Abstract
Youth empowerment is a fundamental part of equitable participation in citizen science (CS) and citizen social science (CSS). Empowerment occurs through the creation of a collective, critical consciousness, but this creation requires complex structural and social considerations. During our Engaging Citizen Science Conference 2022 workshop in Aarhus, Denmark in April 2022, we collectively explored some of these considerations, specifically thinking about youth empowerment. Through the stages of planning, running, and sustaining a CS/CSS project and the question of why we should empower youth, we built important insights together into the challenges and opportunities facing citizen science practitioners.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2022 Engaging Citizen Science Conference, CitSci 2022 |
| Volume | 418 |
| Publisher | Sissa Medialab Srl |
| Publication date | 16 Dec 2022 |
| Article number | 121 |
| Publication status | Published - 16 Dec 2022 |
| Event | 2022 Engaging Citizen Science Conference, CitSci 2022 - Aarhus, Denmark Duration: 25 Apr 2022 → 26 Apr 2022 |
Conference
| Conference | 2022 Engaging Citizen Science Conference, CitSci 2022 |
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| Country/Territory | Denmark |
| City | Aarhus |
| Period | 25/04/2022 → 26/04/2022 |
| Series | Proceedings of Science |
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| Volume | 418 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors would like to thank the 25 participants of the workshop at the Engaging Citizen Science Conference 2022 in Denmark, who shared their creativity, ideas and expertise so freely and so kindly. These projects have received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101006251 (SEEDS) and 101005931 (YouCount).
Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the 25 participants of the workshop at the Engaging Citizen Science Conference 2022 in Denmark, who shared their creativity, ideas and expertise so freely and so kindly. These projects have received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement 101006251 (SEEDS) and 101005931 (YouCount).
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