citizen science

noun

1. Scientific research done, in whole or in part, by amateur (or nonprofessional) scientists.

   “This postscript makes a big push for citizen science. By this I mean voluntary participation in periodic counts and measurements of the abundances of populations, the diversity of habitats, and some straightforward chemistry, […]”

   “'Crowdsourcing' and 'citizen science' have been around as concepts for many years, and early forms of mass participation such as the University of Sussex's Mass observation Project, founded in 1937, have helped by providing useful […]”