Research shows many benefits in being a citizen scientist

Naturemapr paticipants were contributors to this German study on how those involved in citizen science benefit. The study found that involvement in one of the surveyed 63 citizen science projects in Europe, Australia and New Zealand 

- increased knowledge about science and the environment

- gained or improved scientific skills

- improved confidence that  actions taken by a person will have an effect

- increased interest in and motivation for science and environment; and

- changed their actions towards the environment

The reserach can be downloaded from the link below or I can email you a copy (it is 1.8M in size)

Peter M, Diekötter T, Höffler T,

Kremer K. Biodiversity citizen science: Outcomes for the

participating citizens. People Nat. 2021;00:1–18.

https://doi.

org/10.1002/pan3.10193