Citizen Science as a Distinct Field of Inquiry

Citizen science and natural resource governance: program design for vernal pool policy innovation

“…The process of designing citizen science programs to promote specific policy and capacity-related outcomes like ecological literacy and SES resilience is still nascent , Jordan et al 2015. In our use, resilience refers to the ability "to respond to and shape change in ways that both sustain and develop the same fundamental function, structure, identity, and feedback" (Chapin et al 2009:5), a definition that aligns with the evolving goals of the vernal pool regulatory efforts, which seek to maintain functioning vernal pool systems and healthy human communities.…”

The Theory and Practice of Citizen Science: Launching a New Journal

“…org.au/). Some researchers consider citizen science to have emerged as a distinct field of inquiry (e.g., Jordan et al 2015). Dozens of articles focused on citizen science are appearing every month, some in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature, and Bioscience, and a number of journals across a huge range of disciplines recently have or soon will publish special issues on citizen science, including Ecology and Society, Journal of Science Communication, Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, Conservation Biology, and Biological Conservation. In this exploding citizen science landscape, what is the role of Citizen Science: Theory and Practice (CSTP)?…”

Contrasting the Views and Actions of Data Collectors and Data Consumers in a Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Project: Implications for Project Design and Management

“…We synthesize and expand current conceptual frameworks of citizen science participation and outcomes, highlighting the need for further study to understand mechanisms and linkages between the varied activities of citizen science projects and broader social and ecological impacts. To achieve conservation goals, project managers should broaden the definition of participant to include those carrying out activities other than data collection (such as data use) and explicitly manage for potential benefits derived by consumers of citizen science.Keywords: water quality monitoring; community-based research; Pareto principle; NYC kayakers; Enterococci bacteria; conservation; citizen science Introduction Citizen science is newly recognized as a distinct discipline with a rapidly emerging theoretical base Bonney et al 2014;Jordan et al 2015;Cooper 2016).New studies provide insights on the structure, processes, function, and outcomes of citizen science. The primary products of citizen science activities are typically scientific publications or datasets, but additional outcomes are To better understand these outcomes and how they might be derived, it is important to explore the many different ways that citizen scientists engage with research projects.…”

“…Keywords: water quality monitoring; community-based research; Pareto principle; NYC kayakers; Enterococci bacteria; conservation; citizen science Introduction Citizen science is newly recognized as a distinct discipline with a rapidly emerging theoretical base Bonney et al 2014;Jordan et al 2015;Cooper 2016).…”

“…In addition to these participation characteristics (inputs), we compared data collectors and data consumers in terms of potential outputs and outcomes (Figure 2). The broader outcomes of citizen science have received increasing attention as the field evolves Conrad and Hilchey 2011;Jordan et al 2015;McKinley et al, 2017;Phillips et al 2014). Some of these outcomes include project-related variables that have been associated with citizen science participation in other contexts, such as participants' perceptions of data quality and accuracy and trust in data sources (Sullivan et al 2014).…”