Citizen Science: Citizen Science and the EU
EU Resources
- Citizen Science : elevating research and innovation through societal engagementPublished by European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, 2020.
A two-page overview of Citizen Science, its importance in EU Policy and examples of projects from Horizon 2020. . - CS Track : Investigating Citizen ScienceAn EU-funded project to broaden our knowledge about Citizen Science and the impact Citizen Science activities can have by investigating a large and diverse set of Citizen Science activities, disseminating good practices, and formulating knowledge-based policy recommendations in order to maximise the potential benefit of Citizen Science activities on individual citizens, organisations, and society at large.
- Writing Citizen Science Project Descriptions that Spark Interest and Attract VolunteersProject descriptions, often found on citizen science platforms, are the gateway for citizen scientists to engage with projects. Project descriptions play a key role in attracting volunteers to citizen science projects. This document provides a 10-step template to help you write an attractive, engaging, clear and concise project description.
- Fostering Funding for Citizen Science in the Social Sciences and HumanitiesThis Policy Brief issued by the Collaborative Engagement on Societal Issues (COESO) argues that "Citizen science in the social sciences and humanities has great potential to tackle the various scales and realities of the societal challenges we are facing today: make it visible, get it funded." COESO received funding from Horizon2020.
- Recommendations for Engagement and Awareness Raising in Citizen ScienceThis resource aims to support practitioners in facilitating engagement with activities and initiatives and raising awareness about citizen science.
Report by Luigi Ceccaroni Luigi and Mollie Latham and written for the EUCitizen Science project, 2022 - Fostering knowledge valorisation through citizen engagementThis report, prepared for and published by the European Commission, provides an analysis of citizen engagement for knowledge valorisation practices, drawing on 60 selected case studies from 37 countries, across the EU and internationally.
Knowledge valorisation is ‘the process of creating social and economic value from knowledge by linking different areas and sectors and by transforming data, know-how and research results into sustainable products, services, solutions and knowledge-based policies that benefit society’
- Guiding Principles for Knowledge Valorisation“The guiding principles for knowledge valorisation will help boosting the impact of research and innovation to better respond to the global climate, energy and health crises, for the benefit of the environment, the society and the economy.”
Citizen Science and the EU
Citizen Science is one of the 8 Pillars of Open Science : Open Science is a policy priority for the European Commission.
Citizen Science in Horizon Europe:
“Horizon Europe will also support and promote the involvement of citizens, civil society and end-users in public engagement, citizen science, and user-led innovation modes of research and innovation”. Quoted in UCD's 2021 publication Engage Your Research : An Introductory Guide to Engaging & Involving the Public in Research on UCD's website page: Public Engagement and Engaged Research
- Showcase of citizen science by ERC grantees and other EU-funded projectsThe showcase of projects funded by ERC and other EC programmes demonstrates the plurality of approaches and methodologies within and across disciplines. November 2022.
The EUROPEAN COMMISSION report Proposal for a COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION on a European framework to attract and retain research, innovation and entrepeneurial talents in Europe
European Charter for Researchers section
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Citizen Science
" Researchers should incorporate citizen science into their projects as much as possible and where relevant.
This means involving citizens in the concept, design and implementation of research projects in Science, Technology,
Engineering, Arts, Mathematics (STEAM), Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). This is an ideal means to democratise science, build trust in science, and leverage the vast societal intelligence and capabilities to conduct excellent research and innovation."
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Public Engagement
"Researchers should ensure that their research activities are made known to society at large in such a way that they can be understood by non-specialists, thereby improving the public’s understanding of science. Direct engagement with the civil society and citizens will help researchers to better understand public interest in priorities for research and the public’s
concerns, and to harness the potential of co-design and co-creation with society where relevant."
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