The Promise of Participation and Decision-Making Power in Citizen Science

摘要: Citizen science is challenging professional researchers and their organizations to rethink the way they do connect with society. In any citizen project, are “making a promise” public about level of participation power in decision making that willing provide scientists. Researchers should set expectations explicitly ensure informed participation, trust, motivation. Also, design tools for consent, information sharing, recognition, privacy has be adapted new relations distributed knowledge production. Based on fieldwork experiences literature review environmental biomedical science, this article examines challenges proposes solutions for: 1) setting participation; 2) addressing concerns adapting consent evolving interests networked environments; 3) promoting governance research data. potential both increase scientific literacy counteract mistrust skepticism evidence global problems (such as climate change) need addressed. However, there still many fulfilling promise – example, empowering people gaining trust. A few inspiring initiatives help us reflect facilitation model engagement by design; models data provided