The future of citizen science in Europe is being co-designed together
📢 On 13 April 2026, representatives from 12 citizen science networks across Europe and beyond joined the @riecs-concept.bsky.social co-design workshop, convened by @ibercivis.bsky.social and chaired by @ferminserrano.bsky.social ❗
🔗 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2026/04/22/c...
📢 Within the Horizon Europe-funded @riecs-concept.bsky.social project, Deliverable 6.2 introduces a comprehensive Digital and Visual Identity that turns communication into a strategic asset for infrastructure development.
🔗 More information can be found here: concept.riecs.eu/deliverables/
📢 The @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu emphasises how public participation in science leads to better research and healthier democracies – a message that strongly resonates with the vision of @riecs-concept.bsky.social❗
🔗 Read the full partner's post: www.linkedin.com/posts/europe...
📢 @riecs-concept.bsky.social Consortium Meeting in Oulu, Netherlands❗
✳️ On March 2, 2026, the @riecs-concept.bsky.social consortium met in Oulu for a full-day, in-person working session focused on one key goal: alignment 🎯
🔗 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2026/03/25/f...
🚀 On March 16, 2026, at FOSS Backstage in Berlin, open-source builders, researchers, and citizen science practitioners came together for a hands-on workshop: “Co-Creating @riecs-concept.bsky.social with Open-Source Builders.”
🔗 More: concept.riecs.eu/2026/03/17/c...
📢 Within the Horizon Europe – funded @riecs-concept.bsky.social project, Deliverable 6.1 sets out a comprehensive Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication Plan that turns vision into action ❗
🔗 More information can be found here: concept.riecs.eu/deliverables/
📢 Join the roundtable “Building a federated future: Conceptualising governance and sustainability for the pan-European Citizen Science infrastructure” at
@ecsa.ngo 2026: Citizen Science between Centre and Periphery❗
🔗 More info: www.ecsa2026.ngo/programme/#1...
🔗 concept.riecs.eu/2026/03/03/b...
📢 Exploring Open Science Hardware in Europe’s Citizen Science Infrastructure❗
✳️ The HEROES Workshop brought together 40 experts to examine how Open Science Hardware (OScH) can strengthen open and participatory research across Europe.
🔗 More info: concept.riecs.eu/2026/02/25/e...
📢 Shaping the Future of Citizen Science: Join the @riecs-concept.bsky.social Online Workshops organised by @mau.se❗
📝 Register by 20 Feb 2026:
🔗 forms.office.com/e/zEZav6sPMt
🔗 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2026/02/18/s...
✨ Your experience matters – be part of the design process ✨
📢 Join @riecs-concept.bsky.social High-Level Policy Event on the Future of Citizen Science organised by the European Citizen Science (ECS) project❗
📩 Questions? Contact nadia.bates@mfn.berlin
🔗 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2026/02/16/r...
📢 Building a European Backbone for Citizen Science: Why Fragmentation Is Holding Us Back❗
✳️Citizen science across Europe is growing rapidly, engaging thousands of citizens, generating valuable data, contributing to research, policy, and societal challenges.
🔗More: concept.riecs.eu/2026/02/13/b...
📢 The Second @riecs-concept.bsky.social Newsletter Is Here❗
🔗 Read the full text: concept.riecs.eu/2026/02/11/r...
📢 RSA Annual Conference 2026 – Call for contributions! Deadline 12th Feb 2026
🔗 Find out more and submit your paper via the link below:
www.regionalstudies.org/news/2026-rs...
📢 New publication in Nature Communications Sustainability: “Why Citizen Science is Now Essential for Official Statistics”❗
🔗 More: concept.riecs.eu/2026/01/14/n...
🔗 The full article can be read here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
📢 @citizensciencezh.bsky.social recently hosted “Make a Wish: what would you need for your Citizen Science project?”❗
🧩 The goal: co-designing the future Research Infrastructure for Excellent Citizen Science (@riecs-concept.bsky.social).
🔗More information: concept.riecs.eu/2025/12/17/t...
📢 Citizen Science took centre stage at UNEA-7❗
✳️ The Green Room event “People and Policy, Together: Building Global Citizen Science for a Resilient Planet”.
🔗 More: concept.riecs.eu/2025/12/16/p...
✨ Season’s Greetings and warm wishes for the holiday season from a @riecs-concept.bsky.social 🎄
❇️ Thank you for your commitment, ideas, and inspiring cooperation. Looking forward to another inspiring time together.❄️
🔗 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2025/12/12/s...
📢 Citizen Engagement in Climate Policymaking❗
✳️ On 3 December, VILNIUS TECH and @riecs-concept.bsky.social researcher Monika Mačiulienė joined a national workshop on involving citizens and civil society in climate and environmental policymaking.
🔗 More: concept.riecs.eu/2025/12/10/c...
📢 Co-Creating the Future of Citizen Science at the CS Barcelona Congress❗
✨A great step forward in co-creating an inclusive, open, and sustainable future for citizen science! ✨
🔗 More information:
concept.riecs.eu/2025/12/03/c...
📢 Citizen Scientists Shape the Future of Research❗
✳️ On 3 October, twelve dedicated citizen scientists from across Austria joined the @oeadcitizenscience.bsky.social workshop in Vienna to co-design the future of citizen science infrastructure in Europe.
🔗 More: concept.riecs.eu/2025/11/26/c...
📌 The @riecs-concept.bsky.social consortium was meeting in Milan on 24–25 September 2025 for two days of workshops hosted by the University of Milano-Bicocca.
🔗Find more information: concept.riecs.eu/2025/11/19/b...
📢 Join us at the Barcelona Citizen Science Conference for Workshop 7: @riecs-concept.bsky.social: Technological Challenges for a European Citizen Science Infrastructure❗
🗓️ 18 November 2025 | 12:45–13:45 CET
📍 Sala Ramón y Cajal, PRBB, Barcelona
🔗 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2025/11/14/w...
📢 Join us in our workshop at PartWiss 25 (Leipzig, 12–14 Nov 2025): Shaping Tomorrow’s Citizen Science Research Infrastructure in Germany: A Co-Design Experience❗️
🔗 Conference Programme: www.partizipation-wissenschaft.de/konferenz_20...
🔗 More: concept.riecs.eu/2025/11/12/s...
📢 CS4Health 2025 Conference in Zurich
On 7 November (10:00-10:45 CET), the @riecs-concept.bsky.social project will host the Solution Room “Listening, Learning, and Shaping” – a session where participants will co-design the future of citizen science in health
🔗More: concept.riecs.eu/2025/11/05/l...
📢 On 22 October 2025, researchers, librarians, and policymakers met at Vilnius University Library’s SCIC (Vilnius, Lithuania) for the international conference “Open Science Today and Tomorrow”
📌 Moderated by Dr Monika Mačiulienė (@riecs-concept.bsky.social)
🔗More: concept.riecs.eu/2025/10/29/o...
📢 The first @riecs-concept.bsky.social Newsletter❗
✨At six months, @riecs-concept.bsky.social looks back with pride and ahead with purpose - building the foundation for a lasting European Research Infrastructure for Excellent Citizen Science✨
🔗 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2025/10/22/t...
@oeadcitizenscience.bsky.social @riecs-concept.bsky.social
📢 Make a Wish: A Shared Infrastructure for Citizen Science in Europe
🧩 Interactive workshop at the OIS zam: Forum – Participatory Science Conference in Vienna, will explore this question.
🔗 More information: ois.lbg.ac.at/ois-zam-foru...
📢 Strengthening Citizen Science in Austria and Europe
📅 On October 3, 2025, @oeadcitizenscience.bsky.social will host the @riecs-concept.bsky.social Workshop with Austrian Citizen Scientists in Vienna.
🔗 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2025/10/02/r...
📢 On 1 October 2025, Madrid will host a key event for the future of citizen science in Spain: the Citizen Science Workshop, organised by @ibercivis.bsky.social together with the European project @riecs-concept.bsky.social
🧩 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2025/09/29/c...