Volunteers in citizen science (CS) have different kinds of motivations for participation, ranging from e.g. topic interest, supporting science to personal recognition. Information regarding the existence and characteristics of motivation profile groups of volunteers remains unclear.
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TIME4CS’ online event on embedding citizen science in your institution, 6 December
TIME4CS will run an online interactive workshop on 6 December from 10:00 - 12:00 CET about how to contribute to fostering the adoption of citizen science as research methodology within your organization through the use of institutional roadmaps. ...
How to write an engaging citizen science project description
The CS Track team members Dr. Yaela Golumbic (The Mofet institute; The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel) and Marius Oesterheld (Wissenschaft im Dialog, Germany) have recently published a ten-step guide to writing citizen science project descriptions that...
Citizen Science Community meets in force in Berlin
The biannual ECSA conference organised under the theme Citizen Science for Planetary Health got off to a great start in Berlin on 5 October with a welcome reception in the Museum of Natural History. The surroundings, dominated by dinosaurs and other fossils was a fine...
Empirical evidence on the characteristics of citizen scientists and what we can learn from it, online seminar, 20 October
Online Workshop on Thursday, 20 October 2022, 14:00 – 15:00 CET The webinar will provide perspectives and insights on the characteristics of citizen scientists based on our research. Presentations in the webinar will address central themes on how citizen...
ECSA 2022, 5-8 October, Berlin, Germany
The ECSA Conference 2022 will be held from October 5-8 in Berlin, Germany. This year researchers from all disciplines, scientists, practitioners, activists, funders, policymakers, non-governmental organizations, artists, and other interested citizens worldwide...
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