Year: 2024
Type: conference-paper
Abstract: Citizen science is moving from traditional scientist-public partnerships to larger multi-partner enterprises engaging new sectors of society. For citizen science to recruit and retain stakeholders, it is essential to understand what motivates partners to facilitate projects. Twenty-six people from 10 different stakeholder groups in the UK were interviewed about their personal and organisational motivations for supporting environmental citizen science. Template thematic analysis revealed five key motivational themes: (1) business-centric, (2) participant-driven, (3) scientific, (4) personal and (5) environmental motivations. These findings suggest that stakeholders have a range of motivations that go beyond the dominant narrative of science and the environment.
Source: ARPHA proceedings
DOI: 10.3897/ap.e126361
Author: Catherine Wilson
Institution: Loughborough University
Language: English
Subfield: Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $80
OpenAlex ID: W4402987914