Democratizing Co-production of Thematic Co-explorations for Citizen Observatories

Citizen Observatories are a promising instrument to drive societal behaviour change towards greener more sustainable practices. However, assembling Citizen Observatories is not easy, since apart from the continuous engagement of their participants, there is the need to have some specialized domain and technical knowledge. Data quality, continuous engagement and retention and factual impact into decision making are three usual roadblocks which impend a wider adoption of this practice. This paper explains how GREENGAGE project aims to democratize the co-production of thematic co-explorations and overcome those barriers.