Citizen Science is research conducted through public participation and cooperation in scientific research to increase scientific knowledge. Through Citizen Science, people share and contribute to programmes for monitoring and collecting data. Usually, this participation is done as a volunteer.
Wie is de auteur? Christy Ullrich - National Geographic Magazine
Waarom schrijft zij/hij dit? To give more information about Citizen Science. You can find Citizen science projects by National geographic on their website and they also give examples of other projects.
Wie is de doelgroep? Civic science is research conducted through public participation and cooperation in scientific research to increase scientific knowledge.
Wat voor type bron is dit? It is an article On the website of National Geographic Magazine
Bron https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/citizen-science/
According to Mr Van Vliet, Citizen science is basically information and research about nature, required by regular people. He mentions that 95 procent of the biodiversity data is gathered by volunteers. Scientists then use this data to perform experiments and bring out more knowledge.
The volunteers become more aware of the nature around en feel connected towards the research. The best thing about Citizen science is that it is mostly cheap to do because it is all done by volunteers.
Any data that is gathered can be used to further researches. It is reliable if the data is used in the right way.
Wie is de auteur? dr.ir. AJH (Arnold) van Vliet- Wageningen universiteit en onderzoek
Waarom schrijft zij/hij dit? You can find numerous articles on the website about Citizen Science. Also you can view different projects. The more you start reading the more you feel like participating yourself.
Wie is de doelgroep? Anyone that is interested in Citizen Science, he even wants you to ask him questions!
Wat voor type bron is dit? Article on the website of Wageningen University
Bron: https://www.wur.nl/nl/Dossiers/dossier/Citizen-science-burgerwetenschap.htm