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How Networks of Citizen Observatories Can Increase the Quality and Quantity of Citizen-Science-Generated Data Used to Monitor SDG Indicators

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Other literature type 30 Mar 2022 Greece, Spain, France Publisher:MDPI AGJournal:Sustainability, volume 14, page 4,078 (eissn: 2071-1050,

Authors: Sasha Marie Woods; Maria Daskolia; Alexis Joly; Pierre Bonnet; Karen Soacha; Sonia Liñan; Tim Woods; +2 Authors

doi: 10.3390/su14074078

handle: 10261/266244

How Networks of Citizen Observatories Can Increase the Quality and Quantity of Citizen-Science-Generated Data Used to Monitor SDG Indicators

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Abstract

There is a growing acknowledgement that citizen observatories, and other forms of citizen-generated data, have a significant role in tracking progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. This is evident in the increasing number of Sustainable Development Goals’ indicators for which such data are already being used and in the high-level recognition of the potential role that citizen science can play. In this article, we argue that networks of citizen observatories will help realise this potential. Drawing on the Cos4Cloud project as an example, we highlight how such networks can make citizen-generated data more interoperable and accessible (among other qualities), increasing their impact and usefulness. Furthermore, we highlight other, perhaps overlooked, advantages of citizen observatories and citizen-generated data: educating and informing citizen scientists about the Sustainable Development Goals and co-creating solutions to the global challenges they address.

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Greece, Spain, France

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Département Sciences sociales, agriculture et alimentation, espace et environnement
France
UNIVERSITE PARIS DESCARTES
France
Université de Montpellier
France
Spanish National Research Council
Spain
Université de Montpellier (EPE)
France

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