On April 25-26, Aarhus University hosted the first major international f2f conference on Citizen Science since the beginning of the Covid 19 pandemic.

Continue reading Communities in Citizen Science. Notes from the Engaging Citizen Science Conference 2022 at Citizen Science | CS Track Project.

Huma Shah is an Assistant Professor and Researcher in AI at Coventry University in the UK. She is a passionate defender of online privacy. She is currently directing the science on the EU-funded CSI-COP project. This aims to raise awareness of citizens’ right to privacy online, and to mobilise citizen scientists from across Europe and beyond to investigate the different types of trackers in websites and apps.

Continue reading Why is the protection of online privacy important to the Citizen Science community? – an interview with Huma Shah from CSI-COP at Citizen Science | CS Track Project.

Professor Romain Julliard is director of MOSAIC, a scientific unit located in the Museum of National History and Sorbonne University in France which was set up in 2020 with the specific aim of assisting researchers in developing citizen science projects.

Continue reading Citizen Science: Bridging the gap between Formal and Informal Science? – an interview with Romain Julliard from MOSAIC, France at Citizen Science | CS Track Project.

Sven Schade is Scientific Policy Officer at the Joint Research Center (JRC) of the European Commission. Recently he was one of the speakers at the Citizen Science for Policy across Europe webinar organised by EU-Citizen.

Continue reading Citizen Science and policy-making – an interview with Sven Schade from the JRC at Citizen Science | CS Track Project.

Stefanie Schuerz, Barbara Kieslinger, Teresa Schäfer and Katja Mayer all work at the Zentrum für Soziale Innovation GmbH/Centre for Social Innovation (ZSI) in Austria which has been at the cutting edge of Citizen Science in Europe for many years.

Continue reading Citizen Science and participatory evaluation and impact assessment – an interview with ZSI team in Austria at Citizen Science | CS Track Project.

Linden Farrer from the European Commission talks about the current status and future perspectives for Citizen Science in Europe.

Continue reading Citizen Science and policy-making – an interview with Linden Farrer from the European Commission at Citizen Science | CS Track Project.