IMPETUS4CS
@impetus4cs
We will co-create and find new funding schemes to boost the impact and value of citizen sciences and sustain them in time. Funded by HorizonEurope.
#CitizenScience Reading Club New study: giving elementary teachers ready-to-use support materials (not just data protocols) sharply boosts classroom use of citizen science projects. Practical > dense content. doi.org/10.1080/0950... #ScienceEd
#CitizenScience profile FloraAtlas is turning Amazigh communities in Morocco's High Atlas into plant conservationists - using a WhatsApp tool to monitor endemic species. 🌿📱 impetus4cs.eu/floraatlas/ #conservation
#Citizenscience resource 🎙️ New RISE Podcast Ep. 11! Engineer Héloïse V. (Science For Change) discusses co-creation in engaged research & why collaboration matters. 🎧 lnkd.in/eKvG5Upj #RISEPodcast #CoCreation
New paper: #CitizenScience in #Psychology 🧠🔬 Why is it almost absent in cognitive psych? New 2D model + real examples (microdosing, air pollution, school studies) show how to fix the "researcher-subject paradox." 🔗 doi.org/10.3758/s13428-026-03019-8
#CitizenScience Profile - Empowering older adults Older adults as co-researchers, not subjects. 59 conversations on ageing, loss & belonging are reshaping how we see vulnerability in later life. impetus4cs.eu/empowering-o... #inclusion #citsci #IMPETUS4CS
#CitizenScience Profile 🌱 Living Soils Lab (Paris): residents test urban soil health + use art therapy to turn eco-anxiety into action. Soil care meets people care. 🎨 🔗 impetus4cs.eu/living-soils... #Citsci #soilhealth
The final ECS Project Lighthouse newsletter is out 📰✨ Reflecting on 4 years of citizen science networks & what's next for #CitSci in Europe. Read here 👇 us20.campaign-archive.com?u=43994d556f... #citizenscience #legacy
New Interagency Citizen Science Toolkit from Schoodic Institute at Acadia NP! 90 pages on building project teams, collecting data & sharing results on public lands. 📊 lnkd.in/e3RGmwm8 #citsci #CitizenScience #data
📊 Check out the impacts of our third and final cohort of #citizenscience initiatives of the IMPETUS accelerator programme, focused on the challenges of #CircularCommunities and #Fair and #Just Societies. Click Here 👇 impetus4cs.eu/impetuss-imp... 👇 #citsci #IMPETUS4CS
#citizenscience reading club Citizen science isn't just participation — it's driving real policy change & economic value. Read Beyond Participation to see how. zenodo.org/records/2008... #citsci #OpenScience #impact #policy #economic
Our "final" IMPETUS event was Ars Electronica 2025 - but 10 months of impact followed! We teamed up with @ecs.ngo for two June 2026 events celebrating our citizen science legacy 👇 impetus4cs.eu/the-final-im... #citizenscience #citsci #IMPETUS4CS
That's a wrap on IMPETUS! 🎉 Our #citizenscience journey continues through the projects we supported. Thank you to this incredible #citsci community. You can learn all about our story on our site 👇 impetus4cs.eu
🌐 IMPETUS Policy Briefs - now in 5 languages! 🇹🇷🇬🇷🇮🇹🇪🇸🇵🇹 Breaking down #CitizenScience in #AI, #Data, #SSH, #WaterManagement & #Inclusion - accessible to more people than ever. 👉 impetus4cs.eu/about/impetu...
#Citizenscience Profile - NEYSA 90 student citizen scientists across Türkiye are mapping food insecurity on campus — turning lived experience into evidence & policy change. 🍽️ impetus4cs.eu/nourishing-e... #foodsecurity #IMPETUS
🛠️ The IMPETUS Toolkit is here! A practical, field-tested resource for citizen science — built on 129 projects, real challenges, and hard-learnt lessons. Explore it now 👇 impetus4cs.eu/toolkit/ #citizenscience #impact #projectdesign #projectmanagement
#Citizenscience Reading Club Citizen science data can fill gaps in official datasets & drive better local decisions — but only with the right governance & infrastructure in place. zenodo.org/records/1014... #citsci #OpenData
🌍#Citizenscience Profile How does Spain really talk about climate change? The Observatory of Climate Narratives maps citizen stories to turn public sentiment into real climate action. impetus4cs.eu/observatory-... #Citsci #ClimateAction
#Citizenscience Resource Trust in facts and debate is vital. Disinformation undermines this. Science helps evidence and policy. See REA: rea.ec.europa.eu/science-demo... #democracy #science
Join the @cropscs.bsky.social and @impetus4cs.bsky.social workshop - Protocols for Scaling #citizenscience🌍 Help shape tools for scaling #citsci across Europe. 📅 25 June 2026 ⏰ 14:00 CEST Review protocols & share feedback 🔗 lnkd.in/eBsNacbg
#CitizenScience Reading List Who really benefits when cities use citizen data? Rarely the citizens. This paper proposes data justice plans to fix that. doi.org/10.1017/dap.... #data #datajustice
#CitizenScience Profile - Expedition Antenna 🌿 Citizen science for everyone. Expedition Antenna uses touch, smell & sound to make biodiversity monitoring accessible to visually impaired people. impetus4cs.eu/expedition-a... #Inclusion #biodiversity
No project is an island 🏝️ @ecs.ngo & IMPETUS are wrapping up - but first, one final celebration, reflect & look forward. 📅 June 17 | 09:30–15:00 CEST - Panels · Demo Day · The #CitizenScience AntiManifesto Join us 👇https://eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/register/3cRl6AIyTqu_2qND3fosww#/registration
#citizenscience resource 📢 ECS, IMPETUS & RIECS-Concept met in Brussels to discuss how citizen science strengthens evidence-based policymaking. More: zenodo.org/records/2061... #CitSci #policy
New from IMPETUS: policy recommendations & briefs to support the future of citizen science in Europe. Practical guidance for funders, institutions, practitioners & researchers. impetus4cs.eu/about/impetu... #citizenscience #policy #inclusion #AI #SSH #water
Green Kypseli Community Garden in Athens turns an underused site into a shared green space through citizen science, co-design, and local action for urban resilience. 🌱 impetus4cs.eu/green-kypsel... #CitSci #UrbanGreening #Sustainability
No project is an island 🏝️ @ecs.ngo & @impetus4cs.bsky.social are wrapping up - but first, one final gathering to celebrate, reflect & look forward. 📅 June 17 | 09:30–15:00 CEST - online Panels · Demo Day · The #CitizenScience AntiManifesto Join us 👇 eu01web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
#citizenscience Reading Club 🪶 New study from Iceland's Westfjords recorded 70 bird species by combining fieldwork, local knowledge & citizen science - each method filling gaps the others couldn't. 🐦🇮🇸 hal.science/hal-05475598 #Citsci #Ornithology