UC Environmental Stewards

Participatory Science Short Course

Welcome to the Participatory Science Short Course. This three-part, online, asynchronous training introduces the concepts, benefits and methods of participatory science to extension and education practitioners. UC Environmental Stewards (UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources) and the Center for Community and Citizen Science (UC Davis School of Education) collaborated to produce the series.

These online trainings include: 

  1. An introduction to the basic elements of participatory science
  2. A review of examples of how participatory science is currently being used in various UC ANR and UC Cooperative programs
  3. Creating collaborative and co-created projects, with examples from UC ANR and an emphasis on ensuring meaningful participation.

Download a supplementary list of resources for each section of the three part series here (PDF).

Participatory Science Short Course Video 1: Participatory Science Basics

Participatory Science Short Course Video 2: Contributory Projects

Participatory Science Short Course Video 3: Collaborative and Co-Created Projects