Civic-science integrates science knowledge with civic practice but differs from the citizen-science prototype by reframing science as a public good and citizens as both recipients of and actors in policy. Authored by Professor Emerita Constance Flanagan and co-authors Erin Gallay and human ecology alumna Alisa Pykett (PhD 2018) draw from their studies of a civic-science model in which adolescents (majority African-American) collaborate with teachers and community partners to mitigate an environmental problem in their urban community.
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