Further information
Further reading on specific evaluation & impact assessment approaches
Becker-Klein, R., Peterman, K. and Stylinski, C. (2016). Embedded Assessment as an Essential Method for Understanding Public Engagement in Citizen Science. Citizen Science: Theory and Practice, 1(1), p.8.
Bonney,
R., Phillips, T. B., Ballard, H. L., & Enck, J. W. (2016). Can citizen
science enhance public understanding of science? Public Understanding of
Science, 25(1), 2–16.
Constant, N. and Roberts, L. (2017). Narratives as a mode of research evaluation in citizen science: understanding broader science communication impacts. Journal of science communication. 16 (4). A03.
Heigl, F., Dörler, D., Bartar, P., Brodschneider, R., Cieslinski, M., Ernst, M., … Ziegler, D. (2018, March 30). Quality Criteria for Citizen Science Projects on Österreich forscht | Version 1.1. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/48j27
Mayer, K., Kieslinger, B., & Schäfer, T., Schürz, S., (2022). Co-Evaluation: Re-situating participatory social research in Citizen Social Science. Palgrave Communications. (in print)
Peter,
M., Diekötter, T., & Kremer, K. (2019) Participant outcomes of biodiversity
citizen science projects: A systematic literature review. Sustainability 2019, 11,
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Wehn, U., Gharesifard, M., Ceccaroni, L. et al. Impact assessment of citizen science: state of the art and guiding principles for a consolidated approach. Sustain Sci 16, 1683–1699 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-00959-2
in German:
Kieslinger, B., Schäfer, T., Fabian, C.M., (2015). Kriterienkatalog zur Bewertung von Citizen Science Projekten und Projektanträgen. Studie im Auftrag des Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft (bmwfw).
Interactive User's Guide for Evaluating Learning Outcomes: https://citizenscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/UsersGuide_Interactive_Final_works.pdf
Related projects:
EU-Citizen.Science: https://eu-citizen.science/
MICS - Measuring Impact of Citizen Science: https://mics.tools/
ACTION: https://actionproject.eu/
InSPRIRES: https://inspiresproject.com/
CoAct (Citizen Social Science, co-evaluation): https://coactproject.eu/