NEWSERA Indicators for Communication Strategies of Citizen Science Projects
The following document presents a set of indicators (Table 1) defined by the NEWSERA consortium for the evaluation of communication specifically aimed at the quadruple helix agents (citizens and society as a whole, academia, …
Guidelines on Behaviour & Policy Change
The Guidelines on Behaviour & Policy Change aim to guide those interested in identifying, understanding, and enhancing policy and behavioural changes resulting from citizen science initiatives. They thus target those …
Dark Sky Meter and Loss of the Night apps
Dark Sky Meter
The Dark Sky Meter app is an award-winning iPhone app that allows users to measure light pollution in their area. With this app, you can easily see …
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 …
CS Track Investigating Citizen Science brochure
CS Track, a research project funded by the European Commission, aims at broadening knowledge about citizen science by applying data analysis to publicly available information from the web and collecting …
Writing citizen science project descriptions that spark interest and attract …
Project descriptions, often found on citizen science platforms, are the gateway for citizen scientists to engage with projects. They provide the first glimpse into what a selected project is about, …
How Networks of Citizen Observatories Can Increase the Quality and …
There is a growing acknowledgement that citizen observatories, and other forms of citizen-generated data, have a significant role in tracking progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. This is evident in …
OSDG Community Dataset (OSDG-CD)
The OSDG Community Dataset (OSDG-CD) is a public dataset of thousands of text excerpts, which were validated by approximately 1,000 OSDG Community Platform citizen scientists from over 110 countries, with …
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 …
D4.5 The accreditation discussion paper
CS Track is a research and innovation project funded by the European Commission under the Science with and for Society (SwafS) programme. It began in December 2019 and brought together …
D4.4 Policy recommendations based on CS Track results
CS Track is a research and innovation project funded by the European Commission under the Science with and for Society (SwafS) programme. It began in December 2019 and brought together …
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 …
Citizen science for sustainable urban mobility: Empowering citizen traffic counters …
As WeCount officially comes to an end, partners reflected on the project’s main results, drafting policy recommendations building upon evidence from its real-life examples for achieving change by proactive citizens …
Impact tools
These different materials and resources support research teams to plan and reflect on the societal impact of their research. The OIS Impact Model and Reflection Instruments help plan, monitor and …
Evaluation of participatory science and research
Science Together was initially a web portal developed by the Sorbonne University Alliance (SUA), a group of several institutions including the Sorbonne University and the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN), …