Citizen science at its core involves researchers as well as citizens. “It is a type of science that has been created through the active participation of citizens or solely under the guise of citizens,” said Anu Masso, an associate professor at Tallinn University of Technology. She shared that involving citizens in science and data-based decision-making is essential, particularly in our modern world, which is closely intertwined with data.
Masso’s research is focused on Big Data and the datafication of our society. “Only through an informed and capable data-citizen, who on one hand critically evaluates the necessity of the data they leave behind and on the other hand contributes to the betterment of our society with sharing their data, can the vicious circle of datafication, where it reproduces and legitimates social inequalities, be broken.”
In order to find out more about their opinion and experience with citizen science projects, LibOCS partners interviewed diferent Baltic scientists. Read the rest of the interview with Anu Masso from the Ragnar Nurkse Department of Innovation and Governance at TalTech in Estonian here.
