The MLE CS Responsible and Inclusive Scalability Toolkit

Antonella Radicchi*, Muki Haklay, Alan Irwin, Marzia Mazzonetto, Florian Heigl, Daniel Dörler, Rosa Arias, Margaret Gold

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Abstract

This paper presents the Scalability Toolkit developed in 2021–2023 within the “Mutual Learning Exercise on Citizen Science Initiatives – Policy and Practice” to provide a theoretical and methodological framework to support the scaling of CS projects and initiatives responsibly and inclusively.
The Toolkit is made of three components: i) a multidimensional qualitative definition of scalability, ii) an operational scalability matrix composed of four models (scaling up, out, deep and down) and two approaches (top-down and bottom-up), and iii) eight action areas for policy making.
Building on this work, further research as well as a cultural mind shift is needed to urther develop value-driven scalability models in CS according to more qualitative and ethical dimensions, the specific logic of CS projects as well as their domain and context dependency.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationChange – The Transformative Power of Citizen Science : Proceedings ECSA-ÖCSK Double Conference 2024
EditorsKatrin Vohland, Daniel Dörler, Florian Heigl, Maria Aristeidou, Eglė Butkevičienė, Claudia Göbel, Mordechai (Muki) Haklay, Olivia Höhener, Barbara Kieslinger, Andrzej Klimczuk, Gitte Kragh, Moritz Müller, Frank Ostermann, Jaume Piera, Baiba Prūse, Gaston Remmers, Sven Schade, Susanne Tönsmann, Jakub Trojan, Kathryn Willis
Number of pages6
Place of PublicationSofia
PublisherPensoft Publishers
Publication date2024
Pages223-227
ISBN (Electronic)9786192481346
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event5th European Citizen Science Conference 2024 - BOKU University and the Natural History Museum Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Duration: 3 Apr 20246 Apr 2024
Conference number: 5
https://2024.ecsa.ngo/

Conference

Conference5th European Citizen Science Conference 2024
Number5
LocationBOKU University and the Natural History Museum Vienna
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityVienna
Period03/04/202406/04/2024
Internet address
SeriesARPHA proceedings
Volume6
ISSN2683-0183

Keywords

  • Citizen science
  • Policy
  • Practice
  • Upscaling
  • Scalability
  • Sustainability
  • Open science

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