Apr 22, 2020 | News on Citizen Science
By Kat Austen – IGB Today is Earth Day, and across the world citizen science projects are coming together to push for a healthier planet. We’re delighted that our ACTION Accelerator project In My Backyard is participating with a drive to find out about...
Apr 16, 2020 | News on Citizen Science
Participants in Citizen Science projects are typically older. The average age of the volunteers is around 50 years old which makes sense as a lack of time is the most commonly stated barrier to participation. Younger individuals can be busy with school and work...
Apr 15, 2020 | News on Citizen Science
By Annelli Janssen – DRIFT How do you meet your citizens during the COVID19 crisis? Physical distancing does not (need to) mean social distancing – but how do you manage your online connections in an effective and meaningful way? In this illustrated summary,...
Apr 6, 2020 | News on Citizen Science
By Virginia de Pablo and Esteban González – The Ontology Engineering Group (OEG) The Citizen Science Month, held for a couple of years, has gone from a couple of events developed in the National Library of Medicine at Arizona State University and the Citizen...
Apr 5, 2020 | News on Citizen Science
By Roy van Grunsven – Dutch Butterfly Conservation Monitoring how species are doing in nature is largely dependent on citizen scientists going out and counting birds, plants, butterflies, dragonflies or other organisms. In many countries this is currently not...
Mar 30, 2020 | News on Citizen Science
To speed up the development of drugs to combat coronavirus, researchers at the University of Washington are calling citizen scientists to play a free online game called Foldit. Citizen scientist can help designing and identifying proteins that may be able to bind to...
