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Timo Goeschl and Ole Juergens from Heidelberg University (Germany) have just published a provocative paper (paywalled, but a similar argument can be found here) about the impact of citizen science on the overall environmental quality. According to the abstract of their paper, they “show that improved citizen monitoring can even have adverse effects on environmental quality”.
ISQL2012 will take place within the 8th AIAI conference (27-30 September 2012 at Halkidiki, Greece). So, the actual workshop date is still to be announced.
From the workshop webpage: Quality of Life (QoL) is directly related to environmental pressures and conditions, including air quality, pollen, drinking and bathing water quality, noise pollution, waste […]
