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Josep Perelló

Josep Perelló

Leader of the OpenSystems group at the University of Barcelona.

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Citizen Science Now

Citizen science is defined as an emerging trend in the ways of doing science. Efforts draw on citizens’ involvement in research tasks. This may range from identifying a problem that needs solving, defining research, data collection, data interpretation and transforming these interpretations into actions.

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