Requirements and motivations of quadruple helix stakeholders for active engagement in the Citizen Science

Abstract

This deliverable presents the Requirements and motivations of quadruple helix stakeholders for active engagement in the Citizen Science Hubs of the H2020 INCENTIVE Project. The deliverable provides a current overview of the perceptions, attitudes, concerns, motivational factors and obstacles with regard to participation in Citizen Science activities in four pilot countries: Greece, Lithuania, the Netherlands, and Spain. Under INCENTIVE, four Citizen Science Hubs will be established and tested during the life-span of the project in the facilities of four Research Performing and Funding Organisations (RPFOs): University of Twente (the Netherlands), Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) and Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania). Essentially, the Hubs will aim to bring different stakeholders together and bridge society with science under the emerging paradigm of Citizen Science, in an institutionalised way.