Food systems research increasingly relies on people sharing their data, knowledge and time. Yet, earning and keeping the trust of the citizens can be incredibly challenging.
On 25 November, SPOON will address this challenge with FoodDataQuest and SOSFood, two fellow projects of the Data4Food Cluster, in a hands-on workshop at the Food 2030 Networks Conference in Dublin: “Who Trusts a Food Data Project? Engagement Strategies from Citizen Science Labs and Live Use Cases”.
The three projects will share engagement attempts that worked, and ones that did not. SPOON will bring the experience of its Citizen Science Labs in six European territories, where citizens act as researchers and help collect and interpret data on food consumption, as well as its work on a GDPR-compliant data governance framework and a personal data wallet. Participants will then work together to turn these lessons into practical recommendations for building trust around food data.
Agenda
- Welcome and introduction: presentation of the participating projects and workshop objectives
- Fishbowl discussion: real experiences and challenges around citizen engagement and trust in food data
- Interactive group activity: small-group discussions using the Dynamic Learning Agenda methodology to identify barriers, opportunities and practical recommendations
- Plenary reporting: sharing and clustering the main recommendations from each group
- Key takeaways and closing: agreeing on three to five shared recommendations and next steps
The session is open to researchers, practitioners, policymakers and anyone working with citizen data in food systems.
Join us in Dublin, register here!
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