Citizen science has a foundation in traditional fields of science such as biology that remain strong today. However, based on the initial results of an international survey that began early 2021 by the CS Track team, it was discovered that 20% of citizen science...
Although citizen science projects take on a variety of forms and scales, the motivation of those behind the scenes are similar. In fact, the CS Track team has learned from an ongoing survey that began this year that the interest in a particular theme or topic, being...
The most recent set of policy briefs from NEWSERA published on 28 September 2021 identify the challenges that citizen science initiatives may face when reaching out to different communities, and pinpoint innovative ideas to overcome difficulties...
Citizen Science: Stories of Science We Can All Do Together. is a podcast from SciStarter. This show spotlights the many different ways that individuals and communities are exploring and changing the world around them through public participation in science. Episodes...
The Engaging Citizen Science Conference will promote knowledge sharing among the citizen science community. The aim of the conference is to engage citizen science researchers, practitioners, and citizens in sharing research, ideas, and innovations in order to make the...
Technology undoubtedly continues to play an important role in our daily lives. The CS Track survey that was launched at the beginning of 2021 has also underscored that the same can be said for those who participate in citizen science projects as 96% of survey...
The activities in citizen science tend to involve a variety of people representing different walks of life - some at the professional level, some at the enthusiast level. Based on the initial results of a survey conducted by the CS Track team earlier this year, it was...
We are delighted to announce that the conference paper entitled "Using Network Analysis to Characterize Participation and Interaction in a Citizen Science Online Community", written by our project partners Ishari Amarasinghe, Sven Manske,...
Open Research Europe has recently published a case study that describes 'Generation Solar', which is an open database of small-scale solar photovoltaic installations. The web version of the app can already be accessed via this link and it can also be freely downloaded...
The workshop Onboarding Citizen Science and the role of research libraries: barriers and accelerators took place on 23 June 2021 during the LIBER 2021 Annual Conference. The participants of this interactive event discussed and shared their...
The YOUCOUNT project team aims to develop ‘actionable’ knowledge of the positive drivers for social inclusion of disadvantaged young people. They are planning to invite citizen scientists to take part in case studies in 9 European countries and therefore it was...
The University of Dundee is offering a course entitled "Citizen Science Projects: How to Make a Difference?" on the Futurelearn platform. In this course, you’ll discover many different types of projects and how to get involved. You’ll find out how to lead a project,...
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