IMPETUS interviews... The Anti-Quake Risk Hunter Community in Istanbul is empowering neighbours to map risks & boost earthquake readiness. Featuring Yelda A. Gulkilik & Vincent Bouvard. impetus4cs.eu/impetus-inte... #citizenscience #disasterprepareness #earthqua

#citizenscience Resource @eusea.bsky.social training - #AI in Public Engagement: Protecting Sensitive #Data and Reducing #Bias by Johanna Barnbeck from Spread the Nerd Dec 17, 09:30-13:30 CET eusea.info/news/eusea-t...

#citizenscience spotlight Hollandse Luchten puts residents at the heart of #airquality research. Using simple sensors, communities investigate #pollution, build shared data, and work with experts + local authorities. hollandse-luchten.org #Environment

#Citizenscience Reading Club Persistent inequalities in citizen science: a 20-year study of Sweden’s Artportalen shows older men still dominate reporting, even after major ICT upgrades. Tech ≠ inclusion. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Equity #technology

#IMPETUSInterviews… #Citizenscience unveiling microscopic #biodiversity and #microplastic pollution 🌊 Watch out! Don’t Step on me! brings schools & underrepresented groups into marine research, exploring beach micro-life & microplastics. youtu.be/znOvECGnvao

#Citizenscience Resources Curators of information matter. A new guide from @senseaboutsci.bsky.social shows why librarians, editors & journalists are key to trustworthy research. senseaboutscience.org/wp-content/u... #ScienceCommunication

Sasha Woods from @earthwatcheurope.bsky.social reports on #CitizenScience projects around the world and argues that the active involvement of non-scientists in the scientific research process is a powerful tool in the efforts to combat environmental injustice #PeoplePower #Environment #Biodiversity

We are at the II Congrés de ciència ciutadana. Paving the way! #citizenscience @irbio-ub.bsky.social @biologiaub.bsky.social #InvAdapt

🌿#CitizenScience Spotlight INPN Espèces is a free French app that helps identify local species via photo + GPS. Expert-validated observations feed national & global databases—and have even revealed new species. www.mnhn.fr/en/inpn-spec... #biodiversity #conservation

📢 Ahir i avui, som al II Congrés de Ciència Ciutadana al Parc de Recerca Biomedica de Barcelona ( @prbb.org )! Des de l’Institut Metròpoli hem presentat els projectes BioPlatgesMet, Vigilants de la Calor i Click-Kids. 👉 Descobreix els nostres projectes: www.institutmetropoli.cat/ca/recerca/r...

From personal to global health – bridging communities through #citizenscience Science for Change joined #CS4Health Zurich, sharing how IMPETUS supports 80+ projects incl. Reach Out Right, Obstetric Coevolution & CoAct—advancing citizen science for health. impetus4cs.eu/from-persona...

Three years of mentoring #CitizenScience with IMPETUS 🌍 Our long-time mentor Karen Soacha Godoy has supported 8 European initiatives through the IMPETUS Accelerator — guiding teams from ideas to impact. Read what she’s learned along the way 👇 impetus4cs.eu/three-years-... #EUCitizenScience

#citizenscience reading club What if citizen science isn’t always democratic? Riley & Mason-Wilkes reveal “dark citizen science” — hidden, unpaid digital labour like Google’s reCAPTCHA. doi.org/10.1177/0963... #Ethics #AI #DigitalLabour

Breaking down walls with #CitizenScience! 🌍 We loved attending the @fallingwallslabdk.bsky.social Engage Pitches — so much inspiring #PublicEngagement & #SciComm from around the world, including the City Layers and the Caomhnú project from the #IMPETUS accelerator.

#CitizenScience resource Disseminating and exploiting results – A starter kit for EU-funded R&I projects. A practical guide to help #HorizonEurope projects boost the impact of their work through effective #dissemination and #exploitation activities. 👉 op.europa.eu/en/publicati...

#CitizenScience Spotlight: Map4Rec — Children Mapping Greener Futures In Twente 🇳🇱, Map4Rec is a for place-based citizen science, where young refugees explore and improve their urban environments 🌳🏙️. calls.ars.electronica.art/2025/prix/wi... #inclusion #greenspace

🌡️ Com viuen la calor els infants a casa seva? El projecte Vigilants de la Calor revela: 🏠 50% sense aire condicionat 🌬️ 15% sense ventilador 🌳 45% volen millores a l’espai públic Impulsat per Institut i @irec-energia.bsky.social. 🔗 Llegeix la notícia: www.institutmetropoli.cat/ca/noticias/...

#citizenscience reading club How do #democracy & #technology shape each other? Goñi’s new paper bridges Deliberative Democracy & STS—urging dialogue over quick “tech” or “participation” fixes. 💬⚙️ doi.org/10.1057/s415... #particpatoryscience

#citizenscience Resources How does #GDPR shape Citizen Science in #health & #environment? The SensJus workshop at Brocher explored data-sharing dilemmas & creative solutions. bit.ly/3ZL2r4G

#citizenscience Spotlight Acting4DHH empowers Deaf & hard-of-hearing citizens to map communication barriers and inaccessible city spaces, raising awareness and promoting true inclusion through citizen science. web2learn.eu/portfolio/ac... #Inclusion #Accessibility #DeafCommunity

Lanzamos el Observatorio de Narrativas Climáticas de #Euskadi, con las 3 diputaciones #Araba #Bizkaia #Gipuzkoa, ayuntamientos de #Bilbao, #Donostia, #vitoriagasteiz y Gobierno Vasco a través de #Ihobe 🟡Proyecto creado por Blablalab.eu/Hexagonal @impetus4cs.bsky.social Más información: goo.su/zHHn

👶 New #IMPETUSInterviews! We talk with Marie-Therese Schultes from Care PartIES, a citizen science project putting parents at the centre of neonatal care as co-researchers. Honourable Mention, 2025 EU Prize for #CitizenScience. 🔗 impetus4cs.eu/impetus-inte... #neonatalcare #healthcare #citsci

#Citizenscience Reading Club Developing citizen science ecosystem: critical factors for #quadruplehelix stakeholders' engagement. doi.org/10.1108/JEC-...

📢 @pulsesincrease.bsky.social , winners of the 2024 EU Prize for #CitizenScience, invites abstracts for the Participatory & Citizen Science Genomics Workshop at #PAG33, San Diego, 9 Jan 2026. Submit by 10 Nov 2025! 🌱🧬 More info: [email protected] #Genomics #Biodiversity #Agroecology

💡 #CitizenScience Resource! TIME4CS has launched a Reflection Tool to help institutions embed citizen science into their culture — from defining practical “Grounding Actions” to creating real roadmaps for change. www.time4cs.eu/news/a-refle... #ResearchCulture #OpenAccess #SciencePolicy

🛡️ #Citizenscience Spotlight At Maldita.es, #AItools and citizen collaboration come together to detect, analyse and debunk mis/disinformation. This community-driven approach helps people navigate digital content with confidence and protects the public good. calls.ars.electronica.art/2025/prix/wi...

The latest #ECSLighthouse newsletter is out! Catch up on all things #CitizenScience 👇 🔗 Read it here: us20.campaign-archive.com?u=43994d556f... #CitSci @ecsa.ngo @ecs.ngo

How can a rural community lead its own sustainable transition? We spoke with Deirdre de Bhailís of the Dingle Hub Living Lab, where farmers, families & businesses are co-creating a low-carbon future. impetus4cs.eu/dingle-penin... #IMPETUSInterviews #ClimateAction #Sustainability #citizenscience

Say hello to Mireia Ros, our newest IMPETUS team member! 👋 From Science for Change, Mireia works at the intersection of citizen science, health & migration — helping us drive impact in our final #IMPETUSAccelerator cohort! 🚀 #citizenscience

💧 Who’s saving our river data? New paper by Mazzoglio et al. (2025) explores volunteers in the SIREN #CitizenScience project, digitising Italy’s historic streamflow records. Retirees & hobbyists lead the way—showing science can be meaningful, social & fun. Read doi.org/10.1371/jour... #Hydrology

Comienza la Convención por un #PactodeEstado frente a la Emergencia Climática y os compartimos: 🟡Dosier con antecedentes e hitos claves: goo.su/UtFJ5V 🟡Diferencias y consensos de #L8E: goo.su/nqyE7X 🟢Envía tu narrativa: goo.su/ucRUg @miteco.gob.es @hexagonallab.bsky.social @impetus4cs.bsky.social

#citizenscience resources Today is #EWasteDay 💡 In 2022, each EU resident generated 11.2 kg of e-waste. @therestartproject.org is helping change that — teaching people to repair electronics & bringing repair skills into schools. 🔧 Learn more: therestartproject.org/restart-at-s...

🚲 #CitizenScience Spotlight: The SHIFT project teams up with parents + transport planners to make school cycling routes safer! Using sensors + bike cams, parents track “stress hotspots” on real rides — turning data into action for safer streets. 🌍✨ www.sfi.ie/challenges/s... #CyclingSafety

🎙️ #IMPETUSInterview, we talk with Markku Luoto from Baltic Sea 3D Wrecksite Ontology 🌊 Using volunteer expertise, tech & collaboration, they’re creating digital twins of shipwrecks, preserving #marineheritage for future generations. ⚓️ 👉 impetus4cs.eu/baltic-sea-3... #citizenscience

🧑‍🏫💡 Teachers as researchers! New paper by Atal et al. (2025) shows how Profs-Chercheurs turns educators into citizen scientists—collaboratively producing, peer-reviewing & sharing practice-based evidence to improve teaching. Read 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1366... #CitizenScience #Education #OpenScience

🧰 #CitizenScience Resource Explore the @biodiversa.eu Citizen Science Toolkit — designed for researchers in #biodiversity and #EnvironmentalSciences looking to involve citizens in their work. Discover best practices, benefits & resources 👇 🔗 10.5281/zenodo.3979343

El Panel Ciudadano Climático de España reúne a 100 personas que comparten sus narrativas (anónimas). #100VocesBBL, cada una con sus contextos y particularidades. #BlaBlaLAB compartirá un mapa con todas. 🟢Inscríbete y comparte: goo.su/yUikYpS @impetus4cs.bsky.social @hexagonallab.bsky.social

🚀 #CitizenScience Spotlight SERVET: Citizen Science in the Stratosphere brings near-space exploration to citizens, schools & communities—enabling low-cost experiments up to 40 km above Earth 🌍 🔗 Learn more: calls.ars.electronica.art/2025/prix/wi... #SpaceResearch #ParticipatoryScience #CitSci

New #IMPETUSinterviews! We talk with Ivan Dorotić from HEROINES, winner of the Grand Prize at the #EuropeanUnion #CitizenScience Awards. How Roma women use community mapping for empowerment & #socialjustice 👉 youtu.be/nSmHCJTa7W0

#CitizenScience Reading club 🧩 New in #CitizenScience & #OpenScience: Gau et al. present MyResearchChallenge, a system that lets citizens help frame research problems—not just collect data. A step toward more open, collaborative, and responsive science. Read: doi.org/10.1007/s125...

In Other Words and Other Worlds: Confronting Assumptions for Better Engagement Our #EUSEA26 call for submissions is now open! We’re excited to explore new approaches to our work and research, and to challenge ourselves not to settle for what feels comfortable or familiar. 👉 euseaconf.eusea.info

𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲: 𝗔 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 To unlock the full potential of citizen science, a new COST Action proposal, Tech4CitSci, is being formed to address its core technological challenges. Find out more and join Ibercivis: ibercivis.es/shaping-the-...

Warm greetings from Vienna at the 4th General Assembly of the #HorizonEurope MINAGRIS Project! More information on the project and the SoilPlastic App by Minagris on the SPOTTERON #CitizenScience Platform: www.spotteron.net/apps/horizon...

#CitizenScience Resource Have you recently started an EU-funded research and innovation project, or are you looking to enhance your ongoing one? The European Research Executive Agency (REA) have put together a handy guide for you. rea.ec.europa.eu/guidance/adv...

Deep Time is showing how #citsci can shape AI for #biodiversity recovery! 🌱 🌍 1,000+ people helped map 58,000 habitats across 4,500 km² 🛰️ Accuracy matched/outperformed #AI 88% of the time 🌿 Data helping Wildlife Trusts 💡 91% inspired to take daily #climateaction digventures.com/projects/dee...

📖 New in the #CitizenScience book club: Jandrić et al. map #postdigital #citsci, exploring how #technology, #political economy & participation shape the field. A call to rethink who counts as a citizen scientist in today’s world. Read: doi.org/10.1007/s424...

#CitizenScience Resource 🌍 The CitieS-Health Toolkit helps anyone engage communities, explore local environmental & health issues, and drive bottom-up change. Empower your world with #CitizenScience tools 👉 citizensciencetoolkit.eu #resources

🌍 #CitizenScience Spotlight: AURORA, winner of an Honorary Mention at the EU Prize for Citizen Science 2025, empowers over 7,000 citizens across five countries to track energy use & co-create local renewable energy solutions. 🔗 aurora-h2020.eu #citsci #climateaction #renewables

🌡️ Arrenquem una nova edició de #VigilantsDeLaCalor amb les escoles Arc Iris i Coves d'en Cimany! L’alumnat comença a investigar com ens afecta la #calor en el dia a dia de les zones urbanes 🔍 @irec-energia.bsky.social @impetus4cs.bsky.social @ambmetropolis.bsky.social

🌍 New read - #CitizenScience & #AI: Fraisl et al. show how combining AI’s power with citizen-driven data can help close SDG gaps. AI boosts classification & monitoring, while citizen science adds trust, local context & inclusivity. Read: www.nature.com/articles/s41...