Citizen Science and Social Innovation: Mutual Relations, Barriers, Needs, and Development Factors

Abstract: Social innovations are usually understood as new ideas, initiatives, or solutions that make it possible to meet the challenges of societies in fields such as social security, education, employment, culture, health, environment, housing, and economic development. On the one hand, many citizen science activities serve to achieve scientific as well as social and educational goals. Thus, these actions are opening an arena for introducing social innovations. On the other hand, some social innovations are further developed, adapted, or altered after the involvement of scientist-supervised citizens (laypeople or volunteers) in research and with the use of the citizen science tools and methods such as action research, crowdsourcing, and community-based participatory research. Such approaches are increasingly recognized as crucial for gathering data, addressing community needs, and creating engagement and cooperation between citizens and professional scientists. However, there are also vari

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• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• ISBN: 9782889747511
• Extent: Online-Ressource, 87 S.
• Language: Englisch
• Notes: Veröffentlichungsversion ; begutachtet (peer reviewed)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Mannheim
• (who): SSOAR, GESIS – Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften e.V.
• (when): 2022
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (where): Lausanne
• (who): Frontiers Media
• (when): 2022
• Contributor: Klimczuk, Andrzej ; Butkevičienė, Eglė ; Kerla, Minela

Further information

• DOI: 10.3389/978-2-88974-751-1
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023041408143069600588
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.