Citizen science: a collaboration between science and society

Citizen science refers to research initiatives in which members of civil society participate in the scientific research process.

These collaborations between scientists and citizens, between laboratories, observers, and organizations, take many forms and encompass a wide range of disciplines, stakeholders, and topics. All share a common goal: to generate scientific knowledge through active collaboration between the scientific community and civil society.

To discuss this topic at the intersection of science and society, three multidisciplinary experts will answer questions from the audience live:

• Dominique Desclaux, Ph.D. in Biology, researcher in agronomy and genetics at INRAE, co-winner of the 2022 Participatory Research Award for the “From Seed to Plate” program – INRAE Occitanie-Montpellier (DiaScope)

• Andrea P. Sosa Varrotti, Ph.D. in Social Sciences and Rural Studies, researcher in agroecology at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET, Argentina), Professor of Sociology at the University of Buenos Aires. Visiting scholar at MAK’IT – University of Montpellier

• Jean-Philippe Venot, Researcher at IRD, specialist in governance and water and irrigation policy at the Water Management, Stakeholders, and Uses (G-EAU) unit – IRD Occitanie

The Bar des Sciences season is co-produced by the University of Marseille’s science outreach departments and its partners: INRAE, INSERM, and IRD.

Free admission, subject to availability.

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