Margaret Gold
- Name
- M.J. Gold
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-4853-2463
Margaret Gold is the Coordinator of the Citizen Science Lab at Leiden University. Her research focus is Citizen Science as a collaborative transdisciplinary practice that engages society in scientific research across a wide range of areas of application. She has a particular interest in co-creative approaches, and Citizen Observatories for community-based environmental monitoring and policy change.
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Civic Engagement in Action 2026: Empowering Researchers and Educators to Make an Impact -
New project seeks best collaboration methods for creating carbon-neutral neighbourhoods -
Researchers and members of the public bring a sustainable world a little closer -
Citizen Science Netherlands network officially launched -
Four projects awarded science communication grants -
Engaging society in our research and teaching: what's the status at Leiden University? -
Seeing Stars: Jupiter steals the show in cloudy night skies -
A more sustainable Leiden through citizen science -
How to involve citizens in your scientific research -
Kids become real scientists with Lil'Scientist -
A call about: the Citizen Science Lab -
Leiden2022: a science festival bursting with activities
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Margaret Gold is a senior researcher and coordinator of the Citizen Science Lab at Leiden University. Her research focuses on the ‘Science of Citizen Science’ with a particular interest in Citizen Observatories and their long-term impacts on policy formation, environmental governance, social innovation, and collective action.
In addition to running the Citizen Science Lab, which is a knowledge hub and project incubator for citizen science initiatives and new collaborations, Margaret is also the coordinator of the national Citizen Science Nederland network for citizen science practitioners.