Citizen science and social ...

Citizen science in the social sciences and humanities - Nature

Citizen science evolved through multiple disciplinary manifestations into a new field of study and a participatory method of enquiry.

Can citizen science drive social change? - Research Outreach

A new initiative that aims to deliver 'community-based, practice-led research training to empower communities to lead change through social action.

How can Inclusive Citizen Science Transform the Sustainable ...

This essay aims to start a conversation on achieving more inclusive practices in CS initiatives and integrating them into the 2030 Agenda for wider data ...

Engaged Citizen Social Science or the public participation in social ...

This paper aims to foster a collective debate on two visible gaps of the field. First, how to overcome the limited participation of social sciences and ...

Citizen Science

CitizenScience.gov is an official government website designed to accelerate the use of crowdsourcing and citizen science across the U.S. government.

The rise of citizen social science raises more questions ... - LSE Blogs

Citizen social science, whereby members of the public participate in the investigation and analysis of social phenomena, is becoming an ...

What is citizen social science? - London Prosperity Board

what is citizen social science? Citizen science is well-established as a way of involving the public in large-scale scientific research, where people take part ...

Citizen Social Scientists' Observations on Complex Tasks Match ...

We found that the performance of citizen social scientists is similar to that of trained research assistants, even while both performed very differently from ...

Redefining the boundaries of citizen social science to avoid a ...

We argue for only calling those projects citizen social science that go beyond contributory projects to avoid the mere repacking of commonly used social ...

New and Established Approaches to Participation in Social Research

Citizen social science is the term most commonly associated with a form of citizen science in the social sciences or alternatively one that has ...

What is Citizen Science - SciStarter

Citizen science bridges gaps by harnessing the power of people who are motivated by curiosity or concern or a desire to advance research in their communities, ...

How citizen science can benefit research in tackling societal problems

It can help democratise science by bringing the public and scientific community closer together. Citizen science involves the public more deeply ...

Measuring the impact of citizen science initiatives

1. How to measure the positive influence on society and social groups? 2. How to convince public authorities that citizen science data are good for policy ...

Citizen science and social innovation as citizen empowerment tools ...

Phase II: Citizen science. The aim of the CS process was to conduct research on urban planning and health in the selected neighbourhood in a ...

Q&A: “Citizen Science for Social Science”

Question: Were there inequalities in the social surveys? Were all local people involved? Or was class, race, gender an issue? ER: Yes, many inequalities. In ...

Citizen Science - National Geographic Education

Citizen science is the practice of public participation and collaboration in scientific research to increase scientific knowledge.

Social Media Use by Citizen Science Projects: Characterization and ...

This study intended to quantitatively characterize the current use of social media by biodiversity- and environment-related projects and to reason on the best ...

(PDF) Citizen science in the social sciences and humanities

In this paper, we use a meta-synthesis approach to explore how citizen science is practised in the so far less addressed social sciences and humanities.

The Role of Citizen Science in Promoting Health Equity - PMC

Citizen science was also used to address physical and social environments in ... Few studies included citizen scientists in designing either the research study or ...

Research at Home: Citizen Science

Citizen science projects can be a great way to take a dive into research anytime, anywhere. You can participate in a citizen science project, analyze data ...