eu-citizen.science blog

Helen Feord, April 30, 2020, 3:56 p.m.

The ‘Characteristics of citizen science’ sets out to address an important question for our field: what is citizen science, and what isn’t? The project to produce these characteristics was led by Muki Haklay, ECSA’s co-vice-chair.

Francisco, April 30, 2020, 3:38 p.m.

One of the major Work Packages (WP3) within the EU-Citizen.Science project has been to determine how we can ensure that the resources for citizen science projects that are shared and profiled on the platform are indeed of good quality, and valuable to the community. The central task therein has been to develop a framework to identify and facilitate the collection and sharing of high-quality resources and best practices for citizen science. This has meant developing a set of quality criteria, and a system for applying those in a way that supports a well-balanced and sustainable repository of resources.

Helen Feord, April 30, 2020, 3:38 p.m.

The ‘Characteristics of citizen science’ sets out to address an important question for our field: what is citizen science, and what isn’t? The project to produce these characteristics was led by Muki Haklay, ECSA’s co-vice-chair. In an interview with ECSA, he explains why this project was necessary, how it developed and what its major outcomes are.

Margaret, April 3, 2020, 1:27 p.m.

We are really pleased to be announcing the launch of the alpha version of the EU- Citizen.Science platform. Our ambitious goal is to become the place to share useful resources about planning and running citizen science initiatives, including tools and guidelines, best practices and training modules.

Francisco, March 31, 2020, 4:25 p.m.

This is a selection of resources related to the current COVID19 pandemic. It contains links to citizen science and crowdsourcing projects that might be of interest to: citizens wanting to help tackle the virus researchers looking for support during interruptions to their fieldwork parents looking for ideas to support children who are homeschooling anyone looking for useful ways to fill their time while self-isolating.

Francisco, March 31, 2020, 4:22 p.m.

Dorte Riemenschneider and Muki Haklay have recently been interviewed by Research Outreach to discuss the role of ECSA, the European Citizen Science Association, and how everyone can get involved in Citizen Science. With a special mention of our project!

Francisco, March 31, 2020, 4:19 p.m.

This deliverable (D3.1) “Framework report describing criteria and rationale for sharing and selecting state of the art citizen science resources” describes the set of criteria and actions for identifying good quality citizen science resources for the EU-Citizen.Science platform.

Francisco, March 31, 2020, 4:16 p.m.

Due to the uncertainty of the current situation linked with the COVID19 outbreak, the 2020 ECSA conference in Trieste (Italy) (which was initially organised on 24-6 May) is now postponed to 6-8 September.

Francisco, March 31, 2020, 4:14 p.m.

For the last interview of our series about inclusion in citizen science, we wanted to know more about what’s happening outside of our continent. We travelled (virtually of course) to the West Coast of the USA to have a chat with Shara Fisler, founder of the Ocean Discovery Institute, an organisation specialised in citizen science projects involving underrepresented minorities.

Francisco, March 31, 2020, 4:09 p.m.

The deliverable D5.1 Report in training needs combines four elements: a review of the socio-demographic context of citizen science, a literature review of learning in relation to citizen science, a community survey of training needs and a detailed analysis of a set of training resources. These four activities identified five distinct clusters of training needs/gaps:

Francisco, March 31, 2020, 4:06 p.m.

The deliverable D4.1: Guidelines and Recommendations Based on a Range of Best Practices for Achieving Societal and Policy-Maker Engagement presents a list of recommendations for achieving engagement of society, including policymakers, with citizen science.

Francisco, March 31, 2020, 4:03 p.m.

The deliverable 4.2: Report on Policy Maker Engagement and Awareness-Raising offers guidelines and recommendations for raising awareness of citizen science activities and projects among a variety of stakeholders.