Anyone can be a citizen scientist, regardless of where they are from. It does not matter how old they are or what their background is. All it takes is some time, curiosity, and a sense of wonder.
Even if in a citizen-science project participants are typically engaged in collecting data, for example data about species presence through an app, they can play a role in any of the following phases of a project:
- Background research
- Identifying a research question
- Grant proposal writing
- Project initiation
- Definition of project activities
- Design and development of technology and equipment for the project
- Collecting data
- Analysing data
- Monitoring in ways other than collecting data
- Passive participation (for example, contributing computer resources or social media information which is harvested by the project)
- Recruiting or engaging other participants
- Training other participants
- Sharing of outputs (including publications and arranging project events)
- Assessment of project impacts
- Acting on the results of the project
- Closure or handover of the project
(Projects use many words to describe the people who take part in their activities: citizen scientists, volunteers, stakeholders, amateurs, community members, human sensors. Here we just use the word participants.)
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