MODULE 4: CITIZEN SCIENCE, SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT AND POLICY

Citizen Science

• the collection and analysis of data relating to the natural world by members of the general public, typically as part of a collaborative project with professional scientists

• a form of open collaboration in which individuals or organizations participate in the scientific progress in various ways, including

  • enabling the formulation of research questions

  • creating and refining project design

  • conducting scientific experiments

  • collecting and analysing data

  • interpreting the result of data

  • developing technologies and applications

  • making discoveries; and

  • solving problems

• “science which assists the needs and concerns of citizens”

• “a form of science developed and enacted by the citizens themselves”