Socientize Green Paper on Citizen Science in Europe
The SOCIENTIZE Consortium is coordinating an ongoing public consultation and debate about the potential role of Citizen Science in Europe. As an intermediate result, this Green Paper presents the major …
Understanding the citizen science landscape for environmental policy: an assessment …
Citizen science is increasingly upheld with the potential to underpin all aspects of the environmental policy process. However, to date, contributions of citizen science to environmental decision-making remain sparse and …
Citizen science for environmental policy. Development of an EU-wide inventory …
In January 2018 the European Commission launched a study to examine the influence of citizen science on environmental policies and sustainable development. The study was carried out by the French …
Multiple Scales, Multiple Approaches - Toward Meaningful Engagement in Europe
EKLIPSE aims to encourage informed societal debate on environmental policy issues at the EU level using engagement methods such as science cafés. A science café on Nature Based Solutions (NBS) …
Summary report and strategy recommendations for EU citizen science gateway …
EU BON project has analyzed the citizen science landscape in Europe with regards to biodiversity research and proposes several policy recommendations. One of the recommendations is a Pan-European citizen science …
Citizen-generated data for public policy
This report is an initiative of the research project DigiTranScope: Digital Transformation and Governance of Human Society, which the Joint Research Centre (JRC) has conducted to provide a better understanding …
Citizen Science SDG Conference
In October 2020, the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN) with many partners, supported by the European Commission and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), held an international, hybrid conference …
ECSA Conference 2020
In September 2020, the third ECSA Conference Encounters in Citizen Science was held virtually from Trieste (Italy), making it the first online ECSA conference. While this presented some challenges in …
Resource Page Grassroots Citizen Science
How do grassroots citizen scientists in three world regions (East Asia, Western Europe, Central Africa) mobilize data and technologies to tackle environmental threats such as climate change, air pollution, and …
Citizen Science in UK Environmental Policy
Citizen science, or the participation of the general public in scientific projects, has gained increasing attention over the past decade. This research insight draws on the discussions of a policy roundtable …
How Does Citizen Science “Do” Governance? Reflections from the DITOs …
Citizen science (CS) is increasingly becoming a focal point for public policy to provide data for decision-making and to widen access to science. Yet beyond these two understandings, CS engages …
Citizen Science & Open Science: Synergies & Future Areas of …
Citizen Science (CS) and Open Science (OS) are among the most discussed topics in current research and innovation policy, and are becoming increasingly related. This policy brief was developed with …
Citizen Science & Art/Science Synergies and Future Potential
The arts can effectively respond to diminishing societal trust in science, contribute to the creation of public discourse and understanding of science, facilitate knowledge transfer between science and society, and …
Making Citizen Science Work – Innovation Management for Citizen Science
This policy brief draws on a preliminary study that identified the main operational archetypes of citizen science and DIY science projects, which we call “operational models” or “modes of operation”. …
European Clean Air Day - citizen science for clean air
According to health research and the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution in urban areas leads to 3 million premature deaths annually. This policy brief presents a framework for organizing a …
A Tale of Two Science Buses: Diversity of Knowledge and …
Public engagement activities labelled in the same way can generate very different practices and experiences for participants. The key difference appears to be the way scientific knowledge is framed and …
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