Using citizen science data to monitor the Sustainable Development Goals: a bottom-up analysis.

ABSTRACT: Official data are not sufficient for monitoring the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): they do not reach remote locations or marginalized populations and can be manipulated by governments. Citizen science data (CSD), defined as data that citizens voluntarily gather by employing a wide range of technologies and methodologies, could help to tackle these problems and ultimately improve SDG monitoring. However, the link between CSD and the SDGs is still understudied. This article aims to develop an empirical understanding of the CSD-SDG link by focusing on the perspective of projects which employ CSD. Specifically, the article presents primary and secondary qualitative data collected on 30 of these projects and an explorative comparative case study analysis. It finds that pro

SUBMITTER: Ballerini L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8298195 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature