ECSA’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2020 took place on 27 November 2020. It was held as an online event. At this meeting for 2020, our members elected a new executive board, with Dr. Susanne Hecker appointed the new ECSA chair, and Enrico M. Balli appointed as vice-chair. Profressor Johannes Vogel was elected as our...
Citizen Science Project Officer Job opening: SEEDS No.3/2020 Be part of a diverse international team at the forefront of the citizen science movement in Europe! This role is an exciting opportunity for a citizen science specialist to work at the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA), an interdisciplinary, non-profit organisation set up to support citizens’ participation...
The citizen science community in Europe is, at present, not reflective of the diversity found across the continent – in terms of people’s ethnicity, nationality, age and many other parameters. And within our work as citizen science practitioners, we are faced with the challenges of inclusive engagement on a daily basis. To start changing this,...
ECSA is delighted to announce its new Executive Board appointments. Dr Susanne Hecker is the new ECSA chair, and Enrico M. Balli is the new vice-chair. Susanne and Enrico were voted for by ECSA’s members at the our annual general meeting for 2020, held on 27 November. At this meeting, ECSA members also agreed to...
06-08 Sept. 2020 | Due to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency underway in Italy, Europe and worldwide, we have decided to postpone the conference to September 6-8 (same location).
Scientists are asking the public to help find the origin of hundreds of thousands of galaxies, which have been discovered by LOFAR, the largest radio telescope ever built.
The ECSA conference 2020 will focus on junctures in science: between scientists and citizens; between East and West; between North and South; and between the different fields of science.
ECSA will co-host a workshop in Berlin next March, with the title ‘Creating a citizens’ information pack on ethical and legal issues around ICTs: what should be included?’. The purpose of this event is to collect ideas from citizens and citizen scientists about the major problems they face in this field, and what is needed to overcome these.
