- Emerging technologies will broaden participation. 
- Challenge: wider digital gap between those who have access to the technology and those who lacking it. So we should keep sensitive to social, cultural, economic, and political factors in projects that cross boundaries or involve local/traditional ecological knowledges. 


diversity of participants 

Social interaction and participation affords can promote participants’ motivation in contributing to scientific research.

motivation and retention of volunteers

- diversity of participants 
- motivation and retention of volunteers

New York University

The article examines how would citizen science develop when coupled with emerging technologies, in terms of its research processes, program and participant cultures, and scientific communities. 

The future of citizen science: emerging technologies and shifting paradigms

Emerging technologies will continue to advance citizen science in the future by - engaging broad audiences
- motivate volunteers
- improve data collection
- control data quality
- corroborate model results
- increase the speed with which decisions can be made. 

Emerging technologies 

The researchers examine the future of research process by breaking it down 6 elements: 
- gathering teams/ resources/ partners
- defining research questions
- collecting and managing data
- analyzing and interpreting data
- disseminating results
- evaluating program success and participant outcomes

The future of the citizen-science research process

Future program and participant culture

- paradigm shift
- citizen science as an evolving discipline and community of practice

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