What encourages and discourages citizen science participation?

A summary of the factors that either encouraged or discouraged people to take part in citizen science projects.

Citizen science - is it for me?

 

The UKEOF-funded report Understanding Motivations for Citizen Science included a useful summary of the factors that either encouraged or discouraged people to take part in citizen science projects. The table below is adapted from the original table.

 

Thinking about how your citizen science project is organised ...

 

Thinking about the personal dispositions of your volunteers...

 

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