“Idealists and capitalists”: ownership attitudes and preferences in genomic citizen science
The perspectives of genomic citizen scientists on ownership of research outputs are not well understood, yet they are useful for identifying alignment of participant expectations and project practices and can help guide efforts to develop innovative tools and strategies for managing ownership claims...
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| author | Christi J. Guerrini Jorge L. Contreras Whitney Bash Brooks Isabel Canfield Meredith Trejo Amy L. McGuire |
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| description | The perspectives of genomic citizen scientists on ownership of research outputs are not well understood, yet they are useful for identifying alignment of participant expectations and project practices and can help guide efforts to develop innovative tools and strategies for managing ownership claims. Here, we report findings from 52 interviews conducted in 2018 and 2019 to understand genomic citizen science stakeholders’ conceptualizations of, experiences with, and preferences for ownership of research outputs. Interviewees identified four approaches for recognizing genomic citizen scientists’ ownership and related credit interests in research outputs: shared governance via commons models; fractional ownership of benefits; full and creative attribution; and offensive and defensive patenting. Interviewees also agreed that the model selected by any project should at least maximize access to research outputs and, as appropriate and to the extent possible, broadly distribute rights of control and entitlements to research benefits. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8e61be94618a47c2af2856fd74fa28f52023-09-19T15:22:19ZengTaylor & Francis GroupNew Genetics and Society1463-67781469-99152022-04-01412749510.1080/14636778.2022.20638272063827“Idealists and capitalists”: ownership attitudes and preferences in genomic citizen scienceChristi J. Guerrini0Jorge L. Contreras1Whitney Bash Brooks2Isabel Canfield3Meredith Trejo4Amy L. McGuire5Baylor College of MedicineUniversity of UtahBaylor College of MedicineBaylor College of MedicineBaylor College of MedicineBaylor College of MedicineThe perspectives of genomic citizen scientists on ownership of research outputs are not well understood, yet they are useful for identifying alignment of participant expectations and project practices and can help guide efforts to develop innovative tools and strategies for managing ownership claims. Here, we report findings from 52 interviews conducted in 2018 and 2019 to understand genomic citizen science stakeholders’ conceptualizations of, experiences with, and preferences for ownership of research outputs. Interviewees identified four approaches for recognizing genomic citizen scientists’ ownership and related credit interests in research outputs: shared governance via commons models; fractional ownership of benefits; full and creative attribution; and offensive and defensive patenting. Interviewees also agreed that the model selected by any project should at least maximize access to research outputs and, as appropriate and to the extent possible, broadly distribute rights of control and entitlements to research benefits.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2022.2063827citizen scienceparticipatory researchintellectual propertypatentcommons |
| spellingShingle | Christi J. Guerrini Jorge L. Contreras Whitney Bash Brooks Isabel Canfield Meredith Trejo Amy L. McGuire “Idealists and capitalists”: ownership attitudes and preferences in genomic citizen science New Genetics and Society citizen science participatory research intellectual property patent commons |
| title | “Idealists and capitalists”: ownership attitudes and preferences in genomic citizen science |
| title_full | “Idealists and capitalists”: ownership attitudes and preferences in genomic citizen science |
| title_fullStr | “Idealists and capitalists”: ownership attitudes and preferences in genomic citizen science |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Idealists and capitalists”: ownership attitudes and preferences in genomic citizen science |
| title_short | “Idealists and capitalists”: ownership attitudes and preferences in genomic citizen science |
| title_sort | idealists and capitalists ownership attitudes and preferences in genomic citizen science |
| topic | citizen science participatory research intellectual property patent commons |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14636778.2022.2063827 |
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