CitSciOzOnline EMCR: Improving Open Framework For Citizen Science Evaluation - Dr Cobi Calyx
Channel: Australian Citizen Science Association
Date: 2020-11-12

Improving an open framework for citizen science evaluation


In this presentation Dr Cobi Calyx will build on research shared in this and the previous session in considering how Australian citizen science learnings can contribute to improving an international framework for citizen science evaluation. The CARE principles for Indigenous data governance will be discussed alongside the FAIR principles of scientific data management.


Dr Cobi Calyx joined the Centre for Social Impact at UNSW in 2019 as a Research Fellow after graduating from her ANU PhD in science communication and deliberative democracy in 2018. She is a Founding Member of ACSA and in 2019 joined the ACSA Management Committee as a General Member. She has earlier qualifications in health promotion, international studies and journalism, as well as experience with Australian Aid-funded projects in Asia and the Pacific. During her PhD she was a Visiting Scholar at Melbourne Law School and taught Masters courses at the University of Melbourne on interdisciplinarity, environment and global governance. Dr Calyx has more than a decade of experience working at the intersection of environmental governance, science communication, health promotion and disaster response. She has been employed in governance organizations ranging from the UN in Geneva to state environment and disaster response agencies. 

Twitter: @cobicalyx 
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cobicalyx