Research:Developing a wiki-integrated workflow to build a living review on just sustainability transitions
This page documents a planned research project.
Information may be incomplete and change before the project starts.
This research proposal focuses on developing a living literature review on just sustainability transitions, addressing the challenges of information overload, knowledge synthesis and dissemination in academic research. We aim to assess the potential of Wikidata for creating an enriched, searchable academic knowledge graph on just sustainability transitions in order to facilitate navigation of existing academic knowledge and synthesis of research findings. To do so, we will conduct a meta-review of existing literature reviews, aiming to synthesize their findings by making the data they include interoperable and compatible with linked open data standards. Utilizing Wikidata, the project will collect and enrich bibliographic data, extract research results, and build a knowledge graph. The final output will include a literature review academic paper linked to this knowledge graph and a technical report about the challenges encountered in our literature review workflow. The project aligns with Wikimedia's strategic goals by contributing to filling content gaps on an important topic and by proposing an innovative way to build and disseminate social sciences results that could improve expert contribution to Wikimedia project and content trustworthiness.
Adressed Wikimedia Foundation Goals :
- Innovate in Free Knowledge, 2030 Strategic direction : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy/Recommendations/Innovate_in_Free_Knowledge
- Identify Topics for Impact, 2030 Strategic direction : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Movement_Strategy/Recommendations/Identify_Topics_for_Impact
- Deliver trustworthy encyclopedic content and fuel volunteer growth, Multigenerational strategy : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/multigenerational
Methods
[edit]Our study will rely on a meta-review, that is a review of existing literature reviews. Data presented in literature reviews are usually presented as tables or diagrams, and sometimes provided as supplementary materials in publications. However, these data are not made interoperable and are not used to update prior literature reviews. Our goal will be to synthesize results of previous literature reviews by making their findings compatible with linked open data and open science standards using Wikidata, Wikiversity, Wikipedia and other open-science infrastructures. We will collect and enrich bibliographic data, extract research result data to build a knowledge graph, propose relevant visualization of this graph and write a literature review report linked with our knowledge graph, making scientific writing compatible with the linked open data ideal.
Timeline
[edit]Our project is organized in 3 work packages each including precise deliverables (D) or event participation (E).
WP1: Conducting a living meta review on just sustainability transition using Wikimedia projects
- D1.1: An academic Wikidata graph on just sustainability transition supported by academic references and relevant SPARQL queries to navigate the graph.
- D1.2: An academic paper presenting a meta-literature review of existing reviews on just sustainability transition including our detailed methodology.
WP2: Data engineering and user workflow assessment
- D2.1: Technical documentation of the method workflow, identifying existing, missing or incomplete tools (ex : Zotero-Wikidata synchronisation)
- D2.2: Small developments addressing workflow gaps (ex : zotero script, open refine data model, new wikidata properties, Wikidata Schema, export/import between mediawiki and word document…)
WP3: Dissemination and community building
Audience 1: Social science researchers
- E.1: Academic conference presentation at a social science conference (ex: RC33 International Conference on Social Science Methodology, Knowledge Graphs for Sustainability Workshop – KG4S) to share our new living review workflow.
- E.2: Wikidata & Wikipedia Editathon on sustainability research
Audience 2: Wikimedia researchers
- E.3: Presentation within the wikimedia community (ex: Wiki Workshop, Wikimania)
- D3.1: Updated project page on meta.wiki
- D3.2: Research grant application targeting open science infrastructure funds (OSCARS Open Calls, The navigation fund, Fond national pour la science ouverte, PEPR eNSEMBLE : « Collaboration Numérique »).
Audience 3: Wikimedia community
- E.4: Presentation at a french-speaking Wikimedia community event (ex : Wikifranca Wikiconvention Francophone)
| Task | Month |
|---|---|
| D1.1 : Building wikidata graph (data collection) | 1-3 |
| D1.1 : Building wikidata graph (data analysis) | 4-7 |
| D1.1 : Building wikidata graph (data viz) | 6-9 |
| D1.2 : Writing academic paper | 9-12 |
| D2.1 : Writing technical documentation | 1, 3, 8, 12 |
| D2.2 : Technical developments | 1, 3, 8 |
| D3.1 : Updated Meta.wiki page | 3, 4, 9, 12 |
| D3.2 : Grant(s) application writing | 2-3 |
| E1-4 : Dissemination events | 4, 10 |
Policy, Ethics and Human Subjects Research
[edit]TBD
Results
[edit]TBD
Resources
[edit]- Full research proposal : https://openreview.net/forum?id=JePNXYgcKM
- Wikiversity page (French) : https://fr.wikiversity.org/wiki/M%C3%A9thodologie_de_revue_de_litt%C3%A9rature_cumulative
- Wikidata data models :
Related Wiki projects
[edit]- Science Hub
- Wikimedians for Sustainable Development
- Wiki loves Sustainable Development Goals
- Visual Analytics for Sustainability and Climate Change
- Research:Language-Agnostic_Topic_Classification/V2_Focus_Groups#Sustainability_and_Biodiversity