Putting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice into Practice: The Four Dimensions of Inclusivity for Public Participatory Science
Public participatory science (PPS) engages researchers and community partners in scientific inquiry, but its collaboration methods are highly variable. These different roles both reveal diverse philosophies and goals of participation, while they incur variable impacts on the public. This study inves...
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| description | Public participatory science (PPS) engages researchers and community partners in scientific inquiry, but its collaboration methods are highly variable. These different roles both reveal diverse philosophies and goals of participation, while they incur variable impacts on the public. This study investigated PPS entities to identify how collaboration methods influenced the degree to which their work reflected principles of diversity, equity, inclusivity, and justice (DEIJ). Through interviews and content analysis of publicly available artifacts, we evaluated the priority and relevance of DEIJ to their organization. The data revealed that PPS programs addressed DEIJ differently through a variety of promising practices that could be grouped into a four-part typology: symbolic (language), logistic (tools), procedural (processes and practices), and organizational/cultural (norms). This study affirms the impact of DEIJ principles on PPS programming, names specific barriers to the implementation of DEIJ principles in PPS, highlights critical gaps for programs to effectively address DEIJ principles, and calls for additional tools to be created that further advance this work. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-75da0a416d224103a8dfd50566bf7b1f2025-08-20T03:44:41ZengUbiquity PressCitizen Science: Theory and Practice2057-49912025-05-01101161610.5334/cstp.794776Putting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice into Practice: The Four Dimensions of Inclusivity for Public Participatory ScienceKatherine Foo0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2488-2883Sarah Stanlick1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0270-539XWorcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MAWorcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MAPublic participatory science (PPS) engages researchers and community partners in scientific inquiry, but its collaboration methods are highly variable. These different roles both reveal diverse philosophies and goals of participation, while they incur variable impacts on the public. This study investigated PPS entities to identify how collaboration methods influenced the degree to which their work reflected principles of diversity, equity, inclusivity, and justice (DEIJ). Through interviews and content analysis of publicly available artifacts, we evaluated the priority and relevance of DEIJ to their organization. The data revealed that PPS programs addressed DEIJ differently through a variety of promising practices that could be grouped into a four-part typology: symbolic (language), logistic (tools), procedural (processes and practices), and organizational/cultural (norms). This study affirms the impact of DEIJ principles on PPS programming, names specific barriers to the implementation of DEIJ principles in PPS, highlights critical gaps for programs to effectively address DEIJ principles, and calls for additional tools to be created that further advance this work.https://account.theoryandpractice.citizenscienceassociation.org/index.php/up-j-cstp/article/view/794diversityequityinclusionjusticecitizen-sciencecommunity-scienceframeworks |
| spellingShingle | Katherine Foo Sarah Stanlick Putting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice into Practice: The Four Dimensions of Inclusivity for Public Participatory Science Citizen Science: Theory and Practice diversity equity inclusion justice citizen-science community-science frameworks |
| title | Putting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice into Practice: The Four Dimensions of Inclusivity for Public Participatory Science |
| title_full | Putting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice into Practice: The Four Dimensions of Inclusivity for Public Participatory Science |
| title_fullStr | Putting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice into Practice: The Four Dimensions of Inclusivity for Public Participatory Science |
| title_full_unstemmed | Putting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice into Practice: The Four Dimensions of Inclusivity for Public Participatory Science |
| title_short | Putting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice into Practice: The Four Dimensions of Inclusivity for Public Participatory Science |
| title_sort | putting diversity equity inclusion and justice into practice the four dimensions of inclusivity for public participatory science |
| topic | diversity equity inclusion justice citizen-science community-science frameworks |
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