On the 6th and 7th of March, 2023, the INCENTIVE partnership met in Milan, Italy, for the project’s fourth consortium meeting. It was the first physical meeting that partners had since the start of the new year. The meeting was organised and hosted by SDA Bocconi, which is the leader of the sustainability work [...]
Citizen science (CS) as a research methodology is experiencing an increase in a number of actors, projects, initiatives, and funding opportunities. Despite such growth, most of the Research Performing and Funding Organisations (RPFOs) in Europe still do not support CS implementation by fostering institutional transformations. The H2020 EU-funded TIME4CS and INCENTIVE projects join forces and [...]
About RadoNorm RadoNorm is a Euratom research and training project that supports local communities and citizens to launch citizen science projects in the field of radon. For this, four pilot citizen science projects are developed and tested in France, Ireland, Norway, and Hungary. The results of the pilot projects will help to develop recommendations for empowering citizen [...]
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 has designed a set of policy recommendations. Further specific policy recommendations have also been prepared with the stated purpose of directing attention to questions related [...]
Citizen Science has been bubbling beneath the surface for some time and is reaching now a growing presence and influence in the scientific and participation scenario, locally and in the global context. Focusing on the international scene, Clàudia Fabó Cartas and Prof. Muki Haklay conversate in this new podcast episode on the level of recognition and relevance of citizen [...]
New year, new podcast. Earlier this month, the new podcast series "Exploring Citizen Science: Can research and society be (re)connected?" was launched. It is a podcast that explores the world of Citizen Science, as a discipline and philosophy. Host and journalist Alexander Damiano Ricci travels across Europe and holds interviews with researchers and project managers [...]
The Horizon IMPETUS project is proving as of today an excellent opportunity for the citizen science community. On the 10th of January 2023, at 12:00 CET, the 1st IMPETUS Open Call is being launched. IMPETUS is a Citizen Science project that supports citizen science by enabling a wider range of citizen science initiatives (CSIs) to [...]
On the 24th Nov 2022, the INCENTIVE Spanish core members Sofia Mojica and Begoña Miñarro, together with Science for Change, facilitated a training about citizen science for the staff at the Library Services of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. The training was part of the capacity-building activities in the framework of the operationalisation of UAB's [...]
On the 11th and 12th of July, 2022, the INCENTIVE partnership met for the project’s fourth consortium meeting. It was a benchmark event, as this was the first physical consortium meeting of the project. The meeting was organised by the University of Twente (Design Lab), the coordinator of the project, and hosted by the Aristotle University [...]
What happened On Thursday 12 May, the University of Twente organised on the premises of DesignLab the Citizen Science Conference 2022. The Conference was dedicated to Citizen Science and how a deepened cooperation between scientists and stakeholders from society can be achieved for a better understanding of societal challenges and the development of sustainable solutions. [...]
