Becoming Scientific-Environmental Citizens Through Citizen Science in China

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ID5337126
AuthorsCoraline Goron (0000-0002-9729-0870, Duke Kunshan University), Anna Lora-Wainwright (0000-0003-1137-2646, University of Oxford, corresponding author), Shuling Huang (0000-0002-9762-6119, Bangor University)
Year2025
Volume50
Issue4
Pages797-829
Publication date2025-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience Technology & Human Values (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0162-2439 • E-ISSN: 1552-8251
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/01622439241278375
OpenAlexW4402996544
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited59

This article advocates for a closer study of the forms of citizenship nurtured among individual participants in citizen science (CS) projects by highlighting some salient features of CS in China. Through a detailed examination of the experiences of students participating in the CS activities of a Chinese environmental NGO, it proposes that attention to CS as a means of democratizing science should be complemented by a similar attention to the ways in which CS fosters "scientific-environmental citizenship." The article argues that these emergent forms of citizenship may be revealed by focusing on the experiences, perspectives, values and skills acquired by participants, and the specific polity in which CS initiatives are situated. This attention to the development of scientific-environmental citizenship as an outcome of CS is particularly valuable in contexts where democratic participation is otherwise constrained, but also yields a more nuanced understanding of citizenship enacted through CS in democratic contexts

China · Citizen science · Engineering ethics · Environmental ethics · Political science · Sociology · Animal and Plant Science Education · Engineering · Law · Species Distribution and Climate Change · Zoonotic diseases and public health

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