TY - JOUR A1 - Haklay, Muki A1 - Fraisl, Dilek A1 - Greshake Tzovaras, Bastian A1 - Hecker, Susanne A1 - Gold, Margaret A1 - Hager, Gerid A1 - Ceccaroni, Luigi A1 - Kieslinger, Barbara A1 - Wehn, Uta A1 - Woods, Sasha A1 - Nold, Christian A1 - Balázs, Bálint A1 - Mazzonetto, Marzia A1 - Rüfenacht, Simone A1 - Shanley, Lea A. A1 - Wagenknecht, Katherin A1 - Motion, Alice A1 - Sforzi, Andrea A1 - Riemenschneider, Dorte A1 - Dorler, Daniel A1 - Heigl, Florian A1 - Schaefer, Teresa A1 - Lindner, Ariel A1 - Weißpflug, Maike A1 - Mačiulienė, Monika A1 - Vohland, Katrin T1 - Contours of citizen science: a vignette study JF - Royal Society Open Science N2 - Citizen science has expanded rapidly over the past decades. Yet, defining citizen science and its boundaries remained a challenge, and this is reflected in the literature—for example in the proliferation of typologies and definitions. There is a need for identifying areas of agreement and disagreement within the citizen science practitioners community on what should be considered as citizen science activity. This paper describes the development and results of a survey that examined this issue, through the use of vignettes—short case descriptions that describe an activity, while asking the respondents to rate the activity on a scale from ‘not citizen science’ (0%) to ‘citizen science’ (100%). The survey included 50 vignettes, of which five were developed as clear cases of not-citizen science activities, five as widely accepted citizen science activities and the others addressing 10 factors and 61 sub-factors that can lead to controversy about an activity. The survey has attracted 333 respondents, who provided over 5100 ratings. The analysis demonstrates the plurality of understanding of what citizen science is and calls for an open understanding of what activities are included in the field. Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-14781 VL - 8 IS - 8 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wagenknecht, Katherin A1 - Woods, Tim A1 - García Sanz, Francisco A1 - Gold, Margaret A1 - Bowser, Anne A1 - Rüfenacht, Simone A1 - Ceccaroni, Luigi A1 - Piera, Jaume T1 - EU-Citizen.Science: A Platform for Mainstreaming Citizen Science and Open Science in Europe JF - Data Intelligence N2 - Citizen Science (CS) is a prominent field of application for Open Science (OS), and the two have strong synergies, such as: advocating for the data and metadata generated through science to be made publicly available [1]; supporting more equitable collaboration between different types of scientists and citizens; and facilitating knowledge transfer to a wider range of audiences [2]. While primarily targeted at CS, the EU-Citizen. Science platform can also support OS. One of its key functions is to act as a knowledge hub to aggregate, disseminate and promote experience and know-how; for example, by profiling CS projects and collecting tools, resources and training materials relevant to both fields. To do this, the platform has developed an information architecture that incorporates the public participation in scientific research (PPSR)—Common Conceptual Model①. This model consists of the Project Metadata Model, the Dataset Metadata Model and the Observation Data Model, which were specifically developed for CS initiatives. By implementing these, the platform will strengthen the interoperating arrangements that exist between other, similar platforms (e.g., BioCollect and SciStarter) to ensure that CS and OS continue to grow globally in terms of participants, impact and fields of application. KW - citizen science KW - metadata KW - Open Science KW - public participation in scientific research (PPSR) Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-14113 SN - 2641-435X VL - 3 IS - 1 SP - 136 EP - 149 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Wagenknecht, Katherin A1 - Woods, Tim A1 - Nold, Christian A1 - Rüfenacht, Simone A1 - Voigt-Heucke, Silke A1 - Caplan, Anne A1 - Hecker, Susanne A1 - Vohland, Katrin T1 - A question of dialogue? Reflections on how citizen science can enhance communication between science and society JF - JCOM: Journal of Science Communication N2 - Citizen science is a transdisciplinary approach that responds to the current science policy agenda: in terms of supporting open science, and by using a range of science communication instruments. In particular, it opens up scientific research processes by involving citizens at different phases; this also creates a range of opportunities for science communication to happen This article explores methodological and practical characteristics of citizen science as a form of science communication by examining three case studies that took different approaches to citizens' participation in science. Through these, it becomes clear that communication in citizen science is ‘÷always’ science communication and an essential part of “doing science”. KW - citizen science KW - science communication in the developing world KW - science communication: theory and models KW - Wissenschaftskommunikation Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-14035 SN - 1824-2049 VL - 20 IS - 03 ER -