During the first reporting period a number of actions were set in place in order to create a suitable framework for the work then to be pursued in year 2 and 3 (literature reviews of citizen science programmes and models of public sphere with a focus on participation, mapping of best practices of engagement, collection of data sets to be used in research, frameworks for questionnaires, surveys, interviews, etc., pre-testing of the 'argument extractor')
During the second and final reporting period, on the basis of work carried out during the first reporting period, the following actions were pursued and completed:
1. a reformulation of the concept of deliberative participation, on a 4 axes framework (epistemic, associative, digital, institutional). (WP2)
2. a typology of public engagement that identifies best practices of participation as well as obstacles to effective participation. (WP3)
3. a reformulation of the concept of 'public sphere' according to a pragmatist model which takes into account WP4 empirical findings and outputs of case studies and surveys on citizen participation in science related activities. (WP2)
4. a comparative analysis of the digital opportunities for citizen participation, including an analysis of their limitations and obstacles. (WP5)
4. an assessment of the scalability of the project results concerning citizen participation from the model of citizen science to the wider society, and the role of scientific/technological knowledge and communication for the good functioning of an inclusive and effective social/political debate. (WP6)