About the project The proposal responds to the call “A capacity-building and brokering network to make citizen science an integral part of the European Research Area“. It aims to strengthen collaboration between citizen science initiatives and other research and innovation actors as well as increase the capacity to conduct excellent research through citizen science. The...
A new programme, Ocean Cities, has been endorsed under the UN’s Ocean Decade programme. Ocean Cities is an international network that will boost sustainable ocean cities toward 2030. “Resilience of coastal cities in the face of climate change is a critical challenge for decades to come,” said Dr Vladimir Ryabinin, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental...
ECSA’s second Diversity and Inclusiveness workshop will take place over Zoom on Wednesday 2 June at 16:00 CEST. This series is being co-organised by four partners: ECSA, the ECSA & Living Knowledge Network working group on empowerment, inclusiveness and equity, D-NOSES and Cos4Cloud. We will be hearing from Judy Ling Wong (Honorary President, Black Environmental...
We are pleased to introduce our two new ECSA’s Student Assistants: Ciara and Alicia! Ciara will be working mainly within communications at ECSA and Cos4Cloud, organising workshops, editing the monthly newsletter, writing policy briefs and building relationships with stakeholders. She is currently completing a Master’s in Aquatic Conservation, Ecology and Restoration at UCL (UK), after...
Would you like to host our next conference? We are re-opening our call to host the 4th international ECSA conference, which will be held in autumn 2022. If you are interested in submitting a proposal, you can find more information on our website: Host the 4th ECSA Conference 2022 You can also get in touch...
A new open-access book, ‘The Science of Citizen Science’, is now available. Published by Springer, it features contributions from more than 100 authors, including several ECSA staff and members. “This book is a wonderful conclusion of four years of intensive exchange within a European research network on citizen science,” says Dr Katrin Vohland, Director General...
ECSA is delighted to announce its new Executive Board appointments. Dr Susanne Hecker is the new ECSA chair, and Enrico M. Balli is the new vice-chair. Susanne and Enrico were voted for by ECSA’s members at the our annual general meeting for 2020, held on 27 November. At this meeting, ECSA members also agreed to...
06-08 Sept. 2020 | Due to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency underway in Italy, Europe and worldwide, we have decided to postpone the conference to September 6-8 (same location).
Changes to the EU’s regulations regarding ICT-based research and innovation are creating a new scenario, one to which stakeholders, policymakers and citizens must adapt – and as quickly as possible. This is likely to be challenging, however. Enter PANELFIT. This project – ‘Participatory Approaches to a New Ethical and Legal Framework for ICT’ – will help different stakeholders adapt to and understand these new regulations.
We are pleased to announce Susanne Hecker as one of ECSA’s new board members, along with Uta Wehn. Here, Susanne tells us a little about her research career and involvement in citizen science.
