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Can Citizen Science Seriously Contribute to Policy Development?: A Decision Maker's View

Can Citizen Science Seriously Contribute to Policy Development?: A Decision Maker's View
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Author(s): Colin Chapman (Welsh Government, UK)and Crona Hodges (University of Aberystwyth, UK)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 16
Source title: Cognitive Analytics: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2460-2.ch089

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Abstract

This chapter considers the potential for citizen science to contribute to policy development. A background to evidence-based policy making is given, and the requirement for data to be robust, reliable and, increasingly, cost-effective is noted. The potential for the use of ‘co-design' strategies with stakeholders, to add value to their engagement as well as provide more meaningful data that can contribute to policy development, is presented and discussed. Barriers to uptake can be institutional and the quality of data used in evidence-based policy making will always need to be fully assured. Data must be appropriate to the decision making process at hand and there is potential for citizen science to fill important, existing data-gaps.

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