Since November 2019 the international research project CS Track has been combining traditional social-science methods with web-based and computational analytics in order to systematically survey the field of Citizen Science. Based on our findings, we have now...
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Recommendations for policy-makers arising from CS Track investigations into Citizen Science, online seminar, 25 January
Online Seminar on Wednesday, 25 January 2023, 14:00 – 15:00 CET The main mission of the CS Track project has been to observe and analyse the phenomena of citizen science using empirical and theoretical studies. Based on these studies, the team have constructed a...
Mapping Sustainable Development Goals to Citizen Science projects
Main aim of the study This work presents opportunities, achievements, and future challenges in using computational analytics to better understand the connection between CS and the SDGs. The work in its status does not fully cover SDGs in CS, but it evaluates and shows...
Coming to terms with the multiple possible meanings of the term CS. The Activities-Dimensions-Grid of Citizen Science, online seminar, 8 December
Online Workshop on Thursday, 8 December 2022, 14:00 – 15:00 CET Explanation of the grid. How it was developed and why., e. g. voluntary work versus influencing policies versus education versus making. How to place a CS activity. Obvious differences in potential...
Understanding the nature of Citizen Science in a rapidly changing world, half-day symposium, 8 October, Berlin
CS Track and ECSA teams are organising a half-day symposium under the theme "Understanding the nature of Citizen Science in a rapidly changing world" on 8 October, 9:00-13:00 CET in Berlin. This symposium aims at sharing these results and findings and discussing their...
How are tweets distributed for each Sustainable Development Goal within the Citizen Science Twitter community?
In this article, we analysed linkages between tweets and SDGs in our dataset by means of classification algorithms. In addition, the network of retweets for each SDG is provided.
Describing your citizen science project – How to present your project and recruit volunteers, online workshop, 7 July
Online Workshop on Thursday, 7 July 2022, 14:00 – 15:30 CET In this installment of our webinar series, CS Track researchers will share tips and tricks for writing informative and engaging project descriptions and analyse concrete examples (both positive and negative)...
Citizen science to inspire educators – The importance of metadata and open data, online workshop, 14 June
Online Workshop on Tuesday, 14 June 2022, 14:00 – 15:30 CET Social media and online platforms are used by citizen science projects to share information about their work, how to participate, and motivate citizens to join them but also as a research tool. CS Track is...
CS Track contributes to a special Horizon Magazine issue on citizen science
CS Track coordinator, Raul Drachman, recently contributed to an article about measuring the impact of citizen science published in a special Horizon Magazine issue. In this article, he shared his observations that are based on CS Track project findings including...
Science communication in CS projects – strategies and tools, online workshop, 3 May 2022
Online Workshop on Tuesday, 3 May 2022 14:00 – 15:30 CET During this interactive webinar, members of the CS Track team will share strategies for science communication in citizen science projects, provide an overview of relevant software and resources, and help...
Analyzing Citizen Science Projects using Web-based Tools, online workshop 15 March 2022
Online Workshop on Tuesday 15 March 2022 14:00 – 15:30 CET This workshop is about exploring a web-based tool (analytics workbench) that can be used to collect information about citizen science projects. It is based on current work in the European CS Track project,...
CS Track project researchers to present at Austrian Citizen Science Conference 2022
We're delighted to announce that our colleagues Christine Urban and Michael Strähle (Wissenschaftsladen Wien - Science Shop Vienna) will be presenting a poster and a paper at the 7th Austrian Citizen Science Conference. The paper will tackle the issue as to why...