Personal Information
First Name:
Florian
Last Name:
Heigl
Institution:
BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna
Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33
1180 Vienna
Austria
Telephone:
+431476543211
Area of Expertise:
Founder and coordinator of the Austrian Citizen Science platform www.citizen-science.at; organizer of the yearly Austrian Citizen Science Conference; co-author of Citizen Science quality criteria catalogue for the Federal Ministry for Science, Research and Economy (Austria); coordinator of the Citizen Science project Roadkill (www.roadkill.at); teacher in the university course “Citizen Science in Ecology” at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna.
Gender:
Male
Working Groups
WG1: Ensure scientific quality of Citizen Science
This working group will focus on the outcomes of CS projects for scientists. The objective of this WG is to provide a sound understanding of current practices involving the collection, description, and validation of data gathered and analyzed by citizens.
WG6: Overaching - Cross-WG-Synthesis and overarching measures
Cross-WG-Synthesis and overarching measures will be taken to ensure learning and the creation of an added value of the Action as a whole.