ECSA 10 Principles of Citizen Science
Citizen science is a flexible concept which can be adapted and applied within diverse situations and disciplines. The statements below were developed by the ‘Sharing best practice and building capacity’ …
The ECSA Characteristics of Citizen Science
This document attempts to represent a wide range of opinions in an inclusive way, to allow for different types of projects and programmes, where context-specific criteria can be set.The characteristics …
Communication in Citizen Science: A practical guide to communication and …
Citizen science is a vast field. It covers the spectrum of research approaches and offers different methods for engaging volunteers with research in a variety of ways. Common to every …
The OSDG Community Dataset (OSDG-CD)
The OSDG Community Dataset (OSDG-CD) is the direct result of the work of hundreds of volunteers who have contributed to our understanding of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) via the OSDG …
Community science
The Open Science movement is gaining ground. Whereas a few years ago we were only talking about open access (2002, Budapest Open Access Initiative), today we are talking about open …
Resolution on open science
The aim of this statement is to publish a common position on Open Science, based on professional consensus, in response to the paradigm shift currently taking place in the world …
Crowdsourcing and citizen sciences methods in libraries
The following examples show how different libraries have used crowdsourcing and citizen science methods to improve the description of their holdings. The resource contains Hungarian and International examples and additionally, …
Citizen Science and volunteering as a pragmatic, policy and management …
The study is about the US law that entered into force on 6 January 2017, the Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Act, the path leading to it, and the related steps …
Vigie Nature Ecole. Participant's kit
This document provides all the keys you need for you and your classes to join in our citizen science programme. Thanks to rigorous protocols adapted for school children ages 3 …
Webinar: Inclusion in Citizen Science − Action Project
Frequently it is assumed that everyone can participate in online citizen science projects, but this is not correct. Using the web is a sign of privilege, which means that offline …
Gender Imbalance and Spatiotemporal Patterns of Contributions to Citizen Science …
"Citizen Science is research undertaken by professional scientists and members of the public collaboratively. Despite numerous benefits of citizen science for both the advancement of science and the community of …
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The Diversity of Participants in Environmental Citizen Science
"Reported benefits of environmental citizen science include the collection of large volumes of data, knowledge and skills gained by participants, local action, and policy influence. However, it is unclear how …
Inclusiveness and Diversity in Citizen Science
"An ‘inclusive citizen science’ practice encourages engagement from all members of society, whatever their social status, sociocultural origin, gender, religious affiliation, literacy level, or age. In this chapter we will …
Citizen Science Project Builder
The Citizen Science Project Builder is a web-based tool that allows researchers, students, and all members of the public to create and run data-analysis Citizen Science (CS) projects.
The CS …
Data Quality Resource Compendium by the CSA Data and Metadata …
The QA/QC Project team of the CSA Metadata Working Group has compiled a compendium of guidance documents, manuals, and workbooks produced for citizen science. The resulting spreadsheet is a treasure-trove …
Creating a citizens’ information pack on ethical and legal issues …
This is the report from a workshop co-hosted by ECSA, COST Action 15212, EU-Citizen.Science, Panelfit and ICM-CSIC, which explored the ethical and legal issues around ICTs (e.g. privacy, data rights) …