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Crowds, citizens, and science: a multi-dimensional framework and agenda for future research
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Research projects that actively involve “crowds” or non-professional “citizen scientists” are attracting growing attention. Such projects promise to increase scientific productivity while also connecting science with the general public. We make three contributions. First, we argue that the largely separate literatures on “Crowd Science” and “Citizen Science” investigate strongly overlapping sets of projects but take different disciplinary lenses. Closer integration can enrich research on Crowd and Citizen Science (CS). Second, we propose a framework to profile projects with respect to four types of crowd contributions: activities, knowledge, resources, and decisions. This framework also accommodates machines and algorithms, which increasingly complement or replace professional and non-professional researchers as a third actor. Finally, we outline a research agenda anchored on important underlying organizational challenges of CS projects. This agenda can advance our understanding of Crowd and Citizen Science, yield practical recommendations for project design, and contribute to the broader organizational literature.
- Subjects :
- History
Polymers and Plastics
human-machine integration
business.industry
open innovation in science
Public relations
Citizen science
General Business, Management and Accounting
Data science
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Scientific productivity
crowd science
Crowds
Management of Technology and Innovation
Political science
Multi dimensional
Business and International Management
business
Discipline
Project design
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d6d67b47263ceebb4a053bd88a43700f