💧 Interested in #CitizenParticipation in water research? CIW is organising an💡inspiration session Get inspired by 5 projects and a keynote by Uta Wehn (IHE Delft) on international trends in citizen science & water ℹ️Info: buff.ly/m8unU8a 🗓️Mon 8 Dec | 🕒 13:30–17:00 | 📍Leuven |💬 Primarily in Dutch

📢 Event by VITO: We Are Days #WeAre is an online platform that enables #citizens to collect, connect, and share health data from various sources Network, explore practical tools, and discover the technology behind the platform 🗓️ 25–26 November 2025 |📍Antwerp 🔗 Register:

Join this 💻 webinar on #Citizens4Water and discover how #CitizenScience can make a meaningful impact in hydrology and water management 💧 Register ➡️ buff.ly/HNLkNmo Organised in the framework of Acting4Water, an EU-funded project addressing water scarcity

📣#Survey shout-out! What makes citizen science trustworthy? Fill in the survey by AfricaMuseum, designed with IIASA: 🔍 Rate trustworthiness of hypothetical citizen science projects ✅Open to all! Regardless of previous experience with citizen science The survey: conjointly.online/study/622299...

🌎Citizens4Water is a global inventory of #CitizenScience projects about: 💧Hydrology 💧Water management Are you involved in a project? Would you like to learn more? ️Go to www.citizens4water.org and join the community! C4W is a project by @scivil.bsky.social and @unesco.bsky.social

💧 Citizens4Water is live! C4W is a global platform for citizen science projects in #hydrology and #water management 🌎 🌊Submit your project on www.citizens4water.org 🪲Any bugs on the platform? Share your feedback: buff.ly/zAXrKfz Project by @scivil.bsky.social and @unesco.bsky.social

🌟Online Inspiration Session: Inclusive Citizen Science How to make #CitizenScience inclusive? Learn tools & insights during this free session, organised by Citizen Science Contact Point at @VUB 📅 10 Nov | 13:00–14:00 ✅ Examples from UrbanReleaf, Engage SDG & CitiObs 👉 Register: buff.ly/rXP8c6y

🌍 Citizen Engagement for Climate Resilience 📅 5 Nov | 09:00–12:00 📍 U-Residence, VUB CLIMAS is a Horizon Europe project that aims to strengthen climate resilience through citizen engagement In this event, they will present the resulting CLIMAS Toolbox! ➡️Register: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/9K3zf0dB6Z

Announcement 📢The app for our #CitizenScience project #maarallee is live! #Maarallee invites Flemish speakers to record their voice in their own dialect or accent. These recordings will train AI to understand everyday Flemish. ➡️📱Download the app! Go to www.maarallee.be

Do you know any citizen scientists in Flanders? 👩🔬🔭 📝We’re conducting a #survey (±15 minutes) to learn more about citizen scientists. What drives them, and what challenges do they face? 🔄Help us by sharing this survey with your network! 👉The survey (NL only): buff.ly/zOjwqHP

👩🔬Researchers, we need your input! Scivil and @uclouvain.bsky.social are conducting a short survey (±15 min) on researchers’ views on #CitizenScience Open to all researchers, familiar with citizen science or not 📢 Share the survey with your colleagues! ✅ Survey:

Oct 24: @gromadaukraine.bsky.social hosts a conference on #CitizenScience in conflict zones, focusing on #Ukraine Researchers, policymakers, students and civil society will explore citizen-generated data in environmental monitoring & recovery ✅Free💻In person & online🔗Info: buff.ly/boCKcWj

We’re joining imec at Trefdag Digitaal Vlaanderen! 📅 23 Oct |📍 Flanders Expo, Ghent Scivil will present #maarallee: a citizen science app where you record your voice to help AI understand everyday Flemish & dialects ℹ️ Info event: buff.ly/sF29IoH 📧 Maarallee newsletter: buff.ly/OpolNW6 #Trefdag25

Interview🎙️ In #DeGroteVoedselkaart, a project by @sciensano.be, citizens used an app to map their food environment.📍🍔 Read more about the methodology, initial findings and future ambitions of this #CitizenScience project. To the interview (NL only)👉 www.scivil.be/succesverhaa...

Did you know Scivil & #Brightlab are part of #RVO-Society?🌍 Brightlab inspires future generations through innovative STEM learning🔬📚 Scivil connects citizens & researchers via #CitizenScience Together, we went on a teambuilding @howesthogeschool.bsky.social & @viveshogeschool.bsky.social! 🤝

🔬Join our Citizen Panel The scent of pine trees, colors of flowers...🌺all come from plant compounds called #terpenoids and #flavonoids You can help decide which of these compounds will be included in an open science starter kit for future sustainability research🔍👉 research.bpact.be?e=473116&d=l...

Scivil joined the #CRef-#VLIR meeting on #CitizenScience. With Belgian university colleagues, we explored: 🎓 How universities can support CS 🤝Opportunities for stronger cooperation ... and more! A great meeting with lots of actionable ideas📬Stay in the loop via our newsletter: www.scivil.be/en

📅 Friday: Reimagining Cultural Heritage in 3D and XR The digital technologies of #EUreka3D-XR make it easier for citizens to contribute to cultural heritage research During this event, you’ll explore 3D digitisation and the reuse of 3D models in cultural heritage. Join:

🌱 ‘Tuinen in Verbinding’: Network Day Garden projects and citizen science are crucial for climate adaptation, health, and much more... Join this exciting network day with talks, tours, workshops, and a CS info market 👉 buff.ly/XZrTIQF 📅 Oct 20 | Leuven #CitizenScience #MijnTuinlab

We gave a first sneak peek of #maarallee 🎤 at @ManiFiesta. An app where citizens record their voices to help AI understand everyday Flemish🤖 🚀 Official launch soon! More info: www.scivil.be/en/project/m... Follow us on FB: www.facebook.com/maarallee.be

Today, we’re presenting our AI-project #amai! at the International Conference for an Inclusive Digital Society. 👨💻 Workshop co-creating AI innovations with citizens’ ideas, by Isaak Vandermaesen 🪧 Poster session by Steve Bers More info: 🔗

🗺️ Put your Citizen Science project on the map! We're conducting the Citizen Science Scan 2025 to map projects across Belgium. 👉 Do you have a CS project? We need your input. Fill in our 5-min survey (NL/EN/FR): bit.ly/4n2m6QS

On 18 June 2025, the #CitizenScienceFair brings together families, students, teachers, scientists, non-scientists, curious minds, and even passers-by in the gardens of the Natural Sciences Institute in Brussels. Explore more and join us: www.scivil.be/en/event/cit...

On June 5, UCLouvain organises a seminar on #citizenscience and environmental research: www.uclouvain.be/fr/instituts... including: - @mhaklay.bsky.social‬ , professor at UCL - our very own @anneliesduerinckx.bsky.social‬ , coordinator of Scivil - and two case studies from UCLouvain.

Water management is a burning issue worldwide. Here too, citizens can play a crucial role. That's why Scivil will soon launch www.Citizens4Water.org, a global inventory for #citizenscience projects on #watermanagement and #hydrology. Subscribe to our newsletter: www.scivil.be/en/subscribe...

Scivil zoekt jobstudenten uit diverse disciplines om van 14 tot 25 juli mee te werken aan de 2e Citizen Science Scan België. Deadline om te solliciteren is 18 mei: www.scivil.be/nieuws/scivi...

Help jij onze #vacature voor een 'medewerker sociale media & engagement' mee verspreiden? 🙏 www.scivil.be/nieuws/vacat... Combineer je een vlotte pen (in NL/EN) met een sterke teamgeest en expertise in sociale media en community building? Aarzel niet en solliciteer. #citizenscience #job

Help jij onze #vacature voor een 'medewerker sociale media & engagement' mee verspreiden? 🙏 www.scivil.be/nieuws/vacat... Combineer je een vlotte pen (in NL/EN) met een sterke teamgeest en expertise in sociale media en community building? Aarzel niet en solliciteer. #citizenscience #job

The project NieuwsWijsNeuzen won a media literacy award from @mediawijs.bsky.social (Media wise). 😍🏆 Within the project, Scivil set up a checkpoint for disinformation on TikTok, in co-creation with researchers, children and journalists: www.scivil.be/en/project/n...

OIS Research Conference 2025 (May 14-16 - Vienna) This 6th Open Innovation in Science Research Conference invites discussions on the collaboration between research and industry. New, dynamic forms of collaboration are to be presented and further developed. www.scivil.be/en/event/ois...

FRDN Network Day 2025 - Shaping the Future of Open Science in Flanders May 22, 2025, Brussels. Share knowledge and experiences on Open Science, including #CitizenScience, highlighting key milestones from the first #OpenScience Policy Plan. www.scivil.be/en/event/frd...

OTTERS project conference - "Waves of Change" May 23 - 24, 2025, Oeiras, Portugal. The conference aims to build bridges between citizen science, education, and civic engagement, bringing together key actors from all these fields. www.scivil.be/en/event/ott...

CS4Water Conference 2025 From June 3 to 5, 2025, in Delft, Netherlands, the focus will be on the crucial role of #citizenscience in water management and its link to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. www.scivil.be/en/event/cs4...

The EUSEA Conference 2025 will take place on May 14 and 15, 2025, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. The theme of this conference is 'Crossing Oceans - Raising Our Sails. Navigating Public Engagement in Turbulent Times.' www.scivil.be/en/event/eus...

Last week, we visited our northern neighbours from @citizenscience.nl (CS-NL) in Leiden. Much like Scivil, CS-NL is a small team of enthousiastic professionals, committed to #citizenscience. www.scivil.be/en/news/sciv... Thanks for the warm welcome, @mobilemaggie.bsky.social, & to be continued 🙂.

📅 Join REINFORCING’s online capacity building session:"ORRI: What's in it for citizens?”. Learn how to include citizens in research programmes, as well as why citizens engage in research and innovation (R&I) processes in the first place. Workshop: April 29 Clinic: May 6 www.scivil.be/en/event/rei...

Over 100 people attended our MLE event on #publicengagement 💙. Find all reports and abstracts here: www.scivil.be/en/news/public-engagement-policy-practice-was-dissemination-event Thanks to all speakers and co-organisers @ec.europa.eu, @belspo.be and the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences!

#CitizenScienceMonth – 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 explored how to better 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 across Europe, on 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙 1 𝑖𝑛 𝐵𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑠. 🔎 Learn about the organisers: www.scivil.be/en #CitSciMonth #onemillionactsofscience @scistarter.bsky.social @scivil.bsky.social

📅 Next week's event by Scivil and BELSPO on Public Engagement in Research & Innovation in Europe is fully booked, but you can still register to join us online: www.scivil.be/en/event/pub... Incl.: @vliznews.bsky.social @frederikeschmitz.bsky.social @opensciencenl.bsky.social @kenskeldon.bsky.social

The EU Mutual Learning on #PublicEngagement in Research is coming to an end. Have a look at the reports projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/statistic... and join us on April 1 for our final event in Brussels hosted by EC, @belspo.be @scivil.bsky.social www.scivil.be/en/event/pub....

On May 22, the Flemish Research Data Network (FRDN) is hosting its annual Network Day. Explore the key successes of the inaugural Open Science Policy Plan and envision the future of Open Science in Flanders. Register starting today:

📅 1 April, Scivil & @belspo.bsky.social kindly invite you to the event for the Mutual Learning Exercise on Public Engagement in Research & Innovation in Europe: www.scivil.be/en/event/pub...

Check out these 12 impact stories of how #citizenscience contributes to change in and for our society, by Stefanie Schürz, Teresa Schäfer and Barbara Kieslinger in a recent publication from @ecs.ngo .

Check out the '#CitizenScience Checklist: Your project guide in a nutshell' by Citizen Science Zürich en Schweiz forscht:

#ReadingTip The journal 'Nature Sustainability' @naturesustain.bsky.social has published a new paper: 'Citizen Involvement in the UN's Global Biodiversity Framework'. Check it out here: https://buff.ly/4aOcCU7 #citizenscience

April is global #citizenscience month! Are you planning an event on citizen science in April? Register your event on @scistarter.bsky.social , the international platform for citizen science initiatives:

Impetus Accelerator call: Start-up projects can receive €20,000, mentoring and training to set up their initiative. Ongoing projects are eligible for €10,000 and mentoring. Deadline is March 13, 2025. https://buff.ly/3WNV0Sa @impetus4cs.bsky.social #citizenscience

How can #citizenscience and #AI help democratize science, co-create knowledge and empower communities? In this @ecsa.ngo webinar on Feb 18, our colleague Karen Verstraelen will explain how we do just that in the 'Amai!' project in Flanders, Belgium. Register here: https://buff.ly/4gslaBg

European Union Prize for #CitizenScience 2025 Submit your project for this prestigious prize: - Grand Prize €60,000 - Diversity & Collaboration Award €20,000 - Digital Communities Award €20,000 Incl. awards for 27 honorable mentions. Deadline: March 10. https://buff.ly/3WMKwCT @ars.electronica.art

Tomorrow Feb 6, 6 p.m. (CET), NASA is hosting a webinar on the special issue 'The Future of #AI and #CitizenScience', discussing insights, ethical questions and future developments. Amai!, a project of Scivil and @kc-dama.bsky.social, also contributed to this special.