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Upcoming events

May 12, 2026 16:00 Europe/Berlin
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Citizen Science meets potatoes: Engaging citizens in protecting plant health

12th of May is International Day of Plant Health. We want to use this opportunity to present three different projects dedicated to plant health: ROTATES, CERBERUS and PataFEST. From potatoes to vines, from lab analysis to crop rotation, from collaborative research to citizen science: The webinar will showcase different topics, approaches and ways of engaging with citizens while working on …
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PataFEST European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) Science For Change
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May 21, 2026 12:00 Europe/Madrid
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Online workshop to introduce the Lost At Night app

Ibercivis Foundation Ibercivis Foundation
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May 21, 2026 15:30 Europe/Berlin
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ECSA's Aquatic Working Group webinar series

ECSA's Aquatic Working Group is launching a webinar series, with the first one coming on the 21st of May! The first webinar is titled "Creating a European Network of Citizen Science Projects on Freshwater Macroinvertebrates: Towards Comparison and Harmonization" - it will host a number of experts presenting their work from major European based projects focused on the topic. The …
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European Citizen Science Association (ECSA)
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What is
citizen
science?

Citizen Science

Citizen science is any activity that involves the public in scientific research and thus has the potential to bring together science, policy makers, and society as a whole in an impactful way. Through citizen science, all people can participate in many stages of the scientific process, from the design of the research question, to data collection and volunteer mapping, data interpretation and analysis, and to publication and dissemination of results. Citizen science is also an approach of scientific work that may be used as a part of a broader scientific activity.

Learn more about it with the ECSA 10 Principles of Citizen Science and the ECSA Characteristics of Citizen Science!

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