Citizen Researcher: Empowering Communities Through Science | Nouf Al Hamly & Rawdha Al Mansoori
In this Outline event, we talked to associate director of NYUAD Research Public Outreach Nouf Al Hamly and research public engagement specialist Rawdha Al Mansoori about their latest project, Citizen Research at NYU Abu Dhabi. The project, inspired by the global movement of Citizen Science and driven by the mutual benefit that can exist when professional researchers and members of the public work alongside one another, was developed to engage members of the public in NYUAD research.
Citizen Researcher engages public participants in NYUAD research across the disciplines of science, social science, engineering, arts, and humanities. Participants contribute to NYUAD research by following a research process of collecting, analyzing, and reporting data. Through their participation, members of the public learn about NYUAD research, develop research skills and techniques, satisfy personal learning goals and make an impact on ongoing research. At the same time, research projects can reach their desired goals or outcomes at a much quicker rate thanks to participant contribution.
Outline
This podcast series features a process-focused conversation that looks at a guest's individual projects rather than their full bodies of work. It sketches the journey of the project: the spark of curiosity that led to its birth, the process of implementing the idea, the obstacles that emerged throughout the implementation, and the aftermath of the project, including new questions and new ideas.
