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ECSA 2026 Conference
Early Bird registration now open📝🐦

Scivil is excited to join @ecsa.ngo from 3–6 March 2026 in the snowy and inspiring Oulu, Finland

✅ Early Bird until 27 Jan
👉 Register here: buff.ly/oXRJQyU

Will we see you there? 👀 Drop a comment below 👇

Want to know more about the latest EU funding opportunities for public engagement?

👇 Join this online event by EUSEA: Understanding the New European Commission Funding Landscape

📅 Tue. Dec. 16 | 🕐 12:30–14:00 CET

🎧Podcast Bits & Atomen: Scivil presents #Maarallee (NL)

In the latest episode of Bits & Atomen, @anneliesduerinckx.bsky.social (Scivil) presents Maarallee, our new Citizen Science project

🤖 Maarallee’s mission is to help AI understand Flemish. Want to know why & how?👉 Listen here: buff.ly/iQWI9cp

Online Workshop: How to Be a Part of 2.50 Million Acts of Science with SciStarter | NISE Network Online workshop with representatives from SciStarter, who will share more information about their 2.50 Million Acts of Science initiative and the resources available to use in your community.

Join us January 13th for the first NISE Network Online Workshop of 2026: How to Be a Part of 2.50 Million Acts of Science with SciStarter!
#CitizenScienceMonth #citizenscience #SciStarter #actsofscience #nisenetwork #nisenet #museums #Planetarium #InformalScience #sciencecenters #childrensmuseum

@carolinadoran.bsky.social @ecsa.ngo @ecs.ngo

🎁 Competitive Edge: Understanding the New European Commission Funding Landscape

📅 Date: December 16
⏰ Time: 12:30–14:00 CET
🔗 Online

Find out more here:
eusea.info/news/competi...

#publicengagement #scicomm #sciencecommunication #funding #EUprojects

𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀: 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 & 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴

If you work at topics relevant to citizen science for evidence-based policy and decision-making promote the call or consider submitting an abstract.

Find out more: participatorysciences.org/2025/10/15/c...

💧💻 Webinar: Turning Water Quality Data into Action

Join this webinar by Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences and discover how citizen science data on water quality can lead to real change in your community!

📅 December 4, 2025 | 7 PM CET

👉 Register: buff.ly/Hu0YbBH

🎙️ Interview

Belgium’s first Citizen Science Fair showcased 30+ projects in the garden of @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social🦖

It brought together policymakers, researchers & citizens! 👐

Learn more about this event in our interview with Carolina Doran (@ecs_ngo) & Steve Bers (Scivil) 👉 buff.ly/R4PjeG9

📢 Call for Contributions
Festival “Transforming Public Action” by OpenLab.brussels (📅 April 22–23, 2026)

Got a #CitizenScience project, game, artwork, or research that can inspire and transform public policy and action?

➡️ Submit your proposal by Dec 12: buff.ly/ANfEZTU
💬 NL & FR

📢 Event: BeCoDigital

#BeCoDigital explored how digital technologies and AI can enhance citizen co-creation in a government context

In this closing event, KULeuven, UNamur & UAntwerp share the results of the project

🔗Register: buff.ly/JAbhMmE

🗓️ Tue 9 Dec |🕒13h30–16h |📍Brussels

At Dag van de Wetenschap (Day of Science), we saw how #CitizenScience sparks curiosity & excitement in visitors of all ages. This is what citizen science is all about! 🍃🌠🔬

Thank you to everyone who passed by, and to @dagvandewetenschap.bsky.social for an amazing day! 🩵

#DvdW2025

📚Online workshop: Citizen Science in Education
📅1 Dec | 14:00–15:30 CET

@oeadcitizenscience.bsky.social wants your input:

❓Which tools and services can help integrate citizen science into education?

Interested? Email 📧 elisabeth.schauermann@oead.at
Workshop is part of @riecs-concept.bsky.social

27 Nov & 4 Dec 2025: Citizen Science Workshops (online) Aarhus University logo

🎓@au.dk is organising 2 workshops on #CitizenScience
🌐Online, English, open to all

1️⃣Introducing citizen science: Fundamental principles & interactive cases (🗓️27/11/25)

2️⃣Participant recruitment & community engagement (🗓️4/12/25)

🔗Info: buff.ly/6MOpNIn

The workshops are part of PATTERN (EU-funded)

Step into the world of citizen science!🚶🌇🍂

Explore a free, interactive citizen science trail in Louvain-la-Neuve, created by UCLouvain and Scivil

Discover:
🪧Posters showcasing UCLouvain’s projects
🧩Fun hands-on activities

👉Info (FR): buff.ly/YQ7b3HO

️ℹ️17-21 November, between 9 AM and 5 PM, FR

Are you an archaeologist, (art) historian or heritage professional? 💼📜

Curious about #CitizenScience but not sure where to start?

📣Join our #workshop with FARO and turn your ideas into concrete citizen science projects in the heritage sector

Info: buff.ly/zCqYP5h

🗓️ 9 Dec. 2025 |📍 Brussels | 💬NL

Inspiratiesessie: Burgerparticipatie in wateronderzoek Het platform burgerwetenschap van CIW nodigt je uit voor voor een inspirerende namiddag rond burgerparticipatie in watergerelateerd onderzoek in Leuven op maandag 8 december van 13:30 tot…

💧 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

We Are Days We Are: your data, your story Locatie: KAVA Congres Centrum, Consciencestraat 41, 2018 Antwerpen. Lees hier meer over de bereikbaarheid. Tijdens dit tweeda...

📢 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

‎Maarallee ‎Spreekt u Vlaams? Help ons dan om Artificiële Intelligentie (AI) de Vlaamse taal beter te leren begrijpen! Met de Maarallee-app kunt u korte audiofragmenten inspreken in uw eigen dialect, accent of s...

Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d...
App Store: apps.apple.com/us/app/maara...

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

Please fill out this form

👩🔬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:

✍️Registration is still open: gromada-erasmus.eu/conference-e...

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