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Flemish knowledge center for citizen science www.scivil.be/en Scivil is the center for #citizenscience in Flanders (Belgium). We gather and spread knowledge, and bring actors and projects closer together. #citsci

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On 18 June 2025, the #CitizenScienceFair brings together families, students, teachers, scientists, non-scientists, curious minds, and even passers-by in the gardens of the Natural Sciences Institute in Brussels.

Explore more and join us: www.scivil.be/en/event/cit...

04.06.2025 11:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On June 5, UCLouvain organises a seminar on #citizenscience and environmental research: www.uclouvain.be/fr/instituts... including:

- @mhaklay.bsky.socialโ€ฌ , professor at UCL
- our very own @anneliesduerinckx.bsky.socialโ€ฌ , coordinator of Scivil
- and two case studies from UCLouvain.

23.05.2025 08:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Citizen Science for Water 2025 Conference

At the Citizens 4 Water Conference June 3-5 in Delft, we will present the Citizens4Water inventory. See you then? cs4water.net

21.05.2025 08:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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WaterWatch in Melbourne: interview with volunteer Siqing Siqing Yu is a PhD student at the KU Leuven (Belgium) and the University of Melbourne (Australia). As part of her PhD, she has been researching a wide range of citizen science projects. As her ethnogr...

One example is the WaterWatch project in Melbourne, similar to the Flemish WaterMonsters project: www.waterlandvzw.be/watermonsters. We interviewed Siqing Yu, phd student and volunteer in the Melbourne project: www.citizens4water.org/post/waterwa...

21.05.2025 08:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Water management is a burning issue worldwide. Here too, citizens can play a crucial role.

That's why Scivil will soon launch www.Citizens4Water.org, a global inventory for #citizenscience projects on #watermanagement and #hydrology.

Subscribe to our newsletter: www.scivil.be/en/subscribe...

21.05.2025 08:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Scivil zoekt jobstudenten uit diverse disciplines om van 14 tot 25 juli mee te werken aan de 2e Citizen Science Scan Belgiรซ. Deadline om te solliciteren is 18 mei: www.scivil.be/nieuws/scivi...

08.05.2025 10:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Help jij onze #vacature voor een 'medewerker sociale media & engagement' mee verspreiden? ๐Ÿ™ www.scivil.be/nieuws/vacat...

Combineer je een vlotte pen (in NL/EN) met een sterke teamgeest en expertise in sociale media en community building? Aarzel niet en solliciteer.
#citizenscience #job

06.05.2025 10:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Help jij onze #vacature voor een 'medewerker sociale media & engagement' mee verspreiden? ๐Ÿ™ www.scivil.be/nieuws/vacat...

Combineer je een vlotte pen (in NL/EN) met een sterke teamgeest en expertise in sociale media en community building? Aarzel niet en solliciteer.
#citizenscience #job

06.05.2025 10:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The project NieuwsWijsNeuzen won a media literacy award from @mediawijs.bsky.social (Media wise). ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ†

Within the project, Scivil set up a checkpoint for disinformation on TikTok, in co-creation with researchers, children and journalists: www.scivil.be/en/project/n...

04.05.2025 09:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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OIS Research Conference 2025 The 6th Open Innovation in Science Research Conference will take place from 14 to 16 May 2025 in Vienna and invites discussions on the collaboration between research and industry. New, dynamic formsโ€ฆ

OIS Research Conference 2025 (May 14-16 - Vienna)

This 6th Open Innovation in Science Research Conference invites discussions on the collaboration between research and industry. New, dynamic forms of collaboration are to be presented and further developed.

www.scivil.be/en/event/ois...

29.04.2025 10:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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FRDN Network Day 2025 - Shaping the Future of Open Science in Flanders On May 22, 2025, the FRDN network will gather in Brussels for Network Day 2025 to share knowledge and experiences on Open Science, including Citizen Science. This event will highlight key milestonesโ€ฆ

FRDN Network Day 2025 - Shaping the Future of Open Science in Flanders

May 22, 2025, Brussels. Share knowledge and experiences on Open Science, including #CitizenScience, highlighting key milestones from the first #OpenScience Policy Plan.

www.scivil.be/en/event/frd...

28.04.2025 10:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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OTTERS project conference - "Waves of Change" The final conference of the OTTERS project will take place on May 23 and 24, 2025, in Oeiras, Portugal. The conference aims to build bridges between citizen science, education, and civic engagement,โ€ฆ

OTTERS project conference - "Waves of Change"

May 23 - 24, 2025, Oeiras, Portugal. The conference aims to build bridges between citizen science, education, and civic engagement, bringing together key actors from all these fields.

www.scivil.be/en/event/ott...

27.04.2025 10:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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CS4Water Conference 2025 From June 3 to 5, 2025, the Citizen Science 4 Water (CS4Water) Conference will take place in Delft, Netherlands. The focus will be on the crucial role of citizen science in water management and itsโ€ฆ

CS4Water Conference 2025
From June 3 to 5, 2025, in Delft, Netherlands, the focus will be on the crucial role of #citizenscience in water management and its link to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
www.scivil.be/en/event/cs4...

25.04.2025 10:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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EUSEA Conference 2025 The EUSEA Conference 2025 will take place on May 14 and 15, 2025, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. The theme of this conference is 'Crossing Oceans - Raising Our Sails.โ€ฆ

The EUSEA Conference 2025 will take place on May 14 and 15, 2025, in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain. The theme of this conference is 'Crossing Oceans - Raising Our Sails. Navigating Public Engagement in Turbulent Times.'
www.scivil.be/en/event/eus...

24.04.2025 10:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Last week, we visited our northern neighbours from @citizenscience.nl (CS-NL) in Leiden. Much like Scivil, CS-NL is a small team of enthousiastic professionals, committed to #citizenscience.
www.scivil.be/en/news/sciv...

Thanks for the warm welcome, @mobilemaggie.bsky.social, & to be continued ๐Ÿ™‚.

23.04.2025 11:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“… Join REINFORCINGโ€™s online capacity building session:"ORRI: What's in it for citizens?โ€. Learn how to include citizens in research programmes, as well as why citizens engage in research and innovation (R&I) processes in the first place.
Workshop: April 29
Clinic: May 6
www.scivil.be/en/event/rei...

17.04.2025 10:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Over 100 people attended our MLE event on #publicengagement ๐Ÿ’™. Find all reports and abstracts here: www.scivil.be/en/news/public-engagement-policy-practice-was-dissemination-event

Thanks to all speakers and co-organisers
@ec.europa.eu, @belspo.be and the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences!

16.04.2025 09:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Over 100 people attended our event ๐Ÿ’™. Find all reports and presented abstracts here: www.scivil.be/en/news/public-engagement-policy-practice-was-dissemination-event

Thanks to all speakers and our co-organisers @ec.europa.eu, @belspo.be and the Royal Institute of Natural Sciences!

#citizenscience

16.04.2025 08:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#CitizenScienceMonth โ€“ ๐๐ฎ๐›๐ฅ๐ข๐œ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž explored how to better ๐ข๐ง๐œ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ž ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐œ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง across Europe, on ๐ด๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘™ 1 ๐‘–๐‘› ๐ต๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ .
๐Ÿ”Ž Learn about the organisers: www.scivil.be/en
#CitSciMonth #onemillionactsofscience @scistarter.bsky.social @scivil.bsky.social

10.04.2025 11:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐Ÿ“… Next week's event by Scivil and BELSPO on Public Engagement in Research & Innovation in Europe is fully booked, but you can still register to join us online: www.scivil.be/en/event/pub...
Incl.:
@vliznews.bsky.social
@frederikeschmitz.bsky.social
@opensciencenl.bsky.social
@kenskeldon.bsky.social

26.03.2025 08:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Public Engagement from Policy to Practice Dissemination event for the Mutual Learning Exercise on Public Engagement in Research & Innovation in EuropeERA Policy Agenda 2022-24 Action 14.4

The EU Mutual Learning on #PublicEngagement in Research is coming to an end. Have a look at the reports projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/statistic... and join us on April 1 for our final event in Brussels hosted by EC, @belspo.be @scivil.bsky.social www.scivil.be/en/event/pub....

19.03.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Network Day 2025 - FRDN A joint initiative of the Flemish research data network (FRDN), the Flemish Open Science Board (FOSB) and the Department of Economy, Science & Innovation

On May 22, the Flemish Research Data Network (FRDN) is hosting its annual Network Day. Explore the key successes of the inaugural Open Science Policy Plan and envision the future of Open Science in Flanders. Register starting today:

18.03.2025 08:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Incl. (a.o.) talks from:
- @ec.europa.eu
- @vetenskapsradet.bsky.social
- @stickydot.bsky.social
- @vliznews.bsky.social
- @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social
- Dr @frederikeschmitz.bsky.social , @opensciencenl.bsky.social
- @eusea.bsky.social

26.02.2025 12:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“… 1 April, Scivil & @belspo.bsky.social kindly invite you to the event for the Mutual Learning Exercise on Public Engagement in Research & Innovation in Europe: www.scivil.be/en/event/pub...

26.02.2025 12:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Check out these 12 impact stories of how #citizenscience contributes to change in and for our society, by Stefanie Schรผrz, Teresa Schรคfer and Barbara Kieslinger in a recent publication from @ecs.ngo .

13.02.2025 08:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Citizen Science Checklist Navigation auf uzh.ch

Check out the '#CitizenScience Checklist: Your project guide in a nutshell' by Citizen Science Zรผrich en Schweiz forscht:

12.02.2025 08:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@scivil is following 20 prominent accounts