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Citizen Science Toolkit for biodiversity scientists
The Citizen Science Toolkit is aimed at researchers and scientists working in the fields of biodiversity or environmental sciences who are involved or have an interest in involving citizens in …

Co-design as a service: Methodological guide (Cos4Cloud)
This guide results from the experience and lessons learned in co-designing thirteen technological services within the Cos4Cloud project. The technological services were created from a bottom-up approach, following a co-design …

Cos4Cloud: its story and legacy for the citizen science community …
Check out the interactive infographic of Cos4Cloud to understand the project's journey, achievements and results. It explains the Cos4Cloud story from the beginning until the end in a few interactive …

Who participates in Digital Action? Six Vignettes for Designers of …
The Covid-19 pandemic forced millions of people worldwide to switch from in-office working to remote
working, using video conferencing tools such as Zoom, and resulted in an increase in the …

Citizen science to support progress of the SDGs and Cos4Cloud's …
This policy brief has been produced in the context of the Cos4Cloud project. It describes some of the capabilities and benefits of citizen science which can support progress towards …

Sustainability of Cos4Cloud services for Citizen Observatories. Policy Brief
The increase in popularity of citizen observatories (COs) over the last decade has come with increased participation and large amounts of collected data. This has evidenced the challenges faced by …

senseBox - Toolkit for digital education, citizen science and environmental …
The modular senseBox kits (senseBox:home, senseBox:edu, senseBox:mini and CO2 lights) are used in digital education, citizen science and professional environmental data collection. An easy-to-program microcontroller is …

Citizen Science for Policy across Europe
EU-Citizen.Science invited representatives from ministries across Europe and at the regional and local levels to engage in a discussion about citizen science and its benefits for policy making. The main …
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The future of citizen science: sharing experiences from the European …
In November 2021, the EU-Citizen.Science project and the ACTION project co-organised “The future of citizen science: sharing experiences from the European community”, that aimed at sharing experiences and stimulating debates …

Cos4Cloud final project event: its legacy for the citizen science …
Cos4Cloud is an EU-funded project that has co-designed, prototyped and implemented several new tools, methodologies and services that address the technological challenges shared by citizen observatories. These services can help …

SPOTTERON Citizen Science Platform
SPOTTERON is a fully customizable and reliable solution for your Citizen Science and volunteer monitoring projects. It can be fully adapted to your project's needs and is constantly updated and …

UNICA-EUTOPIA TRAIN Webinar: How to engage citizens in your research?
During the webinar, several international experts shared their experiences with citizen science projects. They inspired the audience with their insights on how to build and keep sustainable relationships and fruitful …

UNICA-EUTOPIA TRAIN Webinar: Successful strategies in applying for citizen science …
Finding funding for citizen science projects is not always easy. Funding bodies or calls have a different and specific focus and different requirements.
Not surprisingly, when asked, researchers wanting to …

Webinar Report Inclusive Transformative Citizen Social Science
This report is a summary report from the first session of webinars by EIE WG and YouCount held in autumn 2021 that will continue in autumn 2023. The first webinar took …

Wie wirkt eigentlich Citizen Science? Ein Blick in die Forschungsliteratur
What effect does participation in citizen science projects have on citizen scientists? Do they learn something about the topic of the citizen science project or about scientific working methods? Does …

Fostering Funding for Citizen Science in the Social Sciences and …
This policy brief addresses one of the main obstacles to the growth of citizen science in the SSH: a strong mismatch between the current funding calls and the diversity of SSH …