Category: Horizon Europe

ECSA 2024 reflections – policy and STS attention, turbulent futures and a celebration

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The ECSA conference is now over, and for me, it ended with the final excursion of the citizen science day. On a lovely spring evening, we joined the coordinators of the amphibiom project at Bednar Park, observing and hearing the story of a unique green toads community that is managing to hang on in a … Continue reading ECSA 2024 reflections – policy and STS attention, turbulent futures and a celebration →

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citizen science, Citizen Social Science, Conference, Conferences, ECSA, ECSA2024, European Citizen Science Association, FP10, Horizon Europe, News, policy, press-release, STS

Notes from the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) visit to Germany – 8 Nov 2022

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The second day of the MLE visit to Berlin started with a focus on Plastic Pirates and the development of the project. The presentation was given by the PP team – Johaness, Valerie, Sarah, and Philip. The original initiative started during the EU presidency of Germany. This project is an example of the political interest … Continue reading Notes from the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) visit to Germany – 8 Nov 2022 →

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citizen science, EU, European Commission, Horizon Europe, MLE, Mutual Learning Exercise

Notes from the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) visit to Germany – 7 Nov 2022 

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The visit started with the Falling Walls Engage pitches and experiencing the effort of communicating and engaging with science across the world. Alan Irwing started the discussion about MLE in general and focused on the topic of this meeting – Scaling up Citizen Science. Anna Overbeck, from the ministry of education and research, pointed out … Continue reading Notes from the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) visit to Germany – 7 Nov 2022  →

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Berlin, citizen science, Conference, EU, European Citizen Science Association, European Commission, Horizon Europe, Mutual Learning Exercise

Notes from the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) visit to Slovenia – 10 Oct 2022 

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The ministry of education, science and sport hosted the meeting, in Ljubljana on the 10-11 October. For the ministry, the MLE is a very helpful exercise for Slovenia, in working with experts, the commission, and the member states. Citizen science cannot be measured in the same way as ordinary science – no H-index, citations, etc. … Continue reading Notes from the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) visit to Slovenia – 10 Oct 2022  →

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citizen science, europe, European Commission, Horizon Europe, MLE, Mutual Learning Exercise

Notes from the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) visit to Hungary – 12 Sep 2022

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The visit to Hungary by the participant of the European Union’s Mutual Learning Exercise on Citizen Science Intitatives took place in Hungary, on 12 and 13 Sep. The visit is the second part of the sessions on enabling environment for citizen science, which continues the work that started in Vienna. The visit to Hungary started … Continue reading Notes from the Mutual Learning Exercise (MLE) visit to Hungary – 12 Sep 2022 →

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citizen science, climate change, European Community, Horizon Europe, Hungary, Mutual Learning Exercise

EU Research & Innovation Days 2019 – reflections

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The previous post is more of a summary of the conference, but this one is aimed at capturing my reflections from these three days of (fairly high level) science event. This wasn’t a typical event, and it somewhat felt like Carlos Moedas (the leaving commissioner) farewell action as a commissioner, to get the research community that … Continue reading EU Research & Innovation Days 2019 – reflections

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citizen science, Conference, EU, Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe

European Research & Innovation Days 2019

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Between 24-26 September, the European Commission Directorate-General for Research & Innovation run an event in Brussels, titled “European Research and Innovation Days”. This was a large scale event, with about 3900 participants, which served several purposes. With Horizon 2020 approaching to its end and Horizon Europe starting in about a year an a half, it … Continue reading European Research & Innovation Days 2019

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citizen science, Conference, ECSA, ERC, EU, European Research Council, Extreme Citizen Science, Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe