SEI at ECSA 2026 Join SEI York’s Inclusive Citizen Science group at the ECSA 2026 conference in Oulu, Finland, for an interactive workshop exploring how to make citizen science more inclusive and impactful across…

Last month we convened a workshop on embedding equity, accessibility and diversity across #CitizenScience methods and project phases.

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📢 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝: 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐔 𝐖𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐂𝐒𝐀
Due to strong interest following #ECSA2026, the deadline for membership applications from EU Widening countries has been extended 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝟏 𝐌𝐚𝐲.

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Its dedicated working group is busy documenting projects globally and the speakers at this #ECSA2026 event confirmed that participatory research methodologies have amazing potential to help plug the environmental data gaps common in conflict areas.

ECSA CONFERENCE 2026 | OULU ECSA 2026 Conference Oulu | 3-6 March Let's celebrate citizen science together at the 6th European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) conference in Northern Finland. The theme of the 2026 confe...

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ECSA2026 konference: Oulu a silná česká stopa - Citizen Science Konference ECSA 2026 opět potvrdila, že jde o jedno z nejdůležitějších [...]

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Oulu hostilo jednu z nejdůležitějších konferencí občanské vědy v Evropě – a nechyběla ani česká a slovenská stopa 💚

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Belatedly, but finally: here comes our blog post about the #ECSA2026 Conference in Oulu, Finland! In it, we share a perspective slightly different from that of researchers.

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Last week, the team of Scivil was at the @ecsa.ngo conference in Oulu, Finland ❄️

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The SchoolFan team shared our learnings on the implementation of SchoolFan project in Greece at the European Citizen Science Association #ECSA2026 meeting in Finland last week

The last few days STRATUM went all the way to northern Finland to join the #ECSA2026 conference in Oulu and kicked off the conference with the panel “Co-creation across borders: Citizen science for inclusive health innovation“.

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ECSA 2026: cooler, bigger, and diverse The European Citizen Science Association 2026 conference is the sixth conference. The first conference was in 2016 in Berlin (see posts here), continued in 2018 in Geneva (see posts here), was supposed to be in Trieste for 2020, but then ended up pivoting online due to Covid-19, the 2022 edition was in Berlin again, with 2024 in Vienna (

#ECSA2026 reflections on the conference in Oulu. Cooler, bigger, and diverse conference, but how to keep the spirit and openness? #CitizenScience #CommunityScience #ParticipatoryResearch

ECSA 2026: cooler, bigger, and diverse The European Citizen Science Association 2026 conference is the sixth conference. The first conference was in 2016 in Berlin (see posts here), continued in 2018 in Geneva (see posts here), was supposed to be in Trieste for 2020, but then ended up pivoting online due to Covid-19, the 2022 edition was in Berlin again, with 2024 in Vienna (see posts here). I rejoined ECSA board in 2024, and when the conference was set to take place in Oulu, in the Arctic, in March, the thought by the organiser and the ECSA team was “let’s be realistic, and plan for 300-350 people”. Considering that about 400 came to Vienna, that sounded right. I’m so glad that we were wrong by 100%, but I can imagine the stress and effort that the conference organisers, Roger Norum and Thora Herrmann and their team experienced as they had to replan and organise everything. The end result was magnificent. * * * This was a week-long conference, with pre- and post- conference activities that provided experiences of the arctic, from tasting the food, encountering reindeer, to doing yoga in the snow. And a lot of art – films, poetry, performance sound and poetry and more… There are already several reflections and summaries that you can find. Here are some from Martin Brockelhurst, Gaston Remmers, Frederike Schmitz , Lucrina Stefanescu, and Thomas Kaarstad. Here are mine. The willingness of 650 researchers and practitioners to brave the journey to the Arctic and attend the conference shows the strength of the citizen science community in Europe. I had very intensive and engaging five days of citizen science (participatory research, community science – call it what you want!). The Oulu team have created a wonderful programme which attracted all the people to engage with each other. In my opening section of the conference, I’ve asked those who have been around for a long time (and participated in the first conference ten years ago) to stand up, and then the people who are joining ECSA for the first time to stand up – and for the two groups to start talking. Citizen science people are open and happy to engage with each other across languages, disciplines, and career stages. Throughout the conference, I’ve seen these conversations and meetings happening. I think that I met at least ten people that I haven’t met and engaged with before. I’ve also engaged with people who met me online. _We’re physical and social creatures – and for human connection and breaching awkward moments, we need to share spaces and be open to new engagements._ With all the regular online meetings that we got used to since Covid-19, there is something valuable in having a conference that is mostly face-to-face with only last resort online communication. This was valuable. As always, valuable discussions took place during lunch, coffee breaks, and in the corridors. The conference started with an **event for Early Career Researchers** , which was organised and run by Early Career Researchers. It was fantastic to see 35-40 people coming together and finding other people who are sharing their practices. The result is a shared document that calls for better support for this group, but you could see a network forming – I hope that it will continue and grow. It was also wonderful to see a group of undergraduate students from Konstanz presenting their project in sessions and in a poster. There was also a group of children from Nottingham that carried out research about engagement in the midst of the conference. It is good to **see citizen science integrated into all stages of education** and to have examples of it in the conference. We do have some issues of growth and the need to figure out how to keep on maximum engagement and participation. With over 110 posters and in some cases 11 parallel sessions, it feels like the conference is getting hard to grasp. I feel part of the problem. I have been involved in a poster, two sessions with Susanne Hecker, ECSA’s chair, and a session about the European Citizen Science Academy. In addition (and as part of the sponsorship of the AGU), I’ve coordinated the “meet the editors” session and run rapid review sessions. I was acutely aware at the conference about my own position in ECSA and in the field, and I wish I could have longer conversations and time to attend sessions. As the conference grows,**I think that we need to limit participation** , no matter who you are. We need to open up the space for Early Career Researchers and to those that we don’t hear from. Another noteworthy development of this conference is the presence of people from national research funders, senior staff from universities and research organisations, and project officers from the European Commission’s Research Executive Agency. I**t is fantastic to have champions of citizen science in these important positions** , and for them to value the conference and the information that is shared within it so they take the time to join it. It really part of the maturity of citizen science and its mainstreaming. It feels very different from the marginal position only 15 years ago. It is also impressive to learn about national networks in the area of participatory research and citizen science that are evolving around Europe, w**ith many countries establishing their own associations and organisations.** Some of them are very well established (such as the Austrian) but the new Italian network has shown presence, and the Portuguese network celebrated the hosting of the next conference. In addition, it is starting to look like **the calendar is filling up with citizen science activities** – and that it will be a good idea to start setting out the range of things that people can join at European and national levels. After all, the Special Eurobarometer surveys show us that the interest in joining a research project is bigger than the current number that participate. The presence of health citizen science is growing, and it was good to see how different institutions are addressing it. Sanni Helander description of the panel at the University of Turku was an example of setting up the infrastructure that will enable researchers to carry out more participatory research better. In the vision 2036 we had another example for health based engagement. With the growth of the citizen science in health conference, this is another area that is growing in citizen science. **The perennial question of “where are the citizen scientists?”** was not answered, as with all previous conferences. It is interesting for me to notice that the question comes up. It doesn’t come up in Geography conferences (though special guests are invited in participatory sessions). Also not in Science Communication conferences. ECSA conference always has a public event to engage locally. Standing around in a shopping centre in Oulu and talking about citizen science was supposed to be the answer. You could see in the conference, citizen scientists who cross the threshold and are organising projects and therefore want to get the latest knowledge. I don’t think that it’s a great idea to have participants on display, and I don’t know how to address this question. I’ve been involved in, maybe, 10 or more citizen science conferences, and haven’t seen a satisfying asnwer. There are also the topics that are appearing more and more (Artificial Intelligence, for example), but also aspects that used to be there, but have disappeared. For example, the whole low-cost sensors (apart from Air Quality) don’t feel prominent the way it used to be, and DIY biology is not to be seen, which is a shame. The ECSA conference was a corner of the world where people are trying to make things better, just a little. The environment of the snow and ice reminded us about our fragility and need to work together. It was a moment of engagement, reconnecting with all connections and starting new ones. Learning about a different place, and engaging in new ways. I hope that ECSA can continue and grow the impact of its conferences in Lisbon in 2028! ### Share this: * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * Print (Opens in new window) Print * Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram * Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp * Like Loading... ### _Related_

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Puntata del 05/03/2026 Oggi abbiamo raccolto tutti i vostri giochi di parole sulla tartaruga....

La #CitizenScience a Radio Deejay!

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min 37 --> entra in scena la Citizen science!
min 51:42 --> al telefono Laura Criscuolo del #CNR

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Eliza Reid Keynote – Fish out of vatn Eliza wrote about her experience and particularly about becoming the first lady of Iceland - the idea of wanting to contribute and learning to trust that what one wants to say is worth it. It can be intimidating to talk in a conference about science, but she learned about citizen science and the connection between her experience and ours: pushing against the norms.

Notes from #ECSA2026 Final keynote by Eliza Reid on how to use accidental opportunities to make the world a better place #CitizenScience #CommunityScience #ParticipatoryResearch

Eliza Reid Keynote – Fish out of vatn Eliza wrote about her experience and particularly about becoming the first lady of Iceland – the idea of wanting to contribute and learning to trust that what one wants to say is worth it. It can be intimidating to talk in a conference about science, but she learned about citizen science and the connection between her experience and ours: pushing against the norms. As a Canadian, who built her life in Iceland and it’s a storytelling nation. Her experience from a small town in Canada to being the spouse of a head of a different country. The story adds to a toolbox of experience that helps us to navigate life. We don’t necessarily work within the existing rules. One of the first rule in life is to follow the rules and read the manual. Even to school she was concern about being late on the first day of primary school. Know the lane that I should drive. In university, she tried debating and it was lighthearted and thought that she could do it wihtout a problem. Went to do a speach and it was cogent and it bombed. Even though it was clearly a flop, but had to go on for 5 minutes. That experience seard in her mind – the rule is: get back on the horse. Sometimes, you come across a bend in the road and find a way to push the rule. They talked about a guy from Iceland, and she linked. The men will draw a name from a cup to lead to: carpe diem. This lead to being a connection and engaged, and left England in 2003 to start life in Iceland. She started a journey of 100 day in Uzbekistan, they toasted to many things. Similar experience in Tokyo she also benefits from the kindness of strangers: she learned to persist – learned Icelandic and started running the Iceland Writers Retreat. Life was tiring or a full night sleep, but it was an experience while her husband was a professor at the University of Iceland. Then 10 months later, the Panama papers came out, which included a team from the Icelandic paper, and it implicated the prime minister and president of Iceland. Because her husband was on TV, he announced his participation in the election for president of Iceland. He took office in 2015 and she became the president’s wife. Suddenly, there are no rules and we need to make the rules. She needed to improvise – there is no official role for the spouse, no office or any staff linked. This is a challenging role in the way that it is an anti feminist role but she got the position because of her husband. If there is no rulebook, you can leverage opportunities – draw importance to important issues. She was a gentle sidekick – there are all sorts of things, like not expecting her to continue her work, but being a wife is not her main point. Clothing and appearance is not her strong side and it was a question about. The tension increased once she was in office. For example, using a charity shop, second hand closing – using a second-hand dress. Abroad, she tried to ware icelandic design. Later on, she started to give talks and speak in different occasions, and also in Iceland. It was important to speak with an accent. Lots of self doubt, that really – she didn’t belong. But the general response was positive. 2013, named as an ambassador of UN for sustainability. When Donaldtusk treated women as “light side” of G7, she wrote about the experience of first lady which is more than just joining her husband and put an article about it in the New York Times. We are interconnected than ever before, we bare responsibility to use our voices, to speak up about injustice, to call for more equitable world. The rule of Stretch Your Comfort Zone. In 2024, her husband decided to leave the job – but want to use the opportunity and continue to work with undefined paramers. Look for the Good – made her more of an optimist but came across many everyday acts that are making their communities a better place. You are creating new bonds and new ties. Your agency inspires others – we are all role models, you can still have a positive and lasting impact on the world. After craving a manual, by living life and showing persistence and curiosity, can make the most. The message from her talk: can be beauty in life’s uncertainty, in being an outsider. When we face a bend in the road, we should embrace it and we should help others to do that. You will make a difference – confound expectations. ### Share this: * Share on X (Opens in new window) X * Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook * Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn * Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit * Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest * Print (Opens in new window) Print * Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email * Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram * Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr * Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp * Like Loading... ### _Related_

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The European Citizen Science Academy and the Citizen Science Competency Framework (CitSci Comp) – 06 Mar 03 These are notes from a session dedicated to the European Citizen Science Academy (ECS Academy) and to the Citizen Science Competency Framework (CitSciComp) at the ECSA 2026 conference in Oulu. Oulu Botanic Gardens Cléa Montanari started the session with an overview of the ECS Academy. The ECS academy started by creating a network of educators and trainers with 129 responses of people who are doing training and education in the field of citizen science.

Notes from #ECSA2026 conference session on the European Citizen Science Academy. #CitizenScience #ParticipatoryResearch

The European Citizen Science Academy and the Citizen Science Competency Framework (CitSci Comp) – 06 Mar 03 These are notes from a session dedicated to the European Citizen Science Academy (ECS Academy) and to the Citizen Science Competency Framework (CitSciComp) at the ECSA 2026 conference in Oulu. Oulu Botanic Gardens Cléa Montanari started the session with an overview of the ECS Academy. The ECS academy started by creating a network of educators and trainers with 129 responses of people who are doing training and education in the field of citizen science. The people who said that they want to be part of the network contributed in workshops in Jan – Oct 2023 through workshops to create a blueprint for the ECS Academy. The ECS academy also has an evolving business plans, and different training were developed for different audiences – from BSc students all the way to working with national funders. An example of work is the collaboration with SciStarter to create training for public libraries. There were masterclasses for research libraries. There was a series of summer schools, from Mexico to Louvain, and training at UPCité. Another activity is the creation of a Network of researchers for citizen science (NR4CS) with the MCAA. There are 73 members. The members asked for the training that they want to carry out. We also carry workshops to prepare MSCA PF applications. With high-quality proposals that came out of it. The final big activity in the ECS Academy is the creation of a citizen science competency framework to allow the develop training paths. We’re using a consensus-based approach. Some of the challenges: the technical infrastructure that is needed – mailing list, Moodle, creating a business model for the academy and matching value. Acting as a European entity and working on different languages. There were less cases of exchange of resources – all the material is free to download and translate but we don’t see. **Elsabeth Schauermann OeAD Centre for Citizen Science: Teacher training in Citizen science (insight from Austria)** Working with schools, youth programmes etc. In Austria, there are the Sparking Science and Sparkling Science 2.0 programmes that are running since 2007. There are high scientific and educational standards. In Sparkling Science 2.0 there is an involvement of 120,000 pupils and 207 teachers. The reach is widening. For schools who don’t have capabilities, there is a citizen science award that allows for research competition. Been running since 2015, and allow schools, youth groups, individuals and families and librarians to be involved. Each year, the participants can contribute to projects from April to July. There is a young science congress – with prizes that is significant in incentivising participation. There is also a working group on citizen science with/at schools with a publication in 2021 and since 2024, there is teacher training. There are impacts on teachers, pupils and researchers in Soyer et al. 2018, which evaluated sparkling science. The training that is offered by OeAD is training for the citizen science award. Four introductory workshops as part of the Austrian citizen science conference and also in including it in CPD for teachers on day for natural science and other opportunities. The training credits for teachers are valuable. In workshops, they are presenting some existing projects that will be part of the award competition and experienced teachers are sharing their experience. The working group on citizen science also created general training on how to bring citizen science to schoole and it is done in collaboration with the University of Teacher Education in Vienna. The participants value lessons from experienced teachers. They provide stronger technical support for online training, also need to streamline the agenda, having exchanges with more than one project. And also provide further online resources to continue the self-studies and follow up. **Cristina Castracani: Building Bridges for Citizen Science** Cristina covers the EU Green University Alliance, which her university in Parma is part of. The collaboration is of mid-sized universities across Europe, part of the 65 university alliances. Participatory science works for sustainability in action, from a focus on co-creation, and in creating universit-community bridge. Projects like biouniversity will allow the documentation of biodiversity at the university and involve the different staff and people who are involved in the university. They are doing that with iNat. Each university has a sub-project that supports the project and a leaderboard between the universities. They are trying to improve the data quality in different universities – require better data collectors and committed identifiers. We can have taxonomic experts involved in the project. There is also a citizen science task force that is supported by Erasmus+, they are doing challenge-based learning. That is structured about short-term mobilities and other activities. There is a virtual part where students areintroduced to CS and then they can ask for a meeting if they need details. They also have in person part where the students are doing field-based learning and the students are presenting their work. They engaged 17 students in the task force with 5 teachers and 4 invited speakers. Used material from the ECS platform and the ECS Academy to engage with other teachers and use the online courses. At institutional levels, they want to move from local projects to institutional strategy and to move beyond the alliance. They are aiming to identify the projects that universities are doing and can be integrated into the activities of teaching. Using the ECS Academy self-assessment tool to help universities assess themselves in the level of integration of citizen science. **Giuliana Sinclair: upskilling facilitators – applying ECS academy insights.** Giuliana is working at the NHM in London, who want to enable scaling up from London to the whole country while giving benefits to all in the process. The focus on the upcaling – train the trainers, storytelling in citizen science, citizen science in the classroom, and the network of educators. The upkilling strategies – include placement students, museum staff and external consultants. The students were involved in a time sensitive projects to be as local ambassadors and could be hired remote from the museum. The direction of setting learning objectives helped in desining the work with the students. For the museum staff the purpose of the training was to enable them to deliver pollinator count with visitors. It is using an existing resource and ensuring quality data. The training was short, with clear objectives and ongoing communication. The reflective evlauation led to scaffolding resources and they are running this activity again. The external facilitator is the Nature Park which engage young people in all schools in England. To do that, need a lot of partners. Extensive getting to know people takes a lot of time. To do that, the user personas was useful and there are rgular meeting to keep in contact. The story telling help in identifying research story character and to be and not to be: what is and what is not citizen science. There are different types of scaling – geographicall, numbers, depth and resilience. The students allowed for indepth engagement. Projects that link multiple museums allow for scaling geographically. There is a potential for video lectures and live webinar, but also to be responsive and provide bespoke support. The meetings ot the netowrk on evlaution helped in bringing quizzes and people sharing knwoeldge. The citizen science in the classroom can allow for co-developing material with young people. Working with the museum staff can allow for more integration of storytelling. The courses challege her to do better, short but can work around work priorities and contribute to addressing work challenges. **Chiara Fedrigotti – the relevance of natural history museum and citizen science.** Muse is based in Trento and it has 555000 visitors a years with a lot of schools. Their training progammes are increasing with outdoor education and demands for citizen science – seen 30% increase in interest in field based activities. Their citizen sciecne activities are for teachers, nature professional and higher education, and volunteers – for each programme they plan specific material. For the teachers, it’s CS as educartionsal tool. A 2h session of basic concepts and examples. The second part is 6 hours and coveres for theoretical and practical aspects. For the nature professional staff that know scientifi methodology we focus on the design and management of citizen science project (about 6-8 hours) Also practical lesson to help on project design. Also focus on the definition of citizen science because the term is used incorrrectly. For volunteers, they do 6 hours trainig with theory about the target species, the field trip to support data collection and then impact evaluation. They see increasing interest in citizen science. 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❄️ ECSA 2026 – Den 4 | Oulu

Poslední den konference přinesl další workshopy a panely i inspirativní keynote Elizy Reid o síle komunitního zapojení. Tečkou pak byl veřejný Citizen Science Festival.

Během závěrečného ceremoniálu bylo oznámena další konference ECSA 2028 v Lisabonu 🇵🇹.

#ECSA2026

So cool to see these young people recognized as the “children as researchers delegation” at this week’s #ECSA2026 meeting. Good luck with your research!

DiverSea - ECSA Conference CitizenScience 2026

Sedef - Diversea ECSA 2026

#DiverSea (DS) at #ECSA2026!

The image displays a schedule of events for the ECSA 2026 conference, including a post-conference tour and events, a Poro-Panuma Reindeer Farm visit, and a "What is your North?" roundtable discussion.

#ECSA2026 – 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰
𝑆𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑎𝑦, 7 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ | 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐭-𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐧 & 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬

Wow, what a week! 🎉 Do you still have energy for more adventures tomorrow?

Keep the spirit of #ECSA2026 alive - explore, connect, and enjoy your final day in Finland!

#ECSA2026 ending with a keynote from Eliza Reid on her lived experience, with her 10 rules that are also useful for researchers in #citizenScience.

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𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 – Join the Exploration!

We’re closing the week by celebrating science with the community. The #CitizenScience Festival marks the final event of the #ECSA2026 programme, bringing citizen science from the conference space directly to the people of Oulu.

Alessandro Campanaro from LTER-Italy giving his talk at ECSA2026: from monitoring to meaning: how participation in environmental citize science shapes volunteer's motivation ad identity

Alessandro Campanaro giving his talk at #ECSA2026:

From monitorig to meaning: how participation in environmental Citizen Science shapes volunteer's motivation and identity

If you are interested to further discuss this topic get in touch!

#CitizenScience #LTERItaly @ecsa.ngo @elter-ri.eu

A large crowd gathers in an auditorium to listen to a speaker on a stage, with the "ecsa 2026 conference" logo displayed.

Join us for the 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐲 of the #ECSA2026 conference as we come together to reflect on the week and look ahead to the future of #CitizenScience.

𝐉𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞 at the University of Oulu​ - https://lnkd.in/grBCv4Y9

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗔𝗜𝗧 𝗜𝗦 𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥

Today, 6 March 2026, the #ECSA2026 conference concludes with the Citizen Science Festival at Valkea shopping mall.

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❄️ ECSA 2026 – Den 3 | Oulu 🇫🇮

Workshopy, panely a ukončení poster session✨

V jednom z panelů dnes navíc zazněl příspěvek "„Governance of Citizen Science Networks/Platforms: Shared Experiences“ s českou stopou! 🇨🇿

#ECSA2026 #CitizenScience #ObcanskaVeda

The image shows a schedule for various extracurricular activities and events happening on Friday, March 6th, as part of the ECSA 2026 conference in Oulu, Finland.

#ECSA2026 – 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰
𝐹𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑦, 6 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ | 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 & 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞

End the week with inspiration, reflection, and celebration!

Detailed programme: https://www.ecsa2026.ngo/programme/#timetable

#ECSA2026 roundtable on #citizenScience and #participatoryResearch vision for 2036. Discussion got quickly to epistemology and worldviews

The image shows a snowy winter scene with a church steeple, snow-covered branches, and a path through a snowy forest.

Day 3 of #ECSA2026 at the University of Oulu​ is about to begin!

Caterina Bergami, Alessandro Oggioni e Alessandro Campanaro posing i front of their poster at ECSA2026

#LTERItaly poster at #ECSA2026!

Assessing the value of the #iNaturalist platform across multi-domain Italian Long-Term Ecological Research (Lenzi A., @alecampanaro.bsky.social , Palummo A., Vuolo N., Bergami C., Compagnone F., Carranza M.L., Oggioni A.)

@ecsa.ngo @elter-ri.eu