Vol. 8 No. 1 (2023)

Research Papers

• LAVA-Lobos: Raising Environmental Awareness through Community Science in the Galápagos Islands

  Deena Skolnick Weisberg, Karen Kovaka, Ernesto Vaca, Michael Weisberg

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• From a Seismological Network to a Socio-Seismological One: A Citizen Science Experiment in Haïti to Reduce Seismic Risk: Analysis of a “Small Box” that Can Do a Lot

  Alice Corbet, Laure Fallou, Nixon Calixte, Laennec Hurbon, Eric Calais

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• How the General Public Appraises Contributory Citizen Science: Factors that Affect Participation

  Khoi Manh Ngo, Carolin Susann Altmann, Friederike Klan

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• Does Citizen Science Bring “Power to the People”? Evaluating a Remote Mapping Project to Identify Best Practices for Positive Impact on Volunteers

  Alycia Leonard, Scot Wheeler, Malcolm McCulloch

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• Keep the Flow: Citizen Science as Agonistic Learning

  Jacqueline Goldin, Carolina Suransky, Thokozani Kanyerere

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• iWetland: A Community Science Platform for Monitoring Wetland Water Levels

  Taylor North, Paul Moore, Waverley Birch, Chantel Markle, Hope Freeman, Alex Furukawa, Danielle Hudson, Sophie Wilkinson, James Waddington

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• Obstacles to the Use of Citizen Data in Environmental Litigation before East African Courts

  Sonja Kahl

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• When Concerned People Produce Environmental Information: A Need to Re-Think Existing Legal Frameworks and Governance Models?

  Anna Berti Suman, Mara Balestrini, Muki Haklay, Sven Schade

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  Engagement in the Data Collection Phase of the Scientific Process is Key for Enhancing Learning Gains

  Rachael P. Mady, Tina B. Phillips, David N. Bonter, Claire Quimby, Jennifer Borland, Charles Eldermire, Benjamin T. Walters, Stephen A. Parry, Miyoko Chu

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• How Citizen Scientists Learn: Exploring Learning Perceptions Through an International Survey

  Aaron J. Peltoniemi, Heli Kauppinen, Emilia Lampi, Joni Lämsä, Ohto Sabel, Raija Hämäläinen

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• Examining Visitor Collected Species Data from Denali National Park and Preserve

  Heather Fischer, Elizabeth Wentz, Leah Gerber

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• Challenges, Strategies, and Impacts of Doing Citizen Science with Marginalised and Indigenous Communities: Reflections from Project Coordinators

  Petra Benyei, Artemis Skarlatidou, Dimitris Argyriou, Rick Hall, Ida Theilade, Nerea Turreira-García, Danielle Latreche, Alexandra Albert, David Berger, Mar Cartró-Sabaté, Jessie Chang, Rafael Chiaravalloti, Arianna Cortesi, Finn Danielsen, Muki (Mordechai) Haklay, Emily Jacobi, Asaye Nigussie, Victoria Reyes-García, Eliana Rodrigues, Thamara Sauini, Vyacheslav Shadrin, Andre Siqueira, Mr. Supriadi, Mardha Tillah, Adrien Tofighi-Niaki, Nikita Vronski, Timothy Woods

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• Involving Members of the Public to Develop a Data Collection App for a Citizen Science Project on Housing Accessibility Targeting Older Adults

  Marianne Granbom, Björn Slaug, Fredrik Brouneus, Martin Bergman, Susanne Iwarsson

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• Sow Wild! Effective Methods and Identification Bias in Pollinator-Focused Experimental Citizen Science

  Janine Griffiths-Lee, Elizabeth Nicholls, Dave Goulson

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• Evaluating Data Quality and Changes in Species Identification in a Citizen Science Bird Monitoring Project

  Cooper M. Farr, Frances Ngo, Bryant Olsen

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• Data Management Documentation in Citizen Science Projects: Bringing Formalisation and Transparency Together

  Gefion Thuermer, Esteban González Guardia, Neal Reeves, Oscar Corcho, Elena Simperl

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• How Citizen Scientists See their Own Role and Expertise: An Explorative Study of the Perspectives of Beekeepers in a Citizen Science Project

  Sarah Rose Bieszczad, Maximilian Fochler, Robert Brodschneider

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• Virtual Reef Diver: Enabling People to Help Protect the Great Barrier Reef

  Julie Vercelloni, Edgar Santos-Fernández, Kerrie Mengersen

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• How Citizen Science Projects Contribute to Urban Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation Frameworks—A German Case Study

  Silke L. Voigt-Heucke, Moritz Müller, Julia Rostin

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• Temporal Dimensions of Data Quality in Bird Atlases: the Case of the Second Southern African Bird Atlas Project

  Karis A. Daniel, Leslie G. Underhill

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• Mapping the Landscape of Citizen Science in Africa: Assessing its Potential Contributions to Sustainable Development Goals 6 and 11 on Access to Clean Water and Sanitation and Sustainable Cities

  Peter Elias, Adenike Shonowo, Alex de Sherbinin, Carolynne Hultquist, Finn Danielsen, Caren Cooper, Maria Mondardini, Elaine Faustman, Anne Browser, Jean-Bernard Minster Minster, Martie van Deventer, Ioana Popescu

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• Citizen Science for the Sustainable Development Goals? The Perspective of German Citizen Science Practitioners on the Relationship between Citizen Science and the Sustainable Development Goals

  Moritz Müller, Julia Lorenz, Silke Voigt-Heucke, Gesine Heinrich, Marius Oesterheld

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• Citizen Science: What is in it for the Official Statistics Community?

  Elena Proden, Dilek Fraisl, Linda See

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• How Certain is Good Enough? Managing Data Quality and Uncertainty in Ordinal Citizen Science Data Sets for Evidence-Based Policies on Fresh Water

  Jacek Stankiewicz, Ariane König, Karl Pickar, Stefan Weiss

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• Exploring how citizen science projects measuring beach plastic debris can support UN Sustainable Development Goals

  Jordan Gacutan, Jessica L. Oliver, Heidi Tait, Teerapong Praphotjanaporn, Ben M. Milligan

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• Citizen Science beyond Science: A Collaborative Approach for Transformative Sustainable Development

  Maya Pasgaard, Christina Breed, Maria Heines, Linette Knudsen, Peta Brom, Astrid Schmidt, Kristine Engemann

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• Context – Goal – Method – Outcome: Alignment in Citizen Science Project Design and its Relation to Supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

  Alba de Agustin Camacho, Wim Van Petegem, Mieke de Droog, Lies Jacobs

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• Citizen Science for Disaster Risk Governance: Towards a Participative Seismological Monitoring of the Mayotte Volcanic Crisis

  Baptiste Bedessem, Lise Retailleau, Jean-Marie Saurel, Ludivine Sadeski

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• Collaboration and Performance of Citizen Science Projects Addressing the Sustainable Development Goals

  Camille Masselot, Rathin Jeyaram, Raphael Tackx, Jose Luis Fernandez-Marquez, François Grey, Marc Santolini

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• Citizen Science: Pathways to Impact and why Participant Diversity Matters

  Rachel Mary Pateman, Sarah Elizabeth West

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• Motivations and Barriers to Participation in Citizen Science: The Case Study of the Hong Kong Jellyfish Project

  John Terenzini, Smriti Safaya, Laura J Falkenberg

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• Environmental Volunteers Endorse Diverse Motivations: Using a Mixed-Methods Study to Assess Initial and Sustained Motivation to Engage in Public Participation in Science Research

  Jillian Bible, Sara Clarke-De Reza

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• Citizen Scientist Participation in Research on Private Lands Positively Impacts Multiple Conservation Behaviors

  Rachael E. Green, Ashley A. Dayer, Amy E. M. Johnson

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• Cross-Project Analysis of Volunteers’ Scientific Observation Skills

  Veronica Del Bianco, Karen Peterman, Rachel Becker-Klein, Cathlyn M. Davis, Andrea Grover, Tina Phillips

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• “Every Small Action Helps Towards the Greater Cause:” Online Communities Scaling Up Online Community-Led Citizen Science in Addressing Litter Challenges in Scotland

  Noleen Rutendo Chikowore

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• Characteristics and Attitudinal Changes of Senior Citizens and Persons with Functional Impairments Involved in a Citizen Science Project on Housing Accessibility

  Joakim Frögren, Marianne Granbom, Oskar Jonsson, Martin Bergman, Susanne Iwarsson

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• Diversifying Large-Scale Participatory Science: The Efficacy of Engagement through Facilitator Organizations

  Danielle Lin Hunter, Valerie Johnson, Caren Cooper

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• Demographics of Public Participation in Science: A Meta-Analytic Approach

  Jazzmine K. Waugh, Jacqueline K. Lindsey, Max Z. Stewart, Jordan C. Winter, Julia K. Parrish

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• Snap Decisions: Assessing Participation and Data Quality in a Citizen Science Program Using Repeat Photography

  Veronica Flowers, Chelsea Frutos, Alistair S. MacKenzie, Richard Fanning, Erin E. Fraser

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• Who Submits Koala Sightings? Profiling Residents and Identifying Opportunities to Enhance their Experience

  David Fechner, Liz Foote, Sharyn Rundle-Thiele

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• Effective Engagement While Scaling Up: Lessons from a Citizen Science Program Transitioning from Single- to Multi-Region Scale

  Meghan Collins, Monica M. Arienzo, Sonia Nieminen, Benjamin J. Hatchett, Anne Nolin, Keith S. Jennings

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Case Studies

• Bridging Knowledge Creation and Conservation Practice through Participatory Action Research on Private Lands

  Matthew Taylor, Aidan Davison, Andrew Harwood

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• Integrating Citizen Science into the Work of United States Environmental Agencies

  George Wyeth

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• Expanding Citizen Science: Community Action Without Primary Data Collection

  Robert Evans, Nick Hacking, Jamie Lewis

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• Accessibility of Participation in a Pollinator-Focused Community Science Project

  Lauren Lynch, James Miller

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• A Successful Crowdsourcing Approach for Bird Sound Classification

  Petteri Lehikoinen, Meeri Rannisto, Ulisses Camargo, Aki Aintila, Patrik Lauha, Esko Piirainen, Panu Somervuo, Otso Ovaskainen

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• Social Participation in the Brazilian National Biodiversity Monitoring Program Leads to Multiple Socioenvironmental Outcomes

  Monitora, Cecilia Cronemberger, Katia Torres Ribeiro, Rachel Klaczko Acosta, Dárlison Fernandes Carvalho de Andrade, Onildo João Marini-Filho, Laura Shizue Moriga Masuda, Keila Rêgo Mendes, Samuel dos Santos Nienow, Carla Natacha Marcolino Polaz, Marcelo Lima Reis, Ricardo Sampaio, Jumara Marques Souza, Cristina Farah de Tófoli

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• Civil Society Data for Sustainable Development Goal 16 Monitoring: A Case Study of the Use of Social Networks for Measuring Perception of Discrimination

  Victor Arevalo Cabra, Karen Chávez Quintero, Andrés D. Pérez, Grace Torres Pineda, Julieth Solano Villa, Vahan Martirosyan

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• X-Polli:Nation: Contributing Towards Sustainable Development Goals Through School-Based Pollinator Citizen Science

  Poppy Lakeman Fraser, Laura Colucci-Gray, Annie Robinson, Andrea Sforzi, Ruth Staples-Rolfe, Julie Newman, Richard Gill, Nirwan Sharma, Stefan Rueger, Advaith Siddharthan

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• Adopt a Lake: Successfully Tracking Harmful Cyanobacterial Blooms in Canadian Surface Waters Through Citizen Science

  Dana F. Simon, Gabriel Munoz, Quoc Tuc Dinh, Sung Vo Duy, Kat Kavanagh, Robert Smith, Barry Husk, Sébastien Sauvé

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Essays

• Where Environmental Citizen Science Meets the Law

  Dick Kasperowski, Anna Berti Suman, Shun-Ling Chen, Christopher Kullenberg

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• How can Inclusive Citizen Science Transform the Sustainable Development Agenda? Recommendations for a Wider and More Meaningful Inclusion in the Design of Citizen Science Initiatives

  Dorottya Varga, Carolina Doran, Beatriz Ortega, Mabel Segú Odriozola

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• Organizing the Indicator Zoo: Can a New Taxonomy Make It Easier for Citizen Science Data to Contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal Indicators?

  Sonja Grossberndt, Geir Graff, Alena Bartonova, Iuliia Volchkova, Thomas Evensen

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• Contributions of Citizen Science to the Sustainable Development Goals: Is Transformative “Global” Citizen Science Possible?

  Lissette Lorenz, Robert Lepenies

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• Open Access Research Infrastructures are Critical for Improving the Accessibility and Utility of Citizen Science: A Case Study of Australia’s National Biodiversity Infrastructure, the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA)

  Erin Roger, Dax Kellie, Cameron Slatyer, Peter Brenton, Olivia Torresan, Elycia Wallis, Andre Zerger

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• Citizen Science as an Approach for Responding to the Threat of Anopheles stephensi in Africa

  Ryan M. Carney, Alex Long, Russanne D. Low, Sarah Zohdy, John R. B. Palmer, Peter Elias, Frederic Bartumeus, Laban Njoroge, Maina Muniafu, Johnny A. Uelmen, Nil Rahola, Sriram Chellappan

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Meeting Report

• Opportunities and Barriers for Citizen Science Growth in Brazil: Reflections from the First Workshop of the Brazilian Citizen Science Network

  Caren Queiroz-Souza, Blandina Viana, Natalia Ghilardi-Lopes, Larissa Kawabe, Eduardo Alexandrino, Juliana França, Sheina Koffler, Antonio Mauro Saraiva, Angelo Loula

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• Learning from the First Citizen Science Association Virtual Conference

  Abigail Hils, Skye Kelty, Angel Hjarding, Linda Silka, Alison Cawood

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Methods

• Using Shared Embedded Assessment Tools to Understand Participant Skills: Processes and Lessons Learned

  Rachel Becker-Klein, Cathlyn Davis, Tina B. Phillips, Veronica Del Bianco, Amy Grack Nelson, Evelyn Christian Ronning

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• The OPEN17 Challenge: Online Coaching of Young Innovators to Tackle the Sustainable Development Goals with Citizen Science and Open Data

  Maria Rosa Mondardini, Francois Grey

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• Collective Intelligence to Find Solutions to the Challenges Posed by the Sustainable Development Goals

  Alejandro Gonzalo, Francisco Sanz-García, Maite Pelacho, Alfonso Tarancón, Alejandro Rivero, Olga Varela, Alicia Moreno

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• Adopting a Citizen Science Approach in Translational Experimental Medicine Research in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Study Protocol

  Syed Ghulam Sarwar Shah, Yolanda Barrado-Martín, Thomas Marjot, Jeremy W. Tomlinson, Vasiliki Kiparoglou

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• Co-Designing an Air Quality Web App with School Pupils and Staff: The SAMHE Web App

  Sarah E. West, Lucy Way, Rhys Archer, Victoria J. Beale, Sam Bland, Henry Burridge, Claudia Castro-Faccetti, Lia Chatzidiakou, Prashant Kumar, Carolanne Vouriot, Natalie Williams, SAMHE Project Consortium

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• The Contributions of Citizen Science to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and Other International Agreements and Frameworks

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Review and Synthesis Papers

• Volunteered Geographic Information, Citizen Science and Machine Learning in the Service of Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework

  Vyron Antoniou

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• Correction: Standards Without Labs: Drug Development in the Psychedelic Underground

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