Third Citizen Science Cost Action MC Meeting: Exploring and Strengthening Connections
Tartu, October 17 2017 | Minutes of the SC-and MC-meeting
Reports
Full catalogue of COST Action 151212 reports, some of which can be downloaded.
Workshop Report WG 6: Identifing and Describing major Challeges for citizen science in the next decade
The WG 6 intent to write a paper outlining the scientific questions related to the different areas overlapping with citizen science such as open science, education, policy or participation.
STSM: A gamified- and citizen science-based approach for the exploration of the historical German language in the Austrian context
The main topic of the research was the application of citizen science approaches to the digital humanities field.
STSM: Strengthening of strategic collaboration on activities and outputs for policy engagement related to citizen science across Europe
The STSM strengthened the collaboration between Tekiu and ECSA in order to improve mutual capacity to raise awareness and provide evidence of the policy relevance of Citizen Science.
ITC Conference Grant: 1st Scientific Report by Aleksandar Karadimce
Aleksandar Kardamice visited the International Conference on Advances in Mobile & Computing Multimedia to present his research paper about User Satisfaction of Multimedia Cloud Services.
STSM: Mapping Urban Cycling in Malta
During the STSM, a group of nineteen urban cyclists built the first crowdsourced map of urban cycling in Malta.
STSM: Citizen Science to combat invasive forest Phytophthora diseases by Diana Marciulyniene
The study under the applied STSM would use a Citizen Science platform to advance the spatial prediction of invasive forest Phytophthoras by providing the public with inexpensive location-based, time series data of unprecedented quantity and distribution.
STSM: The Role of Citizen Science in Education - Comparing Research Agendas in the UK and Ireland by Joseph Roche
Dr Joseph Roche undertook a STSM in November 2017 and developed a research agenda around the role of citizen science in education.
Workshop Report WG 1: Ensuring scientific quality of Citizen Science through data quality and project design
A List of data quality standards across different disciplines was developed.
Workshop Report WG 2: Synergies of Citizen Science and Education
A workshop was organised by WG 2 in Lisbon, Portugal to create an outline for a paper on synergies between citizen science and education.