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Citizen science project officer
Be part of a diverse international team at the forefront of the citizen science movement in Europe!
ECSA is looking for a project officer to support our work on the AGORA project.
Responsibilities:
- Support to identify, build and establish connections and alliances with communities and regions in Germany (climate change adaptation network). Build local communities through the empowerment of citizens and stakeholders in assessing local climate vulnerability. Organise workshops to bring adaptation needs in line with the needs of local communities.
- Organise and support carrying out focus groups and co-creation workshops
- Communication and dissemination activities
Requirements:
- Bachelor or Master’s degree in social science, political science or experience in science engagement
- Familiarity with current developments and central stakeholders in the field of citizen science
- Experience in citizen engagement
- Knowledge of climate change adaptation
- Strong organisational and communication skills and profound knowledge in policy work
- Ability to build and leverage stakeholder networks to broaden the reach of workshops.
Application deadline: 19 February 2023.
For more details, read the full job description.
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We would like to welcome a new member to the ECSA team!
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Joe Jubb
Communications and Community Officer
Joe Jubb is a communications specialist with experience working in healthcare, digital and membership organisations. Joe is passionate about scientific education and increasing access to information, and is looking forward to joining ECSA to spread the word about its projects and support its members. Joe holds an MA in English Literatures and Literary Theory from the University of Freiburg.
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European Citizen Science Collaboration Group
The first monthly meeting of the European Citizen Science Collaboration Group was held on 24 January, coordinated by Stickydot. Over thirty-five representatives of citizen science projects participated to help strengthen the community, build joint initiatives and share knowledge and experience.
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How to work with young people in Citizen Science Apps? - Complying with privacy laws and parental consent requirements
Participants in citizen science are often younger than the national age of legal capacity and need parental or guardian consent to join a project. Together with their consortium partners in the Horizon 2020 project "YouCount," the SPOTTERON app platform has developed a comprehensive system to enable digital-parental consent for young people in citizen science apps. The new feature is automatically available for all projects on the platform and brings better legal and ethical compliance to your CS apps.
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All CoAct materials available! (and for a while!)
CoAct (Co-designing Citizen Social Science for Collective Action) officially ended on December 31st, but we will go on updating all materials and outcomes for at least 5 more years! You can already find our 4 final Policy Briefs and 2 Whitepapers, the citizen science school open materials and our CoAct toolkit on our website. You can also consult 40 videos, including final week roundtables and R&I practical cases. Stay tuned for more input soon!
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Earthwatch Europe has launched the new FreshWater Watch platform and newsletter
The platform and newsletter aim to increase the usability and impact of its impressive global citizen science dataset and community network.
The new Esri FreshWater Watch platform has improved the visualisation of its open-access 34,646+ global citizen science water quality measurements. On its “Dive deeper” map and graphs, results can be filtered according to the water quality proxy of interest, community group, project or date, and downloaded by csv. file. These upgrades will hopefully increase the access, functionality and usability of this unique dataset. Additionly, the first online newsletter has been published featuring content provided by FreshWater Watch community groups and Earthwatch Europe, with FreshWater Watch encouraging submissions from all stakeholders who engage with the programme.
Check out the new FreshWater Watch platform and access the first FreshWater Watch online newsletter.
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CSI-COP project won the ‘Best Innovative Privacy Project’ category in the inaugural Piccaso Privacy awards held in the Grosvenor House Ballroom, Park Lane, London on 8 December 2022. This win is important because CSI-COP were recognised against well-established organisations working in data-privacy, including the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), PwC, Nokia, the Cabinet Office (a UK government department), and King (makers of Candy Crush game).
CSI-COP held their Year3-end consortium meeting in Munich in December hosted by project partner Immer Besser. Partners in attendance were proud to be part of the team who won the Piccaso Privacy award.
CSI-COP produced two databases from its citizen scientists’ investigations on the extent of tracking in websites and apps. Has a website you visited, or an app you use been featured in the investigations? Download the databases from the CSI-COP project website to find out more on the websites investigated by CSI-COP’s citizen scientists, as well as which apps were investigated for third-party default permissions.
CSI-COP produced their 9th newsletter featuring an interview by one of the volunteer citizen scientists explaining why online privacy is important. You can read the interview in the newsletter, here.
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What does transport poverty mean?
A new ACCTING blog post, “Transport Poverty”, from the ACCTING dictionary blog series is out now. The blog talks about what transport poverty means, who is considered transport poor and what are the conditions that lead to transport poverty.
You can catch up on the topic and find useful references, here.
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BioAgora welcomes the signing of a historic biodiversity agreement at COP15
Bioagora welcomes the signing of a historic biodiversity agreement at United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15).
On 19 December, the last day of COP15, governments signed what is widely seen as a historic agreement to halt the destruction of the planet’s ecosystems. Bioagora as a project connecting science and policy making in the context of biodiversity conservation rejoices at this milestone agreement and supports its due implementation.
Bioagora specifically supports Target 21; focused on ensuring data availability, information and knowledge to decision makers, practitioners and the public. Similarly, Target 14 carries importance to the project as it outlines the need for full integration of biodiversity related concerns into poverty eradication strategies, strategic environmental assessments and environmental impact assessments.
Read more on the topic, here.
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COESO podcast: Exploring Citizen Science – "Can research and society be (re)connected?”
Exploring Citizen Science 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 who are part of the COESO research project. Can citizen science help to (re)connect research and society? You can now listen to the first 3 episodes.
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Cos4Cloud has just published ‘Co-design as a service: methodological guide’. It aims to empower anyone interested in implementing co-design in citizen science or software development. Download the guide, here.
EU Research spoken Dr. Jaume Piera (ICM-CSIC) and Ángela Justamante (CREAF) about the work of the Cos4Cloud project in developing technological services designed to enhance citizen science observatories. Read the full story, here!
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Cos4Cloud Final Event: its legacy for the citizen science community
The Cos4Cloud project is coming to an end! To wrap up over three years of the project, Cos4Cloud and ECSA are co-organising a final event for everyone interested in learning about the project’s main achievements, discovering how to use Cos4Cloud’s products and celebrating the community that has actively contributed to the project. The event will take place on 23 February 2023, 12:00-13:15 CET.
Register for the event, here.
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Citizen Science Training
Take part in a high level training on project-based learning applied to participatory research for effective education in line with the Sustainable Development Goals. This 3-day-course from 16-19 March 2023 will take place near Paris, France and is open to everyone. The training will be conducted in French/English; a German-speaking contact person will also be present.
For further questions, please write to: contact-de@osi-ngo.org
Deadline: 20 February 2023
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Planning for Citizen Science Month Webinar
Join our Planning for Citizen Science Month webinar for anyone interested in gaining ideas and resources ranging from simple book displays to staff and community training, activities featuring turnkey citizen science projects, and online or in-person events with subject matter experts. Anyone who registers will receive a link to the recording if the scheduled time isn’t convenient.
The webinar will take place on Wednesday, 1 February 2023 @ 11:00am-12:00pm PST | 2:00-3:00pm EST.
Register, here.
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Citizen Science Summer School: Transforming research through public participation
An in-person summer school for early-career researchers and citizen science practitioners, hosted by the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich from 4-9 June 2023.
Apply by 1 March 2023, here.
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NEWSERA Final Conference: conversations around citizen science communication and citizen science journalism
NEWSERA is announcing its final conference! Join us in Brussels – or follow the livestream – on 29 March 2023 to learn about the project’s journey and results, be part the conversation around citizen science communication and journalism and dive deeper into the topic.
The conference will feature the participation of fellow EU-funded projects ENJOI, COALESCE, IMPETUS and ECS.
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Proceedings of the Austrian Citizen Science Conference 2022
https://pos.sissa.it/407/
The booklet “Citizen Science - Research with Schools” – Does it withstand the critical eyes of the citizen science community?
Didone Frigerio, Marika Cieslinski, Florian Westreicher, Martin Scheuch, Marlene Ernst
https://zentrumfuercitizenscience.at/en/news/article/2023/01/results-published-the-brochure-citizen-science-research-with-schools-in-a-reality-check
Citizen scientists report global rapid reductions in the visibility of stars from 2011 to 2022
Christopher C. M. Kyba, Yiğit Öner Altıntaş, Constance E. Walker, Mark Newhouse
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq7781
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