Arrival
9:10 - 9:20 - Welcome speeches:
Judit Farkas (Professor, University of Pécs, Hungary)
Alexandra Czeglédi(Researcher, ESSRG, University of Pécs, Hungary)
Host of the day: Alexandra Czeglédi (Researcher, ESSRG, University of Pécs, Hungary)
9:20 - 11:00 - Keynote presentations and Roundtable Discussion on Citizen (Social) Science
9:20 - 9:40 - Reflections on Citizen Social Science as an Emerging Participatory Research Practice: Some Lessons from the “YouCount – Youth Citizen Science” project
György Pataki (Senior researcher, ESSRG, Hungary)
9:40 - 10:00 - Citizen Science in University Hubs
Egle Butkeviciene (Vice Dean for Research at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, an associate professor and a senior research fellow at the Institute of Public Policy and Administration, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania):
10:00 - 10:20 - (Re)planning a citizen social science project for and with Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals
Stefania Oikonomou (Web2Learn, Greece)
10:20 - 10:40 - Citizen Science and ECSA Ambassadors
Marietta Le (Researcher, Citizen Science app developer, ECSA ambassador)
10:40 - 11:00 - Q&A and reflection session with keynote speakers
11:00 - 11:30 - Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00 - 1st session: Citizen science and linguistics
Language matters in citizen science: Participatory hands-on workshop / Nyelvi részvétel a civil tudományban — Műhelyfoglalkozás
Szabó Gergely (Assistant professor, KRE; Researcher ELTE/HUN-REN Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, Hungary)
Petteri Laihonen (Researcher, JYU/ELTE, Finland/Hungary)
Bodó Csanád (Associate professor, ELTE, Hungary)
13:00 - 14:00 – Lunchtime
14:00 - 15:30 - 2nd session: Citizen Social Science and participatory filmmaking in Siklósbodony
Márton Oblath (Assistant professor, ELTE, Hungary)
Batáné Somogyi Gina (Co-researcher, ESSRG, Hungary)
Simon Rebeka (Co-researcher student, ELTE, Hungary)
A group of youth co-researchers will join the session.
15:30 -16:00 - Coffee break
16:00 - 17:30 - 3rd session: Moving away from a citizen science experiment: Agrobiodiversity through participatory research
Borbála Lipka (Researcher, ESSRG, Activist, Magház Hungary)
The conference is supported by: „Support for scientific conference organization at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, University of Pécs, fall semester 2024/25.„
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