Events
Calendar of Events
|
Monday
|
Tuesday
|
Wednesday
|
Thursday
|
Friday
|
Saturday
|
Sunday
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 events,
WeObserve invites you to take part on its updated second Massive Open Online Course entitled 'Citizen Science Projects: How to Make a Difference' After a very interesting and successful first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) last November, WeObserve together with the FutureLearn platform organize a second run of its online course, starting on 5th of October 2020. The course will last four weeks with flexible hours of study and is addressing everyone interested in citizen science or citizen observatories who [...] 
Connecting citizens and satellite data for land use mapping across the EU Using OpenStreetMap and Sentinel 2 satellite imagery LandSense project created a citizen-powered land use map of the EU. As part of the European Week of Regions and Cities a mapathon (https://landsense.eu/Mapathon) is taking place aiming to help validate the OSMLandUse product created at the GIScience Research Group in Heidelberg. You can contribute in up to four themes (Urban, Agriculture, Nature and Expert) and your responses are anonymously checked against other [...] |
4 events,
The European Science Engagement Conference annually unites the international community of science communication and public engagement professionals. EUSEA2020 offers all practitioners in the field a Pan-European platform to expand their networks and enhance their skills via inspiring keynotes, interactive sessions and co-creative workshops. The conference shares and discusses relevant topics, funding programs and formats mainly related to the areas of public engagement and science communication. In 2020 the conference will be held in Cork, Ireland. You can find the detailed [...] 
#EUSEA2020 Goes Online! The European Science Engagement Conference annually unites the international community of science communication and public engagement professionals. EUSEA2020 offers all practitioners in the field a Pan-European platform to expand their networks and enhance their skills via inspiring keynotes, interactive sessions and co-creative workshops. The conference shares and discusses relevant topics, funding programs and formats mainly related to the areas of public engagement and science communication. In 2020 the conference will be held in Cork, Ireland. You can [...] |
|||||
2 events,
Join GEO Week for a week-long showcase on the impact of open Earth observations on 2-6 November 2020 The GEO Week will take place online on November 2 - 6, 2020. Focused on the key priorities of boosting the digital economy, delivering on GEO’s Engagement Priorities, promoting sustainable development, supporting national initiatives, and highlighting approaches to open data, this week-long series of online events is intended to engage leaders from across the GEO Community to share lessons and advance [...] |
3 events,
In recent years, Citizen Science (CS), that is engaging citizens or lay people in doing scientific research, has gained momentum in a wide range of disciplines, including sociolinguistics. CS has a long tradition within natural sciences, and its primary impacts are seen in biological studies of global climate change, in biological changes in natural habitats. This workshop explores what citizen science is, and particularly what Citizen Sociolinguistics is. It presents examples of different CS initiatives and discusses the epistemological rationale [...] |
3 events,
-
Mobilising Mobility: Data-driven Urban Mobility Planning and Citizen Science: a match made in heaven - WeCount and ClairCity How can data be used to contribute to sustainable urban mobility planning? What are the most cost-effective tools for public authorities? Can citizen-science contribute for this effort? As COVID-19 creates new and complex challenges for urban mobility, and policymakers face tighter budgets, these are key questions which must be addressed. The webinar will draw from the experience of two EU-funded initiatives, WeCount and [...] |
2 events, |
1 event, |
1 event, |
|
2 events,
-
The event is part of the INECE webinar series aiming to explore current and potential uses of citizen/community science initiatives to improve environmental monitoring, compliance and enforcement around the world. This session will explore how Indigenous and local communities are using community science to uncover environmental injustice and improve environmental protection on their lands. Panelists: Tom Bewick, Peru Country Director, Rainforest Foundation US; Ruth Noguerón, Senior Associate, World Resources Institute; Ellen Pfeiffer, Researcher in Citizen Science, UN IHE; LeRoy Paddock, Managing Director, [...] |
1 event, |
1 event, |
2 events,
-
The field of citizen science is expanding rapidly, and many different actors are becoming involved in harnessing the field for knowledge generation and public engagement with science. However, reaching consensus on a common definition is still a challenge, and perhaps not possible, because the types of activities that can fall under the umbrella of citizen science are so broad, and placed at the intersection of numerous scientific fields. However, there is often a need to seek a discipline- or context-specific [...] |
1 event, |
1 event, |
1 event, |
1 event, |
1 event, |
2 events,
Date: 18 November 2020 Location: online event Agenda: 9.30-9.50h Welcome and introduction 9.50-10.10h Slovene experience with flooding and other natural disasters 10.10-10.50h Practical demonstration of a citizen observatory 10.50-11.35h Group work 11.35- 12.20h Plenary discussion 12.20-12.30h Recap and closing of the Roadshow event The third WeObserve Roadshow event was held together with the cross-border project VISFRIM (Vipava/Vipacco and Other Transboundary River Basins Flood Risk Management), co-financed under the Interreg V-A Italy-Slovenia Cooperation Program (https://www.ita-slo.eu/visfrim) whose main goal is to [...] |
2 events,
-
On November the 19th ACTION team will host an online event with experts exploring different path towards financial sustainability. The event is organised in three parts: in the first part experts will talk about Corporate Social Responsibility, social impact funding, crowdfunding and other possible solutions for supporting citizen science initiatives, especially those focusing on pollution and other environmental issues. In the second part a round table will support the audience in having a clearer picture on how to get benefits [...] |
2 events,
Strengthening ties between science, education and society is one of the major topics in University of Twente's new strategy Shaping2030, and there are many ways to achieve this, with citizen science being one of them. The term citizen science refers to an equal basis for collaboration in tackling societal challenges using scientific methods. University of Twente organises the Citizen Science conference, which takes place on 20 November 2020, with the ambition to join forces with all those that are interested or [...] |
1 event, |
1 event, |
1 event, |
2 events,
An online workshop entitled 'The use of volunteer Geographic Information for producing and maintaining authoritative land use and land cover data' is organized on behalf of EuroSDR (A European Spatial Data Research network organization linking national mapping and cadastral agencies with research institutes & universities), the LandSense project (A Citizen Observatory and Innovation Marketplace for Land Use and Land Cover Monitoring) and IGN (The French National Mapping Agency). LandSense delivers innovate technologies for data collection, change detection, data quality assessment, offering tools and systems to empower different [...] |
1 event, |
1 event, |
1 event, |
1 event, |
|
1 event, |
1 event, |
1 event, |
2 events,
The Biennale of Western Balkans opens a month-long online programme of collective actions for intangible cultural heritage and open knowledge. The programme focuses on empowering communities of practice in the Balkan region, documenting their cultural knowledge in cooperative, ethical and accessible ways. The 1st edition aims to uplift local knowledge and intangible cultural practices related to textiles, through the development of FAIR community archives and research-based art creation. More info: https://bowb.org |
3 events,
How is democracy changing? How can citizens participate in this change? These are the themes of the 3rd Annual Citizen Engagement and Deliberative Democracy Festival. The global COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted societal and policy challenges amid uncertainty. People need solutions that go beyond business-as-usual policy. Open to all, the Citizen Engagement and Deliberative Democracy Festival is the chance for people of diverse backgrounds to gather and tackle some of the pressing issues of our time. An open call for citizen [...] |