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Welcome to our latest newsletter! In this edition, we bring you the latest news and important updates from the citizen science community. Don't miss the final opportunity to register for our exciting event on March 11th! We also reflect on an engaging 2023 and take a peek at what 2024 has in store. And be sure to read our interview with the coordinators of amai! to learn how they democratize artificial intelligence. Happy reading! |
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Looking back at 2023 and looking ahead to a festive 2024! |
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Scivil turned five in January, and as per usual at the start of a new year, we reflected on our accomplishments from the past year and looked forward to our ambitions for the upcoming year.
Looking back at 2023, we can conclude that it was a fruitful year filled with tailored advice to projects, lectures, workshops and events both in Belgium and for an international audience.
2024 marks Scivil's fifth anniversary, and we're marking this milestone with a series of exciting events such as a festive networking day, an EOS Special and new projects as Citizens4Water, NieuwsWijsNeuzen and a new edition of Amai!
Curious about our 2023 achievements and want a sneak peek at what's in store for 2024? Read all about it on our website! |
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Research on co-production of knowledge in citizen science |
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A doctoral student at KU Leuven is investigating the co-production of knowledge in citizen science. Does your citizen science project aim to produce scientifically informed ànd socially relevant knowledge? Then please fill out this survey and help them better understand how citizen science operates!
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BELGIAN CITIZEN SCIENCE IN EUROPE |
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PRIZE: The ATRAP project (Action Towards Reducing Aquatic Snail-borne Parasitic Diseases) has won the international NTD Innovation Prize for its groundbreaking citizen science project on the tropical infectious disease schistosomiasis in Uganda and Congo.
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REPORT: As part of the PREP4BLUE project, VLIZ compiled an inventory of 1000 aquatic citizen science projects in Europe. The database will soon take shape on an online portal, but VLIZ has already prepared a report outlining good practices and recommendations within aquatic citizen science.
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WEBINAR: The AfricaMuseum will host a series of lectures focusing on crowdsourcing, citizen science, participatory action research and co-creation. The first session, 'Citizen Science for and with Schools' will take place on March 15, more information can be found here.
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EUROPEAN CITIZEN SCIENCE IN BELGIUM |
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Last chance to register for the ECSA conference |
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Haven't had the opportunity to sign up for the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) conference? Registrations are closing March 15th. The conference, scheduled from 3rd to 6th April, centers around the theme 'Change'. While on-site participation in Vienna is fully booked, remote participation remains open for those unable to attend in person. |
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INTERESTING CALLS AND PUBLICATIONS |
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- MASTERCLASS: The ECSA Academy and the LIBER Citizen Science Working Group are hosting a masterclass in Paris on 7the and 8th May on integrating citizen science into library operations. Additionally, LIBER has already published interesting guides on citizen science and libraries.
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TOOLKIT: The citizen science contact point of VUB has launched a revised version of the Citizen Science Starter Kit. A fourth module has been added with citizen science templates to help you get started, along with some references to our Scivil guides!
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FUNDING: The IMPETUS project is seeking new and existing citizen science projects to support and promote in their new open call. If you're using citizen science in an innovative way to address societal changes, you could be eligible! The call is open until March 14. Read all about the call here.
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PRIZE: The IMPETUS project open call will also recognize outstanding citizen science initiatives. Have you already completed a successful citizen science project? Hurry up and register for the European Citizen Science Prize by IMPETUS, deadline March 11!
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COURSE: The TIME4CS project has launched a course providing support for embedding citizen science within organisations.
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HANDBOOK: The YouCount project has published their 'Handbook of Youth Citizen Social Science'. The handbook contains numerous results and recommendations from the project and is intended for anyone interested in co-creative citizen social science.
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BOOKLET: The PATTERN project produced a booklet on effective training in citizen science. Among other things, our communication guide was included in it.
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"With Amai!, we aim to democratize artificial intelligence. AI is increasingly becoming a part of society and is much more present in our daily lives than we sometimes realize. Therefore, knowledge about the possibilities and pitfalls of this technology needs to be more widely disseminated."
– Karen Verstraelen |
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In each newsletter we want to inspire you through an interview with a researcher, practitioner or citizen involved in citizen science. This way, we want to share good practices, innovative approaches and success stories of citizen science projects.
This time we interviewed Neena Singh and Karen Verstraelen, the two project coordinators for Amai! |
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Afternoon of inspiration: 'From idea to Impact' |
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On March 11th, Scivil is hosting an afternoon of inspiration on citizen science. Four projects will share how they nurtured their project from idea to impact, followed by a panel discussion.
You can find all the information about the event here. |
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High level Conference on science communication |
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On 12th and 13th March, the first joint conference of the Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO) and the Research Foundation - Wallonia and Brussels (F.R.S. - FNRS) will take place.
Read more about it here. |
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ECSA Conference 2024 |
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From 3rd to 6th April, the next ECSA conference will take place in Vienna, Austria. The theme of the conference is 'Change'.
Read all about the conference here. |
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EASST/4S Conference |
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From 16th to 19th July, the EASST/4S conference will take place in Amsterdam. This year's theme is 'making and doing transformations', which aligns perfectly with citizen science! Shachi Mokashi, Michiel van Oudheusden, and Alan Irwin are already offering an engaging open session on citizen science.
Read more about the programme here. |
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