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How Citizen Scientists See their Own Role and Expertise: An Explorative Study of the Perspectives of Beekeepers in a Citizen Science Project

Citizen Science: Theory and Practice
Volume 8 (2023): Issue 1
By: Sarah Rose Bieszczad,  Maximilian Fochler and  Robert Brodschneider  
Open Access
|Jun 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/cstp.501 | Journal eISSN: 2057-4991
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jan 21, 2022
Accepted on: May 19, 2023
Published on: Jun 19, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
citizen perspectives,
public engagement with science and technology,
beekeeping,
qualitative interviews

© 2023 Sarah Rose Bieszczad, Maximilian Fochler, Robert Brodschneider, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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