Open Science (OS) aims, in part, to drive greater societal impact of academic research.
Government, funder and institutional policies state that it should further democratize …

Abstract Environmental Citizen Science (CS) initiatives have been largely embraced in K-12
education, as they are often hypothesized to improve students' knowledge, skills, attitudes …

Citizen science is an expanding field in public education and learning and can bridge the
gap between science and society. This benefits not only just citizen learning and scientific …

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 …

In order to deal with the current, dramatic decline in biodiversity, the public at large needs to
be aware of and participate in biodiversity research activities. One way to do this is citizen …

Citizen scientists around the world are collecting data with their smartphones, performing
scientific calculations on their home computers, and analyzing images on online platforms …

Citizen science offers teachers a way to bring authentic scientific research into their
classrooms by providing both teachers and their students with opportunities to contribute to …

In a typical citizen science scenario different groups of people take on various roles in a
research process that is often coupled with educational, social or personal objectives. A …

Data is ubiquitous in today's digitized society. However, access to and literacy in handling
data plays a pivotal role in determining who can benefit from it and who can use—or …

Citizen science has proven to be a useful paradigm both to contribute to science and to
increase the public understanding of science. Thus the connection between citizen science …