Citizen Science Addressing Challenges of Sustainability

Aelita Skarzauskiene and Monika Mačiulienė
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Aelita Skarzauskiene: Faculty of Creative Industries, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, LT-10223 Vilnius, Lithuania
Monika Mačiulienė: Faculty of Social and Human Studies, Mykolas Romeris University, LT-08303 Vilnius, Lithuania

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 24, 1-11

Abstract: Practices for the engagement of citizens and other research and innovation (R and I) stakeholders in science can be found aplenty in the existing literature, all along with principles, guidelines and tools providing meaningful guidance for practitioners in research funding and performing, organizations (RPFOs) and helping them achieve high quality and responsible citizen science projects addressing sustainability challenges. Such guidance, however, is scarce when it comes to setting up and running transdisciplinary citizen science eco systems, where projects can be systematically initiated by different stakeholders and carried out in a dedicated supportive environment. Based on literature review and series of semi-structured interviews with quadruple helix stakeholders in Lithuania, this paper provides a current overview of the perceptions, concerns, motivational factors, and obstacles with regard to participation in citizen science activities.

Keywords: quadruple helix stakeholders; public engagement; co-creation; eco system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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