<b>TURNING INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION INTO RESEARCH EVIDENCE</b>

<p dir="ltr">This methodological framework presents Citizen Auditing as a participatory approach to AI accountability, institutional observation, research evidence, and open science.</p><p dir="ltr">It defines a practical pathway for transforming institutional communications and independently documented observations into structured, attributable, verifiable, and persistent research evidence.</p><p dir="ltr">The framework connects AI accountability, auditability, research provenance, longitudinal observation, and reproducibility, enabling researchers and independent investigators to examine how AI-mediated and institutionally mediated events can be documented, compared, verified, and preserved as research objects.</p><p dir="ltr">Rather than treating research as a process limited by institutional titles or conventional academic boundaries, the framework emphasizes methodological capability, transparent evidence production, and open participation in research..</p>