Citizen Science, Open Innovation, Co-Creation, Crowdsourcing – science starts to open up: More and more citizens support researchers. They measure, observe, map. They work on a voluntary basis in scientific projects and enrich science with their special know-how and exciting new points of view.
On 12 November 2018, the most dedicated citizen scientists will be awarded with the Citizen Science Awards 2018 by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research. Before the award ceremony, the research projects will organise workshops, tours and other activities.
What is Responsible Science? Read more about the alliance and why 42 institutions in Austria have already joined and follow the concept of Responsible Science here.
If you could not join the event "Citizen Science & Law" with the speaker Annmerie Hofer on 27th June in Palais Harrach, you can find a review of the event including the presentation and handout here.
Take part in the Citizen Science Challenge and support various Citizen Science projects as a citizen scientist. As a prize for your support, you can win a look behind the research scenes. The contest ends with the European Researchers’ Night Sci4all on 28th September 2018.
You can submit your project ideas for the new funding programme "Creation of digitial teaching and learning materials with citizen science methods" until 7 September. Projects are funded with up to 25,000 euros.
At the Citizen Science Conference 2018 in Salzburg, recommendations for the cooperation between science and schools were worked out with researchers and teachers. Accessible under literature about citizen science (for more in-depth information).
