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1. Attitudes Toward Engagement in Citizen Science Increase Self-Related, Ecology-Related, and Motivation-Related Outcomes in an Urban Wildlife Project.

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Greving, Hannah, Bruckermann, Till, Schumann, Anke, Stillfried, Milena, Börner, Konstantin, Hagen, Robert, Kimmig, Sophia E, Brandt, Miriam, and Kimmerle, Joachim

Subjects
*CITIZEN science, *URBAN animals, *PSYCHOLOGICAL ownership, *URBAN ecology, *ATTITUDE (Psychology), *ANIMAL populations
Abstract

Citizen science projects are crucial for engaging citizens in conservation efforts. Although attitudes toward engagement in citizen science were mostly considered an outcome of citizen science participation, citizens may also have a certain attitude toward engagement in citizen science when starting with a citizen science project. Moreover, there is a lack of citizen science studies that consider changes over longer periods of time. Therefore, in this research, we present two-wave data from four field studies of a citizen science project about urban wildlife ecology using cross-lagged panel analyses. We investigated the influence of attitudes toward engagement in citizen science on self-related, ecology-related, and motivation-related outcomes. We found that positive attitudes toward engagement in citizen science at the beginning of the project had positive influences on the participants' psychological ownership and pride in their participation, their attitudes toward and enthusiasm about wildlife, and their internal and external motivation 2 months later. We discuss the implications for citizen science research and practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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2. To know about science is to love it? Unravelingcause–effect relationships between knowledgeand attitudes toward science in citizen scienceon urban wildlife ecology

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Bruckermann, Till, Greving, Hannah, Schumann, Anke, Stillfried, Milena, Börner, Konstantn, Kimmig, Sophia Elisabeth, Hagen, Robert, Brandt, Miriam, and Harms, Ute

Subjects
attitudes, informal science, cross-lagged panel analysis, science literacy
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Nowadays, citizens collaborate increasingly with scientists in citizen science (CS) projects on environmental issues. CS projects often have educational goals and aim to increase citizens' knowledge with the ultimate goal of fostering positive attitudes toward science. To date, little is known about the extent to which CS projects strengthen the positive interrelationship between knowledge and attitudes. Based on previous research, it has been suggested that the knowledge–attitude relationship could be further examined by focusing on different aspects: (1) different attitudinal domains, (2) topic-specific knowledge, and (3) its direction. Our study contributes to the clarification of the interrelation between scientific knowledge and attitudes toward science within the specific domain of urban wildlife ecology using cross-lagged panel analyses. We collected survey data on five attitudinal domains, topic-specific knowledge, scientific reasoning abilities, and epistemological beliefs from N = 303 participants before and after they participated in a CS project on urban wildlife ecology. Participants collected and analyzed data on terrestrial mammals in a German metropolitan city. Our results provide evidence for the relationship between knowledge and attitudes due to the topic-specificity of knowledge in CS projects (e.g., wildlife ecology). Our method provided a rigorous assessment of the direction of the knowledge–attitude relationship and showed that topic-specific knowledge was a predictor of more positive attitudes toward science.

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2021
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3. To know about science is to love it? Unraveling cause–effect relationships between knowledge and attitudes toward science in citizen science on urban wildlife ecology

Author

Bruckermann, Till, Greving, Hanna, Schumann, Anke, Stillfried, Milena, Börner, Konstantin, Kimmig, Sophia E., Hagen, Robert, Brandt, Miriam, and Harms, Ute

Subjects
Mammals, attitudes, Ecology, cross-lagged panel analysis, Scientific knowledge, informal science, Positive attitude, Epistemological beliefs, science literacy, Surveys, Specific knowledge, Environmental issues, Educational goals, Metropolitan cities, FOS: Biological sciences, ddc:500, Dewey Decimal Classification::500 | Naturwissenschaften, Scientific reasoning
Abstract

Nowadays, citizens collaborate increasingly with scientists in citizen science (CS) projects on environmental issues. CS projects often have educational goals and aim to increase citizens' knowledge with the ultimate goal of fostering positive attitudes toward science. To date, little is known about the extent to which CS projects strengthen the positive interrelationship between knowledge and attitudes. Based on previous research, it has been suggested that the knowledge–attitude relationship could be further examined by focusing on different aspects: (1) different attitudinal domains, (2) topic-specific knowledge, and (3) its direction. Our study contributes to the clarification of the interrelation between scientific knowledge and attitudes toward science within the specific domain of urban wildlife ecology using cross-lagged panel analyses. We collected survey data on five attitudinal domains, topic-specific knowledge, scientific reasoning abilities, and epistemological beliefs from N = 303 participants before and after they participated in a CS project on urban wildlife ecology. Participants collected and analyzed data on terrestrial mammals in a German metropolitan city. Our results provide evidence for the relationship between knowledge and attitudes due to the topic-specificity of knowledge in CS projects (e.g., wildlife ecology). Our method provided a rigorous assessment of the direction of the knowledge–attitude relationship and showed that topic-specific knowledge was a predictor of more positive attitudes toward science. © 2021 The Authors. Journal of Research in Science Teaching published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of National Association for Research in Science Teaching.

Published
2021

4. Improving attitudes and knowledge in a citizen science project about urban bat ecology.

Author

Greving, Hannah, Bruckermann, Till, Schumann, Anke, Straka, Tanja M., Lewanzik, Daniel, Heucke, Silke L. Voigt, Marggraf, Lara, Lorenz, Julia, Brandt, Miriam, Voigt, Christian C., Harms, Ute, and Kimmerle, Joachim

Subjects
*BAT ecology, *URBAN ecology, *CITIZEN science, *CITIZEN attitudes, *BAT conservation
Abstract

In order to deal with the current, dramatic decline in biodiversity, the public at large needs to be aware of and participate in biodiversity research activities. One way to do this is citizen science projects, in which researchers collaborate with volunteering citizens in scientific research. However, it remains unclear whether engaging in such projects has an impact on the learning outcomes of volunteers. Previous research has so far presented mixed results on the improvement of citizens' attitudes and knowledge, mostly because such research has focused only on single aspects of citizen science projects in case studies. To address these limitations, we investigated the impact of an urban bat ecology project on citizens' attitudes and knowledge about bats, and on their engagement with citizen science. We also examined whether the degree of citizen participation (i.e., collecting data vs. collecting and analyzing data) had an influence on the outcomes. We conducted four field studies and used a survey-based, experimental, pre-/post-measurement design. To vary the degree of participation, we assessed the post measurement in one group directly after data collection, whereas, in a second group, we assessed it after data collection and analysis, at the end of the project. Across all studies, the results demonstrated that citizens' content knowledge of urban bat ecology increased, and their attitudes toward bats and toward their engagement in citizen science improved during their participation. Citizens' degrees of participation did not influence these outcomes. Thus, our research illustrates that citizen science can increase awareness of urban bat conservation, independently of citizens' degree of participation. We discuss the implications of our findings for the citizen science community. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2022
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