Delineating the contours of citizen science: Development of the ECSA characteristics of citizen science

Dilek FRAISL, Muki Haklay, Gerid Hager, Uta Wehn, Linda See, Susanne Hecker, Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, Margaret Gold, Luigi Ceccaroni, Barbara Kieslinger, Sasha Woods, Christian Nold, Bálint Balázs, Marzia Mazzonetto, Simone Rüfenacht, Lea A. Shanley, Alice Motion, Andrea Sforzi, Daniel Dörler, Florian Heigl, Katrin Vohland, Katherin Wagenknecht, Teresa Schaefer, Dorte Riemenschneider, Ariel B. Lindner, Maike Weißpflug, Monika Mačiulienė

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DOI: 10.12688/openreseurope.19411.4
Published: 2026-04-24
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@article{allodium:10.12688/openreseurope.19411.4,
  title = {Delineating the contours of citizen science: Development of the ECSA characteristics of citizen science},
  author = {Dilek FRAISL and Muki Haklay and Gerid Hager and Uta Wehn and Linda See and Susanne Hecker and Bastian Greshake Tzovaras and Margaret Gold and Luigi Ceccaroni and Barbara Kieslinger and Sasha Woods and Christian Nold and Bálint Balázs and Marzia Mazzonetto and Simone Rüfenacht and Lea A. Shanley and Alice Motion and Andrea Sforzi and Daniel Dörler and Florian Heigl and Katrin Vohland and Katherin Wagenknecht and Teresa Schaefer and Dorte Riemenschneider and Ariel B. Lindner and Maike Weißpflug and Monika Mačiulienė},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Open Research Europe},
  doi = {10.12688/openreseurope.19411.4},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.19411.4}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Delineating the contours of citizen science: Development of the ECSA characteristics of citizen science
AU  - Dilek FRAISL
AU  - Muki Haklay
AU  - Gerid Hager
AU  - Uta Wehn
AU  - Linda See
AU  - Susanne Hecker
AU  - Bastian Greshake Tzovaras
AU  - Margaret Gold
AU  - Luigi Ceccaroni
AU  - Barbara Kieslinger
AU  - Sasha Woods
AU  - Christian Nold
AU  - Bálint Balázs
AU  - Marzia Mazzonetto
AU  - Simone Rüfenacht
AU  - Lea A. Shanley
AU  - Alice Motion
AU  - Andrea Sforzi
AU  - Daniel Dörler
AU  - Florian Heigl
AU  - Katrin Vohland
AU  - Katherin Wagenknecht
AU  - Teresa Schaefer
AU  - Dorte Riemenschneider
AU  - Ariel B. Lindner
AU  - Maike Weißpflug
AU  - Monika Mačiulienė
PY  - 2026
JO  - Open Research Europe
DO  - 10.12688/openreseurope.19411.4
UR  - https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.19411.4
ER  -

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FRAISL, D., Haklay, M., Hager, G., Wehn, U., See, L., Hecker, S., Tzovaras, B. G., Gold, M., Ceccaroni, L., Kieslinger, B., Woods, S., Nold, C., Balázs, B., Mazzonetto, M., Rüfenacht, S., Shanley, L. A., Motion, A., Sforzi, A., Dörler, D., Heigl, F., Vohland, K., Wagenknecht, K., Schaefer, T., Riemenschneider, D., Lindner, A. B., Weißpflug, M., & Mačiulienė, M. (2026). Delineating the contours of citizen science: Development of the ECSA characteristics of citizen science. Open Research Europe. https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.19411.4

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