Citizen science impact pathways for a positive contribution to public participation in science
Open Access
- 11 October 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Sissa Medialab Srl in Journal of Science Communication
- Vol. 20 (06), A02
- https://doi.org/10.22323/2.20060202
Abstract
Positioning citizen science within the broader historical public engagement framework demonstrates how it has the potential to effectively tackle research and innovation issues. Citizen science approaches have their own challenges, which need to be considered in order to achieve this aim and contribute to wider and deeper public engagement. However, programme evaluations,Keywords
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