Webinar – Citizen Science with Andrea Wiggins

Dr Andrea Wiggins is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland College of Information Studies. She studies public participation in data-intensive scientific collaboration (aka large-scale citizen science) and issues related to data management and technologies. She also teaches classes on information management and data management.

Her research centers on design and evolution of sociotechnical systems for large-scale collaboration and knowledge production. Her current work focuses on the role of technologies in citizen science, evaluating individual and collective performance and productivity in open collaboration, and open data ecosystems in the sciences. She’s interested in how ordinary people become involved in meaningful real-world research through citizen science projects, and how technologies can help.