Sustainability of Cos4Cloud services for Citizen Observatories. Policy Brief

English Text : Policy Brief Impact Project sustainability ... Citizen Observatories

The increase in popularity of citizen observatories (COs) over the last decade has come with increased participation and large amounts of collected data. This has evidenced the challenges faced by …

Cos4Cloud final project event: its legacy for the citizen science …

English Moving Image (Video) Best practices Introduction to CS ... Citizen Observatories

Cos4Cloud is an EU-funded project that has co-designed, prototyped and implemented several new tools, methodologies and services that address the technological challenges shared by citizen observatories. These services can help …

Recognizing failures in citizen science projects: Lessons learned

English Text : Report Communication Research design and methods ... Citizen Science Lessons learned ...

Failures are an immanent part of academic processes driving research progress. Therefore, they are also present in citizen science projects. Still the research community tends to highlight the successes while …

Data Protection, Vulnerable Groups and Citizen Science: Protecting everyone's rights

English Moving Image (Video) Best practices CS stories ... Data Citizen Science ...

In the first half of this interesting webinar, four experts share their views on data protection and vulnerable groups:

• Gianclaudio Malgieri, Associate Professor of Law and Technology at the EDHEC …

Practicing Citizen Science in Zurich – Handbook

English Text Communication Co-creation ... Introduction Starting Projects ...

This handbook is a practical guide on how to successfully design and run co-created Citizen Science projects, with some specific tips for practitioners in Zurich. The handbook is organized in …

Lessons from the LandSense project – ECSA & EU-Citizen.Science Webinar …

English Moving Image (Video) Best practices Engagement ... Project Overview Citizen Science Data ...

LandSense is a Horizon 2020 project that started in September 2016. It aims to build a Citizen Observatory and Innovation Marketplace for Land Use and Land Cover Monitoring. This project …

Citizen Science Project Builder

English Software Research design and methods Engagement ... Analysis Toolkit ...

The Citizen Science Project Builder is a web-based tool that allows researchers, students, and all members of the public to create and run data-analysis Citizen Science (CS) projects.

The CS …

Data Quality Resource Compendium by the CSA Data and Metadata …

English Text Data quality and standards Data Collection Data Management ...

The QA/QC Project team of the CSA Metadata Working Group has compiled a compendium of guidance documents, manuals, and workbooks produced for citizen science. The resulting spreadsheet is a treasure-trove …

Creating a citizens’ information pack on ethical and legal issues …

English Text Data quality and standards Data Management Data Safety ...

This is the report from a workshop co-hosted by ECSA, COST Action 15212, EU-Citizen.Science, Panelfit and ICM-CSIC, which explored the ethical and legal issues around ICTs (e.g. privacy, data rights) …

Handbook for Citizen Science Quality Assurance and Documentation

English Text : Guideline Best practices Data quality and standards Data Management Metadata ...

This Handbook for Citizen Science Quality Assurance and Documentation is for organizations that are starting or growing a citizen science project, and where transparency in the scientific methods for collecting …

Citizen science and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

English Text : Scientific Publication Introduction to CS Best practices ... Citizen Science Data SDG Monitoring ...

Peer-reviewed article published in Nature Sustainability on the potential of citizen science to contribute data for monitoring progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The paper grew out of …

Educational Unit OdourCollect: Citizen Science for monitoring odour pollution (orig. …

Spanish Text : Guideline Co-creation Empowerment ... App Odour pollution ...

The OdourCollect Educational Unit is a proposal to work in the classroom with students of Secondary Education or in other contexts of non-formal education. OdourCollect is the name of a …

Citizen Science and Data Integration for Understanding Marine Litter

English Text : Other Data quality and standards Impact Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Beach Clean-ups ...

"Protecting the ocean is essential for the sustainability of the planet. Oceans provide food and livelihood for human populations, host vast biodiversity and ecosystems and provide climate regulatory services. However, …

A manual for citizen scientists starting or participating in data …

English Text : Guideline Introduction to CS Research design and methods ... Enviromental Justice Data Management ...

This manual aims to empower individuals in their roles as citizen scientists and to promote the practice of community-based citizen science as a vehicle for environmental justice. It is our …

Green Paper Citizen Science Strategy 2020 for Germany

English Text : White Paper / Green Paper Impact Evaluation of citizen science ... Definition Development on National Level ...

This Green Paper Citizen Science Strategy 2020 for Germany presents the under-standing, the requirements and the potential of Citizen Science in Germany. It re-fl ects on the multiple benefi ts …

Citizen science – új módszertan?

Hungarian Text : Other Evaluation of citizen science Research design and methods ... Scientific Knowledge Citizen Science ...

Most of our scientific knowledge originates from respected representatives of scientific research. We believe them because the scientific community, rigorous scientific education and strict methodology seem to guarantee their reliability. …