Citizen sciene: reshaping relations between science, government and citizens - Q & A

In this lecture, Professor Johannes Vogel will set out his vision for citizen science. This vision underpins ambitious plans to transform the Berlin Natural History Museum and place it at the heart of democratic engagement with the grand challenges of the 21st century. Great enlightenment institutions such as museums are hybrid organisations of research and communication. More can be made to link these institutions’ scientific infrastructure, cutting-edge research and spaces for democratic participation. Democratic knowledge societies will depend on such hybrid institutions to support citizen scientists as active participants in addressing challenges such as biodiversity loss and climate change. Taking citizen science seriously offers great hopes for positive engagement between science, government and citizens. But to grasp these opportunities, scientific institutions such as universities and museums will have to change radically, and governments will need to rethink how they use science. The recording is of the Q & A following the lecture, with Professor Jennifer Gabrys is Chair in Media, Culture and Environment.