Past, Present and Future of Citizen Observatories: An Overview From a Sustainability Perspective
| Autor: | Soacha Godoy, Karen Adriana, Rodero García, Carlos, Salvador, Xavier, Piera, Jaume |
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| Přispěvatelé: | European Commission, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Popis: | VIII International Symposium on Marine Sciences, 6-8 July 2022, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, España Citizen observatories (COs) and citizen science platforms (CSPs) have recently been positioned as a hub for the practice of citizen science in general, and particularly in the marine domain. There is a growing interest from multiple fields of knowledge about how these platforms are defined and how they operate. This research compiled the existing knowledge about COs-CPs, using peer-reviewed publications as well as gray literature, accessible through mainstreaming databases and open repositories, to characterize and analyze their conceptual evolution in order to contribute to addressing the current challenges faced by these platforms. The paper follows three steps: (a) a bibliometric analysis of COs-CSPs research using tools as KNIME (b) a content analysis of COs-CS research, and (c) development of a conceptual model and a set of main characteristics of the COs. The research found that there is no consensus on the definitions of CO and CSP. Multiple definitions have been developed according to the area of knowledge or field that adopted the CO. To address this, an analytic model was developed that proposes looking at COs as a multifaceted concept that is evolving, which is based on a set of main characteristics linked to a set of political and social drivers. These characteristics are separate from and independent of the purpose for which the CO is used. In addition to the main characteristics, COs can adopt 'purpose-specific characteristics' depending on the topical area that they cover. In addition to the analysis of the concept and the characteristics of COs-CPs, a compilation of impacts, benefits, best practices, challenges, questions, and future research and recommendations was made. The final goal of this talk is to give an overview of the state of knowledge of these platforms and share a set of reflections to address the current sustainability challenges that the COs-CPs are facing This work has been supported by Cos4Cloud project which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No 863463. ICM-CSIC authors acknowledge the institutional support of the 'Severo Ochoa Center of Excellence' accreditation (CEX2019-000928-S) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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