Science Bar: “The Challenges and Potential of Participatory Science”

Brasserie Le Dôme – 2 Avenue Georges Clémenceau, 34000 Montpellier.
Admission is free, subject to availability.

Citizen science, also known as participatory science, is growing in various fields and generating significant enthusiasm. These are often educational or research programs that involve scientists and rely on the participation of volunteer citizens for their implementation in the field.

These forms of scientific knowledge production are designed by scientific organizations or groups, which select a topic and a research question for which a field protocol is proposed to various observer-actors. Their active participation makes it possible to collect a significant amount of data across the entire territory and repeatedly over time.

The approach is not solely scientific: it also serves to raise awareness and sound the alarm. And in this case, a clear and well-documented assessment of the current situation is necessary up front in order to contribute to the development of public policies to be implemented.

This science-society debate features three speakers:

• Sylvie Blangy – CNRS researcher at the Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (CEFE), Director of the Parks Research Group, and co-director of the Nunavik International Human-Environment Observatory (OHMI).
• Nils Ferrand – Researcher at the National Institute for Environmental and Agricultural Science and Technology Research s (IRSTEA) – G-Eau Laboratory.
• Lionel Scotto d’Appolonia – Research Associate at the Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Research s in Didactics, Education, and Training (LIRDEF); Deputy Director of the Parcs Research Research .

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