Ready to take your #CitizenScience project to new heights?
The CROPS Assessment Framework (CAF) is your roadmap to: evaluate impact , evolve strategies, scale up, transition to the European Research Area
๐ crops-cs.eu/caf
@ecsa.ngo
An infographic titled "Figure 3. ECSA Characteristics structured in five key areas." The graphic displays five colored boxes arranged in a circle, each representing a category of citizen science characteristics: 1. Core Concepts (e.g., ethics, roles, and research framing); 2. Disciplinary Aspects (e.g., methodological practices in arts, humanities, and medical sciences); 3. Leadership & participation (e.g., degree of engagement, volunteerism, and decision making); 4. Financial Aspects (e.g., funding and incentives); and 5. Data & Knowledge (e.g., data quality, ownership, and collection tools). Full citation for Fraisl et al. (2026) is included at the bottom.
๐งHow do we define #CitizenScience?
Dilek Fraisl et al latest work, aknowledging our project CROPS, moves beyond universal definitions to a "characteristics" toolkit for the #OpenScience community.
Read the full paper: tinyurl.com/bdhw9z2n
@ecsa.ngo @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu #cropsCS
Register now for #cropsCS ext online workshop "Citizen Science Futures (Ocean & Waters)"
๐https://tinyurl.com/cswc7dx4
#CitizenScience #Ocean
@ecsa.ngo
Friday 6 March, 11:15-13:00 - Revitalizing official statistics: citizen science for inclusive SDG data in times of financial and political crisis: www.ecsa2026.ngo/programme/#1...
#ECSA2026 #CitizenScience
Thursday 5 March, 9:00-10:45 Leveraging Citizen Data to Improve Public services and Measure Progress Toward Sustainable Development Goal 16: www.ecsa2026.ngo/programme/#1...
#ECSA2026 #CitizenScience
Wednesday 4 March, 9:00-10:45- Appraisal of citizen science funding models: https://www.ecsa2026.ngo/programme/#17063
Wednesday 4 March, 9:00-10:45- Appraisal of citizen science funding models: www.ecsa2026.ngo/programme/#1...
#ECSA2026 #CitizenScience
Wednesday 4 March, 9:00-10:45 - Designing User-Centered Protocols for Scaling Citizen Science: Five project-based personas and strategies from the CROPS initiative: www.ecsa2026.ngo/programme/#1...
#ECSA2026 #CitizenScience
Wednesday 4 March, 9:00-10:45, 14:30-16:15 - Successful strategies to sustain and upscale citizen science initiatives in different socio-cultural contexts, across regions and scientific domains: https://www.ecsa2026.ngo/programme/#17145
Wednesday 4 March, 9:00-10:45, 14:30-16:15 - Successful strategies to sustain and upscale citizen science initiatives in different socio-cultural contexts, across regions and scientific domains: www.ecsa2026.ngo/programme/#1...
#CitizenScience #ECSA2026
Tuesday 3 March, 10:00-11:45, 12:45-14:30 - Games for good: Games and gamification for citizen science : https://www.ecsa2026.ngo/programme/#17114
Tuesday 3 March, 10:00-11:45, 12:45-14:30 - Games for good: Games and gamification for citizen science : www.ecsa2026.ngo/programme/#1...
#CitizenScience #ECSA2026
Are you attending #ECSA2026 ?
Then come and meet us! #CROPScs partners will be giving a series of talks, panels, and workshop.
๐งตCheck the list and join those who best suits your interests
@ecsa.ngo #CitizenScience #ECSA2026
Do you want to support the growth of citizen science fostering connections, providing and accessing resources, sharing best practices? Then join CROPS transnational communities
Want to upscale your #CitizenScience project?
๐ Join the CROPS Transnational Communities!
Weโre connecting people across the EU to tackle the 5 Missions:
๐ Oceans
๐๏ธ Cancer
๐ฑ #ClimateChange
๐ชด #SoilDeal
๐๏ธ #SmartCities
Join now: tinyurl.com/5yyyn926
Learn how #cropsCS aims to support the growth of #CitizenScience in Europe through its transnational communities.
๐Join us: www.crops-cs.eu
#HorizonEurope #HorizonEU #EUMission
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CS paper Supporting the upscaling of citizen science to address global challenges Sprinks et al. 2025
How do we scale #CitizenScience to tackle global challenges?
๐ Based on #ECSA2024, we share a roadmap for upscaling projects to support #HorizonEU Missions
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Best practices
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Success stories
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Roadmap for impact
Read here: tinyurl.com/489am7s3
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Our new paper on #urban #sustainability argues that while cities are central to achieving #SustainableDevelopment, they struggle with incomplete or non-disaggregated data.
#CitizenScience could support 70% of urban indicators, yet itโs used in only 4% of cases: www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Did you know that #CitizenScience could contribute to 70% of global sustainability indicators?
Currently it is used only in 4% of cases, learn hoow to change that ๐
Europe accelerates citizen science. How crops and scienceus projects are scaling up community-driven research across the continent
#cropsCS and @ScienceUs_Eu reveal new approaches to scaling #citizenscience, empowering communities, researchers, and policymakers to jointly tackle the EU Missions
Learn how they can support your citizen science project: www.crops-cs.eu
@ecsa.ngo @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu
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Is #CitizenScience the future of official statistics?
New research by Fraisl et al. shows CS could support 60% of #SDG indicators usually captured by surveys. Itโs time to move from "secondary source" to "essential tool" for global data.
Read: www.crops-cs.eu
@ecsa.ngo
Check out #CROPScs free resources for #CitizenScience!
Have a look at our Scalability Assessment Framework and Criteria developed by Ideas4Change: tinyurl.com/mu57at49
@ecsa.ngo
๐ค How do you explain what you do while working on #EUProjects without using technical terms? We challenged CROPS' partners to do it without using jargon.
In the third episode of our challenge we feature Arianna Liconti from OutBe, how did she go: youtu.be/yFd4UTaMp1Q
@ecsa.ngo #citizenscience
Is it possible to explain EU project's work without technical terms? We asked our project's partners to do so for CROPS' "No-jargon challenge".
In this episode, we feature James Sprinks from Earthwatch Europe
Watch now: youtu.be/ukGQYk2G-x4
#citizenscience @ecsa.ngo
Don't miss CROPS newsletter, subscribe now: www.crops-cs.eu
๐ง Discover how #CitizenScience can grow across Europe: join our community.
CROPS #newsletter keeps you up to date with the latest tools, resources, and success stories about Citizen Science initiatives and growth.
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๐ฃ If you havenโt sent your WCWW list from last weekend, thereโs still time!
Please include your name + anyone who was with you, so we can add everyone to the roll of honour. ๐
Be #inspired by #waders or #shorebirds
#wildlifeconservation #charity
#CommunityImpact #citizenscience #WCWW2025
If you are joining #ECSA2026 conference as a member/presenter registrations arz open until the 10th of November!
#citizenscience
This year, in addition to our general benefits, ECSA is making an ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐๐ซ to individuals and organisations from ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ๐๐๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฌ!
By working together through citizen science, we can push boundaries and move closer to the horizon.
Find out more: www.ecsa.ngo/widening/
Scale Up: institutional changes achieved through the upscaled projects, which can become an integral part of a policy or approach
Which way is your #CitizenScience project going to grow?
Learn more about #upscaling potential and diverse paths your project can follow to increase its impact: tinyurl.com/mu57at49
#ECSA2026 conference registration for members and presenter opening now (October 27th) ๐๐ป
#CitizenScience
CROPS: curating, replicating, orchestrating, propagating citizen science
is that the next generation of citizen science activities fully realises its potential at a transnational level
with shared objectives targeted towards the EU Mission goals
learn more: www.crops-cs.eu
The CROPS vision is that the next generation of #citizenscience activities fully realises its potential at a transnational level, with shared objectives targeted towards #EU Mission goals
Learn more and join our project: www.crops-cs.eu
#cropsCS
Im Projekt @cropscs.bsky.social ist ein neuer Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) zu #CitizenScience entwickelt worden, der sich an Lehrkrรคfte richtet, die ihre Schรผler/innen aktiv in Forschung einbinden mรถchten. Das erste Modul startet am 13.10., die Teilnahme ist offen.
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CROPS' family is growing, join us on www.crops-cs.eu
#CitizenScience is growing: are you in?
We're building tools, guidance & communities to help projects grow from local to EU-wide, fostering a modern, open-science ecosystem
Join us: tinyurl.com/26ehw75h
๐ทWant to make a real impact in your classroom, giving your students the tools to address global societal challenges?
Subscribe to the free online course:
From classroom to impact: Addressing societal challenges with #CitizenScience: tinyurl.com/9b7679fw
