Since November 2019 the international research project CS Track has been combining traditional social-science methods with web-based and computational analytics in order to systematically survey the field of Citizen Science. Based on our findings, we have now developed a set of 10 policy recommendations which identify key issues to be addressed if we want to further support and promote participatory research in Europe. The goal of these recommendations is to suggest ways in which CS stakeholders (such as project initiators, platform managers or funding agencies) can help maximise the benefit of Citizen Science activities for individual citizens, the scientific community, and society at large. Download Policy recommendations based on CS Track results.
Why citizen science cannot answer the question of the democratisation of science
We are delighted to announce that the article entitled "Why citizen science cannot answer the question of the democratisation of science" written by Michael Strähle and Christine Urban has been published in the conference proceedings of...
