The annual European conference for citizen and participatory science takes place in Trieste, Italy from 24 to 26 May. Entitled ‘Encounters in Citizen Science”this event will focus on junctures in science: between scientists and citizens; between East and West; between North and South; and between the different fields of science. SISSA Medialab and Università di Trieste are co-organizing this Third International ECSA Conference.
Does citizen science have a presence in academic publications?
Since 2004, academic publications on citizen science are growing significantly every year More than 70% of the publications are journal articles Although citizen science was defined in the mid/1990s by Rick Bonney in the United States (Bonney, 1996) and Alan Irwin in...