Exploring citizen science in post-socialist space: Uncovering its hidden character in the Czech Republic

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Alternative codes found

RIV/70883521:28160/19:63523335

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/mgr-2019-0019" target="_blank" >10.2478/mgr-2019-0019</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Exploring citizen science in post-socialist space: Uncovering its hidden character in the Czech Republic

Original language description

Citizen science is a relatively new phenomenon in the Czech Republic and currently a general overview of existing citizen science projects is not available. This presents the challenge to uncover the ‘hidden’ citizen science landscapes. The main objective of this paper is to explore the (public) representation of citizen science (CS) projects and to describe their heterogeneity. The study aims to answer the question of what type of projects in the Czech Republic meet the definition of citizen science. Based on a specific methodological data-base search approach, we compiled a set of CS projects (N = 73). During the classification process, two general citizen science categories were identified. The first group (N = 46) consists of “pure” CS projects with a prevalence towards the natural sciences, principally ornithology, and thus corresponding to general European trends. Citizens usually participate in such research in the form of data collection and basic interpretation, and a high level of cooperation between academia and NGOs was detected. The second group of “potential” CS projects (N = 27) entails various forms of public participation in general, frequently coordinated by NGOs. Based on these results, we discuss the position of citizen science in the Czech Republic, including socially-oriented citizen science. Further research is strongly encouraged to achieve a more in-depth insight into this social phenomenon.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50701 - Cultural and economic geography

Project

<a href="/en/project/LTC18067" target="_blank" >LTC18067: Citizen Science to promote creativity, scientific literacy, and innovation throughout Europe (CS-EU)</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Moravian Geographical Reports

ISSN

1210-8812

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

27

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

13

Pages from-to

241-253

UT code for WoS article

000508941300005

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85079184846