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First announcement of CS Track to European Citizen Science community

As part of our collaboration with other European Citizen Science projects, we were delighted to be included in the most recent newsletter...

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Does citizen science have a presence in academic publications?

Academic publications are the result of research experiments. Due to the non-academic nature of citizen science, research is not usually carried out with the aim of publishing academic articles. Are there scientific publications related to citizen science?

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Does citizen science have a presence in academic publications?

Does citizen science have a presence in academic publications?

Since 2004, academic publications on citizen science are growing significantly every year More than 70% of the publications are journal articles Although citizen science was defined in the mid/1990s by Rick Bonney in the United States (Bonney, 1996) and Alan Irwin in...

ECSA Conference postponed to 6-8 September

ECSA Conference postponed to 6-8 September

The European conference for citizen and participatory science 2020 (ECSA) which was to have taken place in Trieste, Italy in May has been postponed to 6-8 September. It will still take place in Trieste. You can find an update here.

CitSci2021 Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, USA 25-29 May 2021

CitSci2021 Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, USA 25-29 May 2021

The biennial CitSci conference brings attention to cutting-edge and evidence-based practices from many contexts, and connects people from across those contexts to highlight areas of innovation, share ideas and insights, and forge stronger relationships and practices...

ECSITE Conference 2020, Ljubliana, Slovakia 11 – 13 June 2020

ECSITE Conference 2020, Ljubliana, Slovakia 11 – 13 June 2020

The 2020 Ecsite Conference, hosted by the Kersnikova Institute will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 11-13 June 2020. The conference programme includes three days of conference sessions, two days of pre-conference workshops and a busy networking and social...

ECSA Conference 2020, Trieste, Italy 24-26 May 2020

ECSA Conference 2020, Trieste, Italy 24-26 May 2020

The annual European conference for citizen and participatory science takes place in Trieste, Italy from 24 to 26 May. Entitled ‘Encounters in Citizen Science”this event will focus on junctures in science: between scientists and citizens; between East and West; between...

Invitation to join survey into defining citizen science

Invitation to join survey into defining citizen science

EU-Citizen.Science and the European Citizen Science Association are trying to develop a short briefing that can be used by research funders, policy bodies, and scientists, to decide which activities, and under which conditions, should be considered to be citizen...

CS Track gets off to a bright start in Leuven

CS Track gets off to a bright start in Leuven

The CS Track team finally got the chance to meet one another face-to-face to work on project planning in Leuven on 9-10 December 2019. This meeting was hosted by partner ATiT in Martin’s Klooster in Leuven and turned out to be quite an intensive meeting. It included...

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