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@article{Riesch:2014:10.1177/0963662513497324,
author = {Riesch, H and Potter, C},
doi = {10.1177/0963662513497324},
journal = {Public Understanding of Science},
pages = {107--120},
title = {Citizen science as seen by scientists: Methodological, epistemological and ethical dimensions},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0963662513497324},
volume = {23},
year = {2014}
}

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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Citizen science as a way of communicating science and doing public engagement has over the past decade become the focus of considerable hopes and expectations. It can be seen as a win–win situation, where scientists get help from the public and the participants get a public engagement experience that involves them in real and meaningful scientific research. In this paper we present the results of a series of qualitative interviews with scientists who participated in the ‘OPAL’ portfolio of citizen science projects that has been running in England since 2007: What were their experiences of participating in citizen science? We highlight two particular sets of issues that our participants have voiced, methodological/epistemological and ethical issues. While we share the general enthusiasm over citizen science, we hope that the research in this paper opens up more debate over the potential pitfalls of citizen science as seen by the scientists themselves.
AU  - Riesch,H
AU  - Potter,C
DO  - 10.1177/0963662513497324
EP  - 120
PY  - 2014///
SN  - 0963-6625
SP  - 107
TI  - Citizen science as seen by scientists: Methodological, epistemological and ethical dimensions
T2  - Public Understanding of Science
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0963662513497324
UR  - https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0963662513497324
VL  - 23
ER  -

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