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abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This article presents an overview
    of characteristics of Citizen Social Science (CSS) in Germany. CSS is defined
    as scientific research in the humanities and social sciences, carried out in cooperation
    between professional and non-professional researchers. The study draws on an online
    survey and semi-structured interviews with project coordinators and co-researchers.
    It finds that participatory research activities in the humanities and social sciences
    are very diverse in their disciplinary traditions and organisational settings.
    Key features of CSS activities initiated inside as well as outside academic institutions
    are analysed to understand patterns of participation and cooperation. The results
    show that CSS activities are frequently realised in heterogeneous consortia of
    academic and non-academic partners. These consortia influence interactions between
    professional and non-professional researchers. To investigate these observations
    further, the article extends the analytical gaze from participation of individual
    volunteers to various forms of cooperation in consortia. This shift in attention
    brings to sight additional actors and activities that are usually not, or only
    marginally, considered in discussions about C(S)S. Staff of civil society organisations,
    municipalities, schools or cross-sectoral initiatives as well as university students
    are involved in making CSS work. In addition to research tasks, CSS rests on science
    communication, project management and intermediation activities. This extended
    perspective captures more diverse constellations of knowledge production in participatory
    research in the social sciences and humanities than the common focus on participation.
    In this way, the article aims to lay the groundwork for understanding the functioning
    of CSS beyond aspects described by the concept of invited and uninvited participation.
    It shows that CSS activities are not limited to capacitating lay people for participation
    in science. A more adequate description is that such projects are concerned with
    facilitating cooperation with co-researchers and other partners in consortia inside
    and outside of academia. On this basis, the article introduces the notion of cooperation
    capacity as a heuristic device to propose new prompts for research on CSS as well
    as for supporting CSS practice.</jats:p>
article_number: '193'
author:
- first_name: Claudia
  full_name: Göbel, Claudia
  last_name: Göbel
- first_name: Sylvi
  full_name: Mauermeister, Sylvi
  last_name: Mauermeister
- first_name: Justus
  full_name: Henke, Justus
  last_name: Henke
citation:
  ama: Göbel C, Mauermeister S, Henke J. Citizen Social Science in Germany—cooperation
    beyond invited and uninvited participation. <i>Humanities and Social Sciences
    Communications</i>. 2022;9(1). doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01198-1">10.1057/s41599-022-01198-1</a>
  apa: Göbel, C., Mauermeister, S., &#38; Henke, J. (2022). Citizen Social Science
    in Germany—cooperation beyond invited and uninvited participation. <i>Humanities
    and Social Sciences Communications</i>, <i>9</i>(1), Article 193. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01198-1">https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01198-1</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Göbel_Mauermeister_Henke_2022, title={Citizen Social Science in
    Germany—cooperation beyond invited and uninvited participation}, volume={9}, DOI={<a
    href="https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01198-1">10.1057/s41599-022-01198-1</a>},
    number={1193}, journal={Humanities and Social Sciences Communications}, publisher={Springer
    Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Göbel, Claudia and Mauermeister, Sylvi
    and Henke, Justus}, year={2022} }'
  chicago: Göbel, Claudia, Sylvi Mauermeister, and Justus Henke. “Citizen Social Science
    in Germany—Cooperation beyond Invited and Uninvited Participation.” <i>Humanities
    and Social Sciences Communications</i> 9, no. 1 (2022). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01198-1">https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01198-1</a>.
  ieee: 'C. Göbel, S. Mauermeister, and J. Henke, “Citizen Social Science in Germany—cooperation
    beyond invited and uninvited participation,” <i>Humanities and Social Sciences
    Communications</i>, vol. 9, no. 1, Art. no. 193, 2022, doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01198-1">10.1057/s41599-022-01198-1</a>.'
  mla: Göbel, Claudia, et al. “Citizen Social Science in Germany—Cooperation beyond
    Invited and Uninvited Participation.” <i>Humanities and Social Sciences Communications</i>,
    vol. 9, no. 1, 193, Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2022, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01198-1">10.1057/s41599-022-01198-1</a>.
  short: C. Göbel, S. Mauermeister, J. Henke, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
    9 (2022).
date_created: 2023-01-24T09:36:55Z
date_updated: 2023-09-20T11:33:49Z
doi: 10.1057/s41599-022-01198-1
intvolume: '         9'
issue: '1'
keyword:
- General Economics
- Econometrics and Finance
- General Psychology
- General Social Sciences
- General Arts and Humanities
- General Business
- Management and Accounting
language:
- iso: eng
publication: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2662-9992
publication_status: published
publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
status: public
title: Citizen Social Science in Germany—cooperation beyond invited and uninvited
  participation
type: journal_article
user_id: '98032'
volume: 9
year: '2022'
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