Supporting everyone in the world to get involved in shaping the future of human knowledge. A new international charity- projects: STARDIT & @campfirescience
Science for All are proud to announce that Wikimedia Australia is a supporter of the project 'Standardised Data on Initiatives' (STARDIT).
Learn more in this guest blog by our Director @jacknunnwikimedia.org.au/wiki/STARDI…
As 2025 comes to a close, we are excited to share a summary of some of the projects Science for All has been involved with this year - including dementia care guidelines, improving citizen science, STARDIT and working with Aboriginal communities:
linkedin.com/pulse/science-a…
How can we strengthen citizen science? 🌏
A new paper funded by the Academy’s Theo Murphy Initiative calls for better training, recognition, FAIR data & stronger partnerships.
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.13.6…
ALT Document titled 'Engaging Citizen Science: A Co-created Discussion Paper.' It discusses approaches to citizen science for policy development. Includes logos of Australian Citizen Science Association and CSIRO. The text is structured into sections: Purpose, Key Challenges, Recommended Actions, with bullet points. Contact information is at the bottom.
How do we improve citizen science?
@jacknunn is presenting today at #CitSciOz25 conference about how he co-created 10 recommendations with researchers and the public.
Read the discussion paper pre-print here: doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.13.6…#CitSciOz25
How do we improve citizen science? I'm presenting at the Australian Citizen Science Association conference about how we co-created 10 recommendations with researchers and the public.
You can read our discussion paper pre-print here:
doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.13.6…#CitSciOz25
"Improving citizen science: Co-creating recommendations with researchers and the public"
A pre-print about an exciting project with Science for All, supported by the Australian Citizen Science Association & the Australian Academy of Science
doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.13.6…#science
Very proud to share this article - Science for All has been working for years on this project help to involve people affected by dementia in co-designing outcome measures for dementia care. We used STARDIT to report the whole process:
doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024…#dementia
Science for All are proud to have worked with people affected by dementia, the University of Queensland and many others on this fantastic project:
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/1…
The whole process was reported using STARDIT: stardit.wikimedia.org.au/wik…
Science for All has been working on an Australian Government funded global research project with the University of Queensland (and many others) to improve the lives of people living with dementia by involving them and other stakeholders in developing outcome measures for care.
Excited to be on the team presenting today about a project to improve the lives of people living with dementia by involving them and other stakeholders in developing outcome measures for care.
Learn more in this STARDIT report:
stardit.wikimedia.org.au/wik…#HSR24
We all rely on evidence.
As part of World Evidence-Based Healthcare Day, our Director @jacknunn talked about how STARDIT can be used to help everyone understand more about who has been involved in creating evidence:
STARDIT.wikimedia.org.au#WorldEBHCDay@WorldEBHCDay
As part of #WorldEBHCDay 2024, we are pleased to introduce 'Connected Conversations'!
In this short video, we hear from @jacknunn about the importance of understanding evidence-based healthcare by asking the right questions.
Watch the full video here at ow.ly/423W50TMl0g
Did you know that ACSA are writing a discussion paper which aims to identify and strengthen linkages between #citizenscience and university research to benefit society?
To find out more & contribute, go to:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…#emcr
Standardised Data on Initiatives (STARDIT) improves access to standardised, verified information about evidence
By being open access and editable by anyone, STARDIT can support participatory ways of working and help improve the equity and quality of evidence
I'm at the Global Evidence Summit in Prague, presenting tomorrow about how Standardised Data on Initiatives (STARDIT) can report about different kinds of evidence - including who was involved in creating it.
doi.org/10.1186/s40900-022-0…#GES2024#data#evidence
Some things we’re working on at Science for All, and how you can get involved!
1. Get involved in writing a discussion paper about #citizenscience
2: Get involved with STARDIT and learn about the Wikimedia Australia partnership
More information:
mailchi.mp/f65e21e972e2/scie…
How can we improve citizen science?
We are working with the Australian Citizen Science Association to write a discussion paper about how to improve #citizenscience outcomes.
Co-authorship is open to all who can volunteer their time.
Get involved:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Excited to be at the HTAi conference, which is about how to assess the effectiveness and impact of health technology.
I'm presenting about how STARDIT can be used to report health technology assessment processes.
Learn more here:
wikimedia.org.au/wiki/STARDI…#HTAi2024Seville
Science for All is proud to endorse these practical recommendations for health and medical research institutes and funders for involving people.
We advocate for standardised reporting of who was involved, and how.