Citizen science: expanding ideas of citizenship and science

Kenyon, Elizabeth; Christoff, Andrea; Wisdom, Sonya

doi:10.1108/ssrp-09-2019-0049

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“…At the same time, it should be mentioned that, aligned with the prior research, our study confirms that the contribution of environmental CS initiatives to the enhancement of values, attitudes and pro-environmental behaviors was much more limited in comparison to their impact on citizens' environmental-related knowledge and skills [40]. Of course, this finding is not surprising, considering that, in most of the cases, citizens' participation in environmental CS initiatives seems to be relatively brief, while in addition to this, citizens' engagement is usually narrowed down to data collection processes [16].…”

Section: Contribution To Citizens' Ec Competences Ec Actions and Eec ...supporting

confidence: 88%

Environmental Citizen Science Initiatives as a Springboard towards the Education for Environmental Citizenship: A Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Research

Adamou

Georgiou

Paraskeva-Hadjichambi

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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Environmental Citizen Science (CS) initiatives have been recognized over time as a promising way to engage citizens in the investigation and management of various socio-ecological issues. In this context, it has been often hypothesized that these CS initiatives may also contribute to the education and subsequent transformation of citizens into environmentally aware and active citizens. However, the potential of CS to serve as a springboard for supporting Education for Environmental Citizenship (EEC) has not been explored yet. A systematic review was conducted, seeking to examine how citizens’ participation in environmental CS initiatives contributes to the EEC, as a venue through which citizens can undertake actions in different scales (local, national, global) to achieve environmental citizenship. A content analysis procedure was implemented on thirty-one empirical studies (n = 31) retrieved from a systematic review of the literature covering the timespan of the last two decades (2000–2020), according to the PRISMA methodology. The findings indicated that the majority of the reviewed environmental CS initiatives primarily enhanced citizens’ skills and knowledge over the competences of attitudes, values, and behaviors. In addition, it was found that CS initiatives empowered primarily citizens’ personal and responsible environmental actions, which were situated in the private sphere and at the local scale. The derived environmental outcomes were mainly related to the solution and prevention of environmental problems. Finally, correlational statistical analysis indicated that there were strong correlations between the Environmental Citizenship (EC) competences, actions and EEC outcomes and unveiled a set of keystone components; namely, components of crucial significance in the field of EC. We reflect on these findings, and we discuss directions for future research.

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confidence: 88%

Environmental Citizen Science Initiatives as a Springboard towards the Education for Environmental Citizenship: A Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Research

Adamou

Georgiou

Paraskeva-Hadjichambi

et al. 2021

Sustainability

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“…Our systematic literature review provides empirical substantiation on which e ronmental CS initiatives can support citizens' engagement with the underlying scien processes, while also contributing to a broader, more inclusive, and active socio-poli participation of citizens [11]. However, more efforts are needed to develop environme Most of the studied CS initiatives targeted the "individual" and "private sphere" actions of EEC, which primarily took place on the "local" scale.…”

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Investigating the Participation Facets of Environmental Citizen Science Initiatives: A Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Research

Vasiliades

Hadjichambis

Hadjichambi

et al. 2022

The 2nd International Conference of International Researchers of the Education for Environmental Citizenship 2022

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Citizen science (CS) has shown tremendous popularity in recent years; however, there is still a lack of understanding of important aspects that determine citizens’ participation and involvement in CS initiatives. Although CS initiatives could serve as a means of promoting forms of participation that contribute to the democratization of science, limited attention is still being paid to the “citizen” component of the citizen science term. For this reason, a systematic literature review (SLR), aligned with the PRISMA methodology, was applied to empirical studies on citizens’ participation in environmental and nature-based CS initiatives established over the last two decades. The participatory aspect of the retrieved 119 CS initiatives was analysed on the basis of: (a) citizens’ participation and (b) environmental citizenship. Our findings show that the majority of the CS initiatives were mostly limited to the local scale, and they primarily followed the contributory model, in which volunteers were mostly treated as “data collectors”. Therefore, it is important to overcome barriers related to the design and implementation of CS that hinder citizens’ participation and, at the same time, to strengthen democratization through a more participatory engagement of active and aware citizens, thus promoting environmental citizenship.

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“…Consequently, RC requires the acquisition of knowledge and skills to manage knowledge from social, environmental and economic realities (Kenyon et al , 2020).…”

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Toward a new protection plan for Algeria's forest wealth focused on responsible citizenship: case of the Aures region

Heddar

Djebabra

Saadi

2022

MEQ

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to highlight the interest of focusing public policies for wildfire management on behavioral changes supported by sustainable development projects dedicated to the Algerian forest heritage. Thus, the Aurès region in the eastern part of Algeria will be used as an example to illustrate the proposed new strategy.Design/methodology/approachThe proposed method, guided by projects' management in sustainable development, consists of developing a responsible citizenship strategy focused on behavioral changes of citizens. Therefore, the title of the proposed method: The Construct of Responsible Citizenship.FindingsIn order to cope with forest fires, the proposed approach highlights the interest of promoting responsible citizenship. Likewise, it outlines a tool for sustaining behavioral changes based on the principle of continuous improvement and field follow-up using a multicriteria approach known as “goal programming.”Practical implicationsThe proposed new forest fire protection plan addresses the shortcomings in Algeria's current forest fire management policy, which appears unable to deal with the increasing severity of forests' fire risk that the country has been experiencing in recent decades.Originality/valueThe aim is to highlight the interest of investment in forest fires prevention within the framework of the sustainable development of Algerian forest heritage, specifically, to work toward citizen subcontracting of the Algerian forest heritage.

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Citizen science: expanding ideas of citizenship and science

Cited by 7 publications

References 19 publications

Environmental Citizen Science Initiatives as a Springboard towards the Education for Environmental Citizenship: A Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Research

Environmental Citizen Science Initiatives as a Springboard towards the Education for Environmental Citizenship: A Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Research

Investigating the Participation Facets of Environmental Citizen Science Initiatives: A Systematic Literature Review of Empirical Research

Toward a new protection plan for Algeria's forest wealth focused on responsible citizenship: case of the Aures region

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