Prof. Maria Attard | COST Action CA15212

Personal Information

Title:

Prof.

First Name:

Maria

Last Name:

Attard

Institution:

University of Malta

Institute for Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Regional Business Centre

Msida MSD 2080

Malta

Telephone:

+35623402147

Area of Expertise:

Crowd sourcing in transport applications, Public Participation in transport planning; Citizen Science and policy.

Year of completion of PhD:

2006

Gender:

Female

Working Groups

WG3: Improve society-science-policy interface

The working group will focus on the outcomes of CS projects for policy makers at local, national, and European level concerned with policies impacting the environment and society. The objective of this WG is to make government officials and decision makers aware of CS by providing evidence and guidance material, so that they can use it as part of policy formation, implementation and evaluation.

WG4: Enhance the role of CS for civil society

WG4 focuses on issues that are relevant to the volunteers in citizen science. The objectives of this working group are to raise awareness of the volunteers’ aims, needs and requirements from citizen science and the results that citizen science contributions have in their lives, as well as the implications for developing social innovation interventions. Due to the complexity and the importance of this WG there are several themes that currently we use to promote collaboration, exchange and share of knowledge within this COST action.