The wonders of the Zooniverse: Modelling and optimising volunteer participation in online citizen science

Zooniverse 的奇迹：在线公民科学中的志愿者参与建模和优化

基本信息

批准号：
EP/K039784/1
负责人：
Joe Cox
金额：
$ 95.94万
依托单位：
University of Portsmouth
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2013
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2013 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FK039784%2F1
关键词：
wonders Zooniverse Modelling optimising volunteer

项目摘要

The growth in the digital economy has dramatically affected the way in which people interact with each other and engage with a number of activities. Although the commercial and social aspects of this transition have previously been explored in some depth, third-sector and volunteering activity has not been subjected to the same degree of analysis from the economic and management sciences. This proposal will fill a significant gap in the understanding and modelling of volunteering practices in the digital economy.The particular focus of this research project is the group of websites known as the Zooniverse, a highly successful grouping of online citizen science and crowdsourcing projects such as Galaxy Zoo and Cell Slider. Volunteers to these sites donate their time to classifying data of scientific interest, ranging from images of distant galaxies to weather patterns and cancer cells. This project will re-evaluate existing economic models of volunteering in light of data obtained directly from Zooniverse volunteers, including attitudes, behaviours and responses to incentives. The research will allow for the development of new economic models of volunteering and crowdsourcing that will offer more effective explanations for participation and engagement with online volunteering and citizen science initiatives. The project will also investigate ways in which volunteering levels can be increased and sustained through the optimisation a specific and tailored series of direct interactions with participants. The results will be used to refine develop new models for the management and organisation of citizen science initiatives in order to enhance the creation of scientific progress and social value.

数字经济的增长极大地影响了人们相互互动并参与许多活动的方式。尽管以前在某种深度探讨了这种过渡的商业和社会方面，但第三部门和志愿活动尚未经过经济和管理科学的相同程度的分析。该建议将填补对数字经济中志愿服务实践的理解和建模的重大差距。该研究项目的特别重点是一组名为Zooniverse的网站，这是一个非常成功的在线公民科学和众包项目的非常成功的分组银河动物园和细胞滑块。这些站点的志愿者捐赠了时间来对科学兴趣的数据进行分类，从遥远的星系到天气模式和癌细胞。该项目将根据直接从世界志愿者获得的数据，包括态度，行为和对激励措施的反应，重新评估志愿者的现有经济模型。这项研究将允许开发新的志愿和众包经济模型，从而为参与和参与在线志愿服务和公民科学计划提供更有效的解释。该项目还将调查通过优化可以提高和维持志愿服务水平的方式，这是一系列特定而量身定制的直接互动与参与者。结果将用于完善开发新模型，以管理和组织公民科学计划，以增强科学进步和社会价值的创造。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（10）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

专利数量（0）

Calculating the relative importance of condition attributes based on the characteristics of decision rules and attribute reducts: Application to crowdfunding

DOI：
10.1016/j.ejor.2020.03.039
发表时间：
2020-10-16
期刊：
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF OPERATIONAL RESEARCH
影响因子：
6.4
作者：
Chakhar, Salem;Ishizaka, Alessio;Ford, Liz
通讯作者：
Ford, Liz

Getting Connected: An Empirical Investigation of the Relationship Between Social Capital and Philanthropy Among Online Volunteers

DOI：
10.1177/0899764018794905
发表时间：
2018-08
期刊：
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly
影响因子：
2.8
作者：
J. Cox;E. Oh;Brooke D. Simmons;G. Graham;A. Greenhill;C. Lintott;K. Masters;R. Meriton
通讯作者：
J. Cox;E. Oh;Brooke D. Simmons;G. Graham;A. Greenhill;C. Lintott;K. Masters;R. Meriton

Does the crowd mean business? An analysis of rewards-based crowdfunding as a source of finance for start-ups and small businesses

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