D2.1: Review results and final version of the Scalability Assessment Framework and criteria

Despite the growing demonstrated impact of Citizen Science and its more and more acknowledged value to address several pressing issues we face globally and locally as a society, too often it struggles to achieve sustainability and move beyond local actions and impact. CROPS focuses on upscaling Citizen Science at the transnational level. It does so in the context of the 5 EU Missions: Adaptation to Climate Change; Cancer; Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030; 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities by 2030; and A Soil Deal for Europe. Within CROPS, WP2 focuses on reviewing existing Citizen Science projects with respect to their scalability potential. As part of this effort, this document addresses two main purposes: Presenting the overall methodology and foundational framework for this effort. This framework is drawn upon existing theories of Participatory Design, Diffusion of Innovations, and Adoption and Use of Innovations, and outlines nine enabling factors for citizen science projects to upscale. Reporting the preliminary findings from the review. So far, 518 projects have been identified and clustered under the Mission(s) they address. Of these, 368 have been reviewed. From this exercise, preliminary insights and findings are presented. This report finally positions this study within the overall CROPS project and proposes some lessons learned as well as reflection points that will require particular attention during the ongoing scalability assessment.