دورية أكاديمية
Citizen science’s transformative impact on science, citizen empowerment and socio-political processes
العنوان: | Citizen science’s transformative impact on science, citizen empowerment and socio-political processes |
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المؤلفون: | Gönner, Julia von, Herrmann, Thora M., Bruckermann, Till, Eichinger, Michael, Hecker, Susanne, Klan, Friederike, Lorke, Julia, Richter, Anett, Sturm, Ulrike, Voigt-Heucke, Silke, Brink, Wiebke, Liedtke, Christin, Premke-Kraus, Matthias, Altmann, Carolin, Bauhus, Wilhelm, Bengtsson, Luiza, Büermann, Andrea, Dietrich, Peter, Dörler, Daniel, Eich-Brod, Regina, Ferschinger, Laura, Freyberg, Linda, Grützner, Agnes, Hammel, Gertrud, Heigl, Florian, Heyen, Nils B., Hölker, Franz, Johannsen, Carolin, Kluß, Thorsten, Kluttig, Thekla, Knobloch, Jörn, Munke, Martin, Mortega, Kim, Pathe, Carsten, Soßdorf, Anna, Stämpfli, Tiina, Thiel, Christian, Tönsmann, Susanne, Valentin, Anke, Wagenknecht, Katherin, Wegener, Robert, Woll, Silvia, Bonn, Aletta |
المصدر: | Socio-Ecological Practice Research 5 (2023), Nr. 1 ; Socio-Ecological Practice Research |
بيانات النشر: | Springer Singapore |
سنة النشر: | 2023 |
المجموعة: | Institutional Repository of Leibniz Universität Hannover |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | Data quality, Participatory research, Political uptake, Recognition, Research data management, Social learning, ddc:710 |
الوصف: | Citizen science (CS) can foster transformative impact for science, citizen empowerment and socio-political processes. To unleash this impact, a clearer understanding of its current status and challenges for its development is needed. Using quantitative indicators developed in a collaborative stakeholder process, our study provides a comprehensive overview of the current status of CS in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Our online survey with 340 responses focused on CS impact through (1) scientific practices, (2) participant learning and empowerment, and (3) socio-political processes. With regard to scientific impact, we found that data quality control is an established component of CS practice, while publication of CS data and results has not yet been achieved by all project coordinators (55%). Key benefits for citizen scientists were the experience of collective impact (“making a difference together with others”) as well as gaining new knowledge. For the citizen scientists’ learning outcomes, different forms of social learning, such as systematic feedback or personal mentoring, were essential. While the majority of respondents attributed an important value to CS for decision-making, only few were confident that CS data were indeed utilized as evidence by decision-makers. Based on these results, we recommend (1) that project coordinators and researchers strengthen scientific impact by fostering data management and publications, (2) that project coordinators and citizen scientists enhance participant impact by promoting social learning opportunities and (3) that project initiators and CS networks foster socio-political impact through early engagement with decision-makers and alignment with ongoing policy processes. In this way, CS can evolve its transformative impact. |
نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
اللغة: | English |
تدمد: | 2524-5279 |
العلاقة: | ESSN:2524-5287; http://dx.doi.org/10.15488/15699Test; https://www.repo.uni-hannover.de/handle/123456789/15820Test |
DOI: | 10.15488/15699 |
الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.15488/15699Test https://doi.org/10.1007/s42532-022-00136-4Test https://www.repo.uni-hannover.de/handle/123456789/15820Test |
حقوق: | CC BY 4.0 Unported ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test ; frei zugänglich |
رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.93931B78 |
قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
تدمد: | 25245279 |
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DOI: | 10.15488/15699 |