Capturing mink and data: Interacting with a small and dispersed environmental initiative over the introduction of digital innovation

Koen Antonius Johannes Arts; Gemma Webster; Nirwan Sharma; Yolanda Melero Cavero; Christopher Stuart Mellish; Xavier Lambin; Rene Van Der Wal

Capturing mink and data: Interacting with a small and dispersed environmental initiative over the introduction of digital innovation

Koen Antonius Johannes Arts, Gemma Webster, Nirwan Sharma, Yolanda Melero Cavero, Christopher Stuart Mellish, Xavier Lambin, Rene Van Der Wal

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Abstract

The MinkApp project – a cooperation between the University of Aberdeen’s digital hub dot.rural (initiator) and the Scottish Mink Initiative (SMI) (project partner) – has developed a digital platform enabling SMI’s volunteers to directly upload records of signs and sightings of mink to SMI’s main database. While successful already in various ways, the development and implementation of this platform has raised at least two ethical questions (i.e. questions that revolve around responsible practice) that are tightly interwoven with the small and dispersed nature of the project partner. The first question concerns the impact of the innovation on the organisational nature of the project partner. The second concerns dealing with a variety of staff. One of the main insights is that the initiator needs to be sensitive to the diversity of staff from the earliest stages of the project, to ensure the most fruitful cooperation in the long run.

Original language	English
Type	Case study for 'Responsible Research & Innovation in ICT' platform
Number of pages	5
Publication status	Published - 18 Jun 2013

Bibliographical note

This case study was carried out by Koen Arts1, Gemma Webster1, Nirwan Sharma1, Yolanda Melero2, Chris Mellish1, Xavier Lambin2 and René van der Wal1. We thank two anonymous reviewers for their suggestions, and Chris Horrill from SMI for his very helpful and insightful comments on previous drafts of this manuscript. The research described here is supported by the award made by the RCUK Digital Economy programme to the dot.rural Digital Economy Hub; award reference: EP/G066051/1.

Keywords

digital innovation
interaction with project partner
nature conservation

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