Ways of sociotechnical integration of scientists and volunteers in citizen science

Abstract

Abstract The given research is directed on the analysis of the scientist and volunteer’s relations at realization of joint projects of the citizen science, which have recently been developed increasingly due to information-communication technologies introduction in the process. The authors conducted a substantial analysis of more than 200 projects; thus, special attention is paid to the projects presented on Zooniverse site. The site serves as the main base for the paper’s authors since it is the world’s largest and most popular platform for constructing communication of scientists and volunteers. The continuous research covers the period from May 24, 2019 to September 24, 2019, showing what changes occurred to the projects, specifying in speed of their ending, progress of the volunteers’ involving, the most popular themes of research, etc. The authors generate the cloud of citizen science’s objectives from scientists and volunteers, generalizing motivation and objectives of the given interaction. The perspective opportunities of the citizen science are noted, allowing solving not only research problems, but also the contemporary global problems.