Engaged Citizen Social Science or the public participation in social science research
Open Access
- 11 October 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Sissa Medialab Srl in Journal of Science Communication
- Vol. 20 (06), A06
- https://doi.org/10.22323/2.20060206
Abstract
Acknowledging the consolidation of citizen science, 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 humanities in the broader field of citizen science, still dominated by natural sciences. Second, how to develop a citizen social science that allows for an activeKeywords
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