Data Documentation for: Participatory Research Map, a collection and visualization of participatory research projects at Berlin University Alliance (BUA) partner universities

This dataset is the result of a data collection survey for the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) Participatory Research Map as part of the "Open Science Magnifiers" project, funded by BUA Objective 3, and the BUA Laboratory for Transdisciplinary Research (TD-Lab). The project aims to monitor and visualise various Open Science practices and activities at BUA universities. In this part, Open Engagement (or Societal Engagement) was put into focus as one of the Open Science pillar by the UNESCO Open Science Recommendation (2021). 

The data represents a unique collection of recent Participatory Research related projects at BUA. It contains both active and ongoing projects (as of June 2026). The projects represent the following approaches: Citizen Science, Transdisciplinary Research, Living Lab, Patient Engagement, Collaborative Action Research, and Other.

A short paper supporting the BUA Participatory Research Map was presented at the STI-ENID 2025 conference:
Duine, M., Iarkaeva, A., & Gaasch, N. (2025, December 15). More than 'just' Citizen Science: the need to define and categorise Open Engagement of societal actors for Open Science monitoring purposes. 29th International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators (STIENID2025), Bristol, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17939100

Review of the paper is available at MetaRoR.