eu-citizen.science blog
Daniel Lisbona, Dec. 15, 2020, 12:26 p.m.
Watch the presentation of the annual report on the situation of citizen science in Spain in 2019/2020.
Thursday, December 17, 2020, live broadcast in the Ibercivis Foundation YouTube Channel. From 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Eu-Citizen.Science, Dec. 15, 2020, 11:47 a.m.
Register to the open session of the NEWSERA Labs on communication for citizen science projects
NEWSERA project is launching on Friday 18th December the first of its #CitSciComm Labs (Citizen Science Communication Labs), co-creation workshops that study the communication practices of citizen science projects and how to improve them.
Eu-Citizen.Science, Nov. 20, 2020, 10:17 a.m.
Newsletter #5: Citizen Science and the SDGs
The fifth edition of the citizen science joint newsletter is out! After the recent international meetings taking place in the Citizen science field, we focused our newsletter on a topic that kept on popping up: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Eu-Citizen.Science, Nov. 20, 2020, 8:17 a.m.
Upcoming survey shines light on citizen science
On January 20th, CS Track H2020 -project will launch an international citizen science (CS) survey. While existing surveys and studies have typically focused on individual CS projects, this upcoming survey provides an overview of CS.
Antonella Passani, Nov. 13, 2020, 3:32 p.m.
Let’s talk about money. Citizen science and financial sustainability. A free webinar on 19 November
On 19 November, from 10 to 12 CET, the ACTION project will host an online event dedicated to CS financial sustainability.
Maite Pelacho (Ibercivis Foundation), Nov. 11, 2020, 10:49 a.m.
Can citizen science be the new frontier of science communication?
To map the current state of science communication in citizen science projects, and to imagine its development in the future, the NEWSERA Team is spreading a survey addressed to all citizen science practitioners across the European Union and United Kingdom.
Antonella Passani, Nov. 2, 2020, 12:33 p.m.
Four ACTION pilots successfully graduated: congratulations!
Some days ago, four ACTION pilots funded by the 1st open call successfully passed the internal final review and graduated. In the last six months the ACTION team accompanied them in an accelerator programme providing access to regular exchanges, training and mentoring activities.
Eu-Citizen.Science, Nov. 1, 2020, 1:29 p.m.
Is citizen science ready for the SDGs challenge?
Rosy Mondardini, managing director of the ETH/UZH Citizen Science Center, explains the connections that can be done between SDGs and Citizen science.
Eu-Citizen.Science, Nov. 1, 2020, 12:21 p.m.
SDGs in a nutshell
SDGs have been a key topic in the citizen science field in the past few weeks. We had a conversation with April Tash, from UNESCO, to be sure to understand what we were talking about.
Antonella Passani, Oct. 23, 2020, 10:15 a.m.
ACTION open call for CS project: Last days for submitting your proposal!
ACTION is looking for ongoing citizen science projects related to any form of pollution in Europe and worldwide. The call focuses on projects that are primarily carried out online. The deadline for applications is the 1st of November.
Eu-Citizen.Science, Oct. 22, 2020, 11:09 a.m.
EnviroCitizen: Article on citizen science and environmental citizenship published in Conservation Biology
Two of the ENVIROCITIZEN teams recently published an article in Conservation Biology outlining the main proposition behind the project: the social capacity potential of citizen science extends far beyond collecting data.
Eu-Citizen.Science, Oct. 22, 2020, 10:53 a.m.
D-NOSES: Big Data, Big Citizens
International organisations and governments are developing data portals to track SDG indicators. There is a significant rise in the city data portals, that receive and display data in dashboards, covering all aspects of city life - health, economics, etc. Citizen science is often mentioned as a way to bridge regulatory gaps. So what role does/can/will citizen science play in this proliferation of data?