The promises of citizen science - fact or fake?

Despite its increasing popularity, not everybody is supportive of citizen science. Authors are critical of the promises that citizen science practitioners claim and challenge the role citizen science can play in the democratisation of science or in tackling societal challenges. They put the promises of citizen science under scrutiny and question that citizen science can increase trust in science among the public by participating in actual research. Some critics do not only deny the promises of citizen science, but even see a threat in it as it may jeopardize academic freedom or cement existing power relations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]