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The threefold potential of environmental citizen science - Generating knowledge, creating learning opportunities and enabling civic participation
Biological Conservation ( IF 5.9 ) Pub Date : 2018-09-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2018.03.024
Tabea Turrini , Daniel Dörler , Anett Richter , Florian Heigl , Aletta Bonn

Abstract Citizen science offers significant innovation potential in science, society and policy. To foster environmental and conservation goals, citizen science can (i) generate new knowledge, (ii) enhance awareness raising and facilitate in-depth learning as well as (iii) enable civic participation. Here, we investigate how these aims are realised in citizen science projects and assess needs and challenges for advancing citizen science and stimulating future initiatives. To this end, we conducted a quantitative, web-based survey with 143 experts from the environmental and educational sector in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Our findings show that citizen science project managers pursue goals related to all three areas of potential impact. Interestingly, enabling civic participation was considered slightly less important in relation to generating new knowledge and creating learning opportunities. Different areas of necessary action emerge from our analysis. To fully realize the potential of citizen science for generating knowledge, priority should be given to enhance capacities to more effectively share research results with the scientific community through publication, also in scientific journals. Systematic evaluation is needed to gain a better understanding of citizen science learning outcomes, for which criteria need to be developed. Fostering project formats that allow participants to get involved in the whole research process – from posing the study question to implementing results – could enhance the transformative aspect of citizen science at a societal level. Important structural aspects that need to be addressed include adjustments in funding schemes, facilitation of communication between citizens and academia-based scientists, and offers for training, guidance and networking.

中文翻译:

环境公民科学的三重潜力——产生知识、创造学习机会和促进公民参与

摘要 公民科学在科学、社会和政策方面具有巨大的创新潜力。为了促进环境和保护目标,公民科学可以 (i) 产生新知识,(ii) 提高意识和促进深入学习,以及 (iii) 促进公民参与。在这里,我们调查如何在公民科学项目中实现这些目标,并评估推进公民科学和激发未来计划的需求和挑战。为此,我们对来自德国、奥地利和瑞士的环境和教育部门的 143 名专家进行了一项基于网络的定量调查。我们的研究结果表明,公民科学项目经理追求与所有三个潜在影响领域相关的目标。有趣的是,在产生新知识和创造学习机会方面,促进公民参与被认为不太重要。我们的分析显示了不同领域的必要行动。为充分发挥公民科学在产生知识方面的潜力,应优先提高通过出版物和科学期刊更有效地与科学界分享研究成果的能力。需要系统评估以更好地了解公民科学学习成果,为此需要制定标准。培养允许参与者参与整个研究过程的项目形式——从提出研究问题到实施结果——可以在社会层面增强公民科学的变革性方面。
更新日期:2018-09-01
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