Evaluation in Citizen Science: The Art of Tracing a Moving Target
Evaluation in Citizen Science: The Art of Tracing a Moving Target
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公民科学评估：追踪移动目标的艺术
DOI：
10.1007/978-3-030-58278-4_25
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发表时间：
2021
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影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Vanessa van den Bogaert
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作者：
Teresa Schaefer;Barbara Kieslinger;Miriam Brandt;Vanessa van den Bogaert
评价是一项核心管理手段，也是许多科学项目的一部分。评价可以从几个不同的角度进行，并考虑到不同的目标。在任何项目中，我们都可以评估项目过程和科学成果，但对于公民科学来说，这还不够。我们还需要评估项目对参与者本身和整个社会的影响。虽然公民科学本身仍处于发展阶段，但我们应该致力于捕捉和理解它在其直接和更广泛的环境中留下的多重痕迹。考虑到项目的评估资源往往有限，我们需要整合现有的知识和经验，如何最好地评估公民科学倡议，并不断从评估中学习。当我们评估公民科学项目和计划时，我们应该关注什么？目前的做法是什么，我们缺乏什么？我们目前的评估方法真的针对公民科学最相关的方面吗？
Evaluation is a core management instrument and part of many scientific projects. Evaluation can be approached from several different angles, with distinct objectives in mind. In any project, we can evaluate the project process and the scientific outcomes, but with citizen science this does not go far enough. We need to additionally evaluate the effects of projects on the participants themselves and on society at large. While citizen science itself is still in evolution, we should aim to capture and understand the multiple traces it leaves in its direct and broader environment. Considering that projects often have limited resources for evaluation, we need to bundle existing knowledge and experiences on how to best assess citizen science initiatives and continually learn from this assessment. What should we concentrate on when we evaluate citizen science projects and programmes? What are current practices and what are we lacking? Are we really targeting the most relevant aspects of citizen science with our current evaluation approaches?