Aug 25, 2020 | News from our pilots
Sonic Kayaks are kayaks fitted with sensors to monitor and map environmental data – the data they collect is also sonified (turned into sound) in real-time, so you can hear changes in the environment as you paddle around. The team made a short video (5:20 mins)...
Aug 20, 2020 | News from ACTION
The ACTION team has been hard at work over the last several months with the development of a data sharing agreement, between the ACTION consortium partners, as well as between the ACTION project and our open call pilots. Data sharing agreements are complex legal...
Aug 14, 2020 | News from ACTION
One of ACTION’s focusses is on inclusion in citizen science. We are working with our pilot projects through regular calls to understand how we can reach often neglected groups. Building on work we began in the kick-off meeting at FVB-IGB in Berlin, in February...
Aug 1, 2020 | News on Citizen Science
Dragonflies are often conspicuous animals but some are not easy to find. The river clubtail (Stylurus flavipes) is an example of the latter. This species lives in the sand on the bottom of large rivers as a larva and the adults wander around in large areas near the...
Jul 16, 2020 | News on Citizen Science
Social interaction between participants can lead to increased number of contributions, increased number of participants, and long-term participation. Opportunities for social interaction are especially promising for retaining participants on the long-term...
Jul 12, 2020 | News on Citizen Science
On average, citizen science projects are not very diverse in terms of demographics. The main domains in which the demographics of the participants are skewed are age, educational background, gender, race, cultural background, and (dis)ability – the “average”...
Jul 7, 2020 | News from ACTION
From its inception, the ACTION project has been coordinated by Professor Elena Simperl from the University of Southampton and her team. As of February 2020, Professor Simperl has moved to King’s College London – and so has the ACTION project, including the...
Jun 30, 2020 | News on Citizen Science
By Roy van Grunsven – DBC Light pollution is well known to affect individual moths. To what extent this also has a negative impact on moth populations was unknown. Insects can lay a lot of eggs and food availability and larval survival may determine population...
Jun 24, 2020 | News from ACTION
By Gloria Re Calegari – Cefriel A poster about the study of motivation of citizen scientists participating to the TESS photometer network has been accepted at the European Citizen Science Association Conference (ECSA) 2020. The poster is about the study of...
Jun 18, 2020 | News from ACTION
Virginia de Pablo and Esteban González – The Ontology Engineering Group (OEG/UPM) Last April, Esteban González gave a webinar on the importance of publishing the results of scientific research in open science repositories. The webinar was part of the actions...
