Socientize Project (2013), Green Paper on Citizen Science: Citizen Science for Europe Towards a better society of empowered citizens and enhanced research.
This Green Paper on Citizen Science for Europe serves as a facilitator of further debate, discussions and feedback, community endorsement, mutual learning and exchange of good practices within the stakeholders and Citizen Science actors. Citizen Science refers to the general public engagement in scientific research activities when citizens actively contribute to science either with their intellectual effort or surrounding knowledge or with their tools and resources. Participants provide xperimental data and facilities for researchers, raise new questions and co-create a new scientific culture. While adding value, volunteers acquire new learning and skills, and deeper understanding of the scientific work in an appealing way. As a result of this open, networked and trans-disciplinary scenario, science-society-policy interactions are improved leading to a more democratic research based on evidence-informed decision making.
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