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Extension Economists: Valued in Mission, Penalized in Practice

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As the public engagement arm of the land‐grant mission, we argue that Extension faculty in US agricultural economics departments face an identity crossroads as they struggle for institutional support. Specifically, we argue that Extension economists function as boundary‐spanning professionals within academic structures that often devalue ...
Trey Malone, Craig W. Carpenter, Courtney Bir, Andrew J. Van Leuven, Rebecca Wasserman‐Olin, Wendong Zhang   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Constructing and Validating New County‐Level Cultural Capital Indices for Applied Policy Analysis: Evidence From SNAP Take‐Up

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cultural capital influences a wide range of social and economic outcomes, yet quantitative measures suitable for policy analysis remain limited. We develop county‐level cultural capital indices for the US based on Bourdieu's framework of objectified, embodied, and institutionalized cultural capital.
Pratyoosh Kashyap, Becca B. R. Jablonski, John Bovay   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Farmers’ Protests in Germany: Media Coverage and Types of Bias

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The German farmers’ protests of 2024 sparked widespread media coverage and public debate. Yet, media coverage was not always positive, reflecting the media's attention‐seeking and selective focus. Occurrences of farmers blocking media outlets reflected distrust in how their concerns were portrayed.
Felix Schlichte, Doris Läpple
wiley   +1 more source

Citizen Participation and Success Factors for Effective Citizen Participation Programs

, 2014
CHAPTER 2 Citizen Participation and Success Factors for Effective Citizen Participation Programs (Soonhee Kim and Jooho Lee) 　1. Introduction 　2. Success Factors for Effective Citizen Participation Programs 　3.
Lee, Jooho, Kim, Soonhee
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Do Ecological or Molecular Biological Citizen Science Projects Affect the Perceptions of Undergraduate Students Toward Pursuing Future Citizen Science?

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 2021
Science literacy, including intrinsic motivation to participate in science outside of STEM careers, is an important goal of introductory biology courses aimed at non-majors.
Kristin Bedell, Terry Gates
doaj   +1 more source

Guidelines for diverse citizen science recruitment [PDF]

, 2020
The CSI-COP project will engage citizen scientists to investigate GDPR compliance through exploring cookies in websites and in apps. This document is the second of two deliverables in CSI-COP project work package 2 (WP2) that investigate the best ...
Shah, Huma, Celentano, Ulrico, Stepankova, Olga, Vallverdú, Jordi, Hinsenkamp, Mária, Gialelis, Yiannis, Özdemir, Deniz, Rigler, Dorottya, Pierce, Robin, Zhitomirsky-Geffet, Maayan   +9 more
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Video and Text‐Based Supplemental Health Information and Consumer Willingness to Pay for Nutrient‐Enhanced Eggs

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nutritional information is very important in the food choices of consumers. However, when they are too scientific or technical, they have the potential to confuse consumers, resulting in information asymmetry and dissuading them from making beneficial choices.
Edeoba W. Edobor, Michael J. Best, Anita R. Best, Ondulla T. Toomer   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

From aspirations of citizen power to the persistence of tokenism: a systematic review of citizen participation in destination governance

Frontiers in Sustainable Tourism
Amid increasing democratic vulnerabilities and eroding trust in public institutions, citizen participation has become a matter of paramount societal importance.
Veronika Jánová, Marcus Herntrei, Dana Fialová   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Promise of Participation and Decision-Making Power in Citizen Science

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 2019
Citizen science is challenging professional researchers and their organizations to rethink the way they do science and connect with society. In any citizen science project, professional researchers are “making a promise” to the public about the level of ...
Irene Eleta, Gemma Galdon Clavell, Valeria Righi, Mara Balestrini   +3 more
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Improving attitudes and knowledge in a citizen science project about urban bat ecology

Ecology and Society, 2022
In order to deal with the current, dramatic decline in biodiversity, the public at large needs to be aware of and participate in biodiversity research activities.
Hannah Greving, Till Bruckermann, Anke Schumann, Tanja M. Straka, Daniel Lewanzik, Silke L. Voigt-Heucke, Lara Marggraf, Julia Lorenz, Miriam Brandt, Christian C. Voigt, Ute Harms, Joachim Kimmerle   +11 more
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