Barbosa, LuisaCañizo, Carlos delRevuelta, Gema2022-06-222022-06-222022Barbosa-Gómez L, del Cañizo C, Revuelta G. Participatory citizen science in solar energy research: going beyond data collection to promote the energy transition. JCOM. 2022;21(02):N06. DOI: 10.22323/2.210208061824-2049http://hdl.handle.net/10230/53566Despite the societal relevance of energy research, there is a distinct lack of citizen science initiatives in the field. This paper reports the experience of a participatory and innovative strategy to develop a citizen science initiative for solar energy research. A number of stakeholders participated in the definition and implementation of the initiative, and tools such as surveys and a hackathon were employed. The process described aims to provide a blueprint for transforming the relationship between citizens and research into societal challenges. Here we describe the collaborative process and analyse the main opportunities, limitations and future perspectives.application/pdfengThe Author(s). This article is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution — NonCommercial — NoDerivativeWorks 4.0 License.info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.22323/2.21020806Citizen scienceEnvironmental communicationPublic engagement with science and technologyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess