@impetus4cs.bsky.social
We will co-create and find new funding schemes to boost the impact and value of citizen sciences and sustain them in time. Funded by HorizonEurope. https://impetus4cs.eu/
Say hello to Mireia Ros, our newest IMPETUS team member! ๐
From Science for Change, Mireia works at the intersection of citizen science, health & migration โ helping us drive impact in our final #IMPETUSAccelerator cohort! ๐
#citizenscience
๐ง Whoโs saving our river data?
New paper by Mazzoglio et al. (2025) explores volunteers in the SIREN #CitizenScience project, digitising Italyโs historic streamflow records.
Retirees & hobbyists lead the wayโshowing science can be meaningful, social & fun.
Read doi.org/10.1371/jour...
#Hydrology
Comienza la Convenciรณn por un #PactodeEstado frente a la Emergencia Climรกtica y os compartimos:
๐กDosier con antecedentes e hitos claves: goo.su/UtFJ5V
๐กDiferencias y consensos de #L8E: goo.su/nqyE7X
๐ขEnvรญa tu narrativa: goo.su/ucRUg
@miteco.gob.es @hexagonallab.bsky.social @impetus4cs.bsky.social
#citizenscience resources
Today is #EWasteDay ๐ก
In 2022, each EU resident generated 11.2 kg of e-waste.
@therestartproject.org is helping change that โ teaching people to repair electronics & bringing repair skills into schools.
๐ง Learn more: therestartproject.org/restart-at-s...
๐ฒ #CitizenScience Spotlight:
The SHIFT project teams up with parents + transport planners to make school cycling routes safer!
Using sensors + bike cams, parents track โstress hotspotsโ on real rides โ turning data into action for safer streets. ๐โจ
www.sfi.ie/challenges/s...
#CyclingSafety
๐๏ธ #IMPETUSInterview, we talk with Markku Luoto from Baltic Sea 3D Wrecksite Ontology ๐
Using volunteer expertise, tech & collaboration, theyโre creating digital twins of shipwrecks, preserving #marineheritage for future generations. โ๏ธ
๐ impetus4cs.eu/baltic-sea-3...
#citizenscience
๐งโ๐ซ๐ก Teachers as researchers!
New paper by Atal et al. (2025) shows how Profs-Chercheurs turns educators into citizen scientistsโcollaboratively producing, peer-reviewing & sharing practice-based evidence to improve teaching.
Read ๐ doi.org/10.1080/1366...
#CitizenScience #Education #OpenScience
๐งฐ #CitizenScience Resource
Explore the @biodiversa.eu Citizen Science Toolkit โ designed for researchers in #biodiversity and #EnvironmentalSciences looking to involve citizens in their work.
Discover best practices, benefits & resources ๐
๐ 10.5281/zenodo.3979343
El Panel Ciudadano Climรกtico de Espaรฑa reรบne a 100 personas que comparten sus narrativas (anรณnimas).
#100VocesBBL, cada una con sus contextos y particularidades. #BlaBlaLAB compartirรก un mapa con todas.
๐ขInscrรญbete y comparte: goo.su/yUikYpS
@impetus4cs.bsky.social @hexagonallab.bsky.social
๐ #CitizenScience Spotlight
SERVET: Citizen Science in the Stratosphere brings near-space exploration to citizens, schools & communitiesโenabling low-cost experiments up to 40 km above Earth ๐
๐ Learn more: calls.ars.electronica.art/2025/prix/wi...
#SpaceResearch #ParticipatoryScience #CitSci
New #IMPETUSinterviews!
We talk with Ivan Dorotiฤ from HEROINES, winner of the Grand Prize at the #EuropeanUnion #CitizenScience Awards.
How Roma women use community mapping for empowerment & #socialjustice ๐ youtu.be/nSmHCJTa7W0
#CitizenScience Reading club
๐งฉ New in #CitizenScience & #OpenScience:
Gau et al. present MyResearchChallenge, a system that lets citizens help frame research problemsโnot 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!
Weโre excited to explore new approaches to our work and research, and to challenge ourselves not to settle for what feels comfortable or familiar.
๐ euseaconf.eusea.info
๐ง๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ: ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ
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! ๐ฑ
๐ 1,000+ people helped map 58,000 habitats across 4,500 kmยฒ
๐ฐ๏ธ Accuracy matched/outperformed #AI 88% of the time
๐ฟ Data helping Wildlife Trusts
๐ก 91% inspired to take daily #climateaction
digventures.com/projects/dee...
๐ New in the #CitizenScience book club:
Jandriฤ 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 todayโs world.
Read: doi.org/10.1007/s424...
#CitizenScience Resource
๐ The CitieS-Health Toolkit helps anyone engage communities, explore local environmental & health issues, and drive bottom-up change.
Empower your world with #CitizenScience tools
๐ citizensciencetoolkit.eu
#resources
๐ #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.
๐ aurora-h2020.eu #citsci #climateaction #renewables
๐ก๏ธ Arrenquem una nova ediciรณ de #VigilantsDeLaCalor amb les escoles Arc Iris i Coves d'en Cimany!
Lโalumnat comenรงa a investigar com ens afecta la #calor en el dia a dia de les zones urbanes ๐
@irec-energia.bsky.social @impetus4cs.bsky.social @ambmetropolis.bsky.social
๐ New read - #CitizenScience & #AI:
Fraisl et al. show how combining AIโs 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...
Ahir, vam participar a la jornada per connectar coneixement i acciรณ en la #TransiciรณEcosocial ๐
Des de lโInstitut vam compartir les #recerques que impulsem per co-produir una transiciรณ ambiental justa.
@irec-energia.bsky.social @impetus4cs.bsky.social @ambmetropolis.bsky.social
#citizenscience resource
Join ScienceUs on Sept 23rd for their From Knowledge to Action for Biodiversity - Info Day
How can citizen science inspire action, overcome โlearned helplessness,โ and transform awareness into measurable impact for biodiversity?
scienceus-project.eu/scienceus-2n...
๐ #CitizenScience in action!
Observadores del Mar launched OdM Climate to track the impacts of climate change on the Mediterranean. With 33 dive centres & thousands of divers, citizens are helping scientists monitor our seas.
๐ observadoresdelmar.es
#citsci #climatechange #oceanscience
โจ Citizen science took centre stage at #ArsElectronica! From Demo Day pitches to robotic choirs & prize-winning projects.
IMPETUS showed how #science, #art & #tech can thrive together.
๐ Read more: impetus4cs.eu/did-impetus-...
#CitizenScience
#citizenscience resource
๐ Engaged Research isnโt just for the humanities or #socialsciences, itโs for all disciplines and anyone aiming to make a positive impact.
The UNIC toolkit helps researchers enhance their knowledge of research methods, terms & practices.
unic.eu/en/engaged-r...
#SSH
#Citizenscience Reading Club
In South Africa & Kenya, the Diamonds on the Soles of our Feet project shows how small acts -testing rivers, planting trees, making art, -spread like mycelium, sustaining both ecosystems & communities. ๐โจ
doi.org/10.1029/2025...
๐ฑ๐ฅ #CitizenScience Spotlight:
The HealthFerm Project is mapping Europeโs sourdough microbiomes with 670 samples & 1,050 surveys from home bakers. Linking tradition, health & sustainability, it earned an Honorary Mention at the 2025 #EUCitizenScience Prize.
๐ healthferm.eu
Walking and Talking #Citizenscience and #riverhealth at Ars Electronica!
Last week, our partners from @nestauk.bsky.social and our friends from Danube4ll hosted a walkshop along the banks of the Danube River in Linz
You can hear more here
lnkd.in/efvuRadj
