#CitizenScience Resource 🧑🔬
How and when should researchers involve crowds in science?
This open-access book gives scientists, policymakers & funders a practical, evidence-based toolkit for crowd participation www.sciencewithcrowds.org
#CrowdScience #OpenAccess #OpenScience
#citizenscience reading club
New study tests #iNaturalist as a citizen science tool in preservice teacher training 🌿
🔗 doi.org/10.1007/s442...
#TeacherEducation #BiodiversityEducation
#citizenscience profile
Citizen Science for Local Democracy: The Citizen Academy
Residents in İzmir are becoming Urban Detectives 🔍
Collecting real data on their city to shape local policy. Citizen science meets democracy.
impetus4cs.eu/citizen-scie...
#CitSci #UrbanScience
#citizenscience resource
🔬 New ERA framework tracks how research creates real-world value in Europe — 16 indicators, 41 metrics, covering knowledge transfer & academia-industry collaboration.
data.europa.eu/doi/10.2777/...
#EUResearch #Innovation
🎨 New policy brief from @nestauk.bsky.social & IMPETUS: how Arts & Humanities Citizen Science builds trust, inclusion & richer knowledge.
Read more 👇
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
#CitizenScience #ArtsSci
What if teaching kids about plastic pollution could unlock a whole new approach to #climateaction?
Turning plastic awareness into climate action puts children at the centre of climate research and helps find out how to make sustainable habits stick.
#CitSci
impetus4cs.eu/turning-plas...
🗓️ Save the date! REINFORCING Capacity Building Session: Designing Workshops That Work — a hands-on crash course + peer clinic for researchers, coordinators & facilitators.
📅 14 April | ⏰ 15:00–17:00 CEST
www.reinforcing.eu/news/reinfor...
#CitizenScience #WorkshopDesign
(2/4) The EU funds initiatives that advance public participation in science by, for instance, creating better infrastructures, inspiring others & enabling the participation of neurodivergent people in science:
➡️ concept.riecs.eu
➡️ crops-cs.eu/champions
➡️ impetus4cs.eu/neurominorit...
(1/4) Public participation in science leads to better research & healthier democracies.
When citizens take part in science:
- Innovations truly work on the ground
- Policies improve
- Trust in science increases
- Participatory culture grows
Discover EU #CitizenScience initiatives 🧪
#SciComm
#CitizenScience Reading Club
This IMPETUS policy brief shows how combining AI and citizen science can support transparency, trust, and more inclusive approaches to research and innovation.
zenodo.org/records/1937...
#CitSci #AI #responsibleAI
What if knitting tiny woollen scarves could help protect our soil? 🧶
Soil Your Scarf is an Irish citizen science project where participants bury wool scarves to measure soil biological activity and generate real biodiversity data.
#CitSci #SoilScience #CitizenScience
impetus4cs.eu/soil-your-sc...
🌿 Nature lovers, your sightings can fuel real wildlife research!
SRNA is a citizen science app for recording and monitoring wildlife. Easy to join. 👇
citizenscience.si/en/activitie...
#CitizenScience #Wildlife
#CitizenScience resource
🌊 Citizens4Water — a global repository of citizen science projects on water management & hydrology, developed by @Scivil_Flanders & UNESCO IHP.
ihp-wins.unesco.org/citizens4wat...
#Water
#CitizenScience Reading Club:
This paper reveals how environmental, cultural, and institutional factors shape communication success in pan-European citizen science, and how NGO partnerships are key.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
#citsci #Ecology #SciComm #PublicEngagement
Is the "Horizon Europe 101: All the basics to apply for European research and innovation funding" for you?
Find out more from @gefiont.bsky.social
eusea.info/eusea-traini...
#HorizonEurope #ResearchFunding #EUFunding #EUSEA #AcademicCareer #ResearchTraining
#citizenscience profile
MENINA4Sustain brings mothers and healthcare professionals together to improve mental well-being during pregnancy through citizen science and co-created solutions.
impetus4cs.eu/menina4susta...
#MentalHealth #citsci
#citizenscience resources: Help shape the Citizen Science Competency Framework. Join a session, learn more, and share your input.
Register: lnkd.in/eXVuFuVW
#CitizenScience Reading Club
Building trust in science requires context-aware methods, collaboration across sectors, and long-term engagement with communities to address misinformation and strengthen participation.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
#scicomm #trustinscience
#CitizenScience Profile: Osijek-Baranja Citizen Science Hub brings communities together to monitor biodiversity, soil and water, helping residents support local ecosystems.
impetus4cs.eu/osijek-baran...
Back from #ECSA26 Conference in Oulu with the IMPETUS team. Citizen science ideas shared under winter skies and the northern lights.
impetus4cs.eu/spotlights-a...
#citsci #citizenscience
T6 Ecosystems at the ECSA 2026
We are at the #ECSA Conference 2026 meeting colleague, talking about the impact of #CitizenScience and how to support results uptake by policy makers!
@antopa.bsky.social @ecsa.ngo @impetus4cs.bsky.social
The #ECSA26 poster session started quietly, then the #citizenscience crowd arrived!
Great to catch up with colleagues and hear about inspiring #citsci projects worldwide. Greetings from chilly Oulu!
The #PartArt4ow Sailing Lab will cross the Mediterranean in summer 2026, connecting artists, scientists & coastal communities to support ocean sustainability, ending in Badalona near Barcelona.
Learn more: partart4ow.eu/sailing-lab
#citizenscience #citsci #art #oceanscience
Great to be in Oulu for the @ecsa.ngo conference!
Looking forward to sharing IMPETUS sessions, reconnecting with colleagues, and meeting new collaborators.
Let us know if you are here too!
#ECSA26 #citsci #CitizenScience
Boost your Horizon Europe funding skills! 🎓
Join @gefiont.bsky.social on 16 Apr 2026 for our #EUSEA training -
Horizon Europe 101: All the basics to apply for European research and innovation funding
eusea.info/eusea-traini...
#EUFunding #Research
¿Trabajas en un Ayuntamiento, Diputación, Partido Político o gabinete de comunicación y quieres saber qué marcos narrativos climáticos pueden reforzar tu programa de incidencia?
▫️Descarga el material aquí: blablalab.eu/wp-content/u...
@impetus4cs.bsky.social @hexagonallab.bsky.social
#citizenscience resource
New #ECS guidance highlights how to strengthen openness and diversity in #CitizenScience, drawing on seven pilots and ten library events across Europe (2023–2025).
Read more: zenodo.org/records/1832...
#PublicEngagement #OpenScience #Inclusion #Diversity
#CitizenScience Reading Club
AI can strengthen citizen science through better data and engagement, but responsible design is vital to protect transparency, inclusivity, and volunteer participation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#citsci #ResponsibleAI #Participation #OpenScience #AI
#CitizenScience resource
The Western Balkans Info Hub is hosting a webinar that offers a valuable opportunity to engage with cutting-edge Horizon Europe research on democratic governance.
⏰ 9:30–12:30
📅 26 February
🔗 westernbalkans-infohub.eu/events/democ...
#citizenscience profile
MƗẊɄFȦB is building an Urban Lab where migrants and local residents analyse socio-economic data together, turning lived experience into knowledge, dialogue and community action.
impetus4cs.eu/mixufab/
#socialinclusion #communityscience
