Webinar “Beyond Data: Collaborative and Co-Created Citizen Science in Practice”

We’re excited to invite you to a thought-provoking session on collaborative and co-created environmental citizen science (CS) — exploring how citizens can move beyond data collection into initiation, analysis, co-design, and creative methodologies. 

While citizen science projects often focus on gathering data, international examples where participants are engaged throughout the project's lifecycle (from co-creating research questions to analysing results) are still relatively rare.  

Presentations will feature examples from Finland, Austria, and Ireland, illustrating: 
 • Benefits of collaborative CS for citizen scientists and other stakeholders 
 • Role of digital tools in enabling participation and co-creation 
 • Challenges and opportunities of collaborative approaches — and how to address them 

Preliminarily confirmed speakers: 

• Baiba Prūse (University College Cork, Ireland) https://research.ucc.ie/profiles/[email protected]link opens in new page
• Philipp Hummer (SPOTTERON Citizen Science App Platform, Austria) https://www.spotteron.netlink opens in new page
• Suvi Vikström (Finnish Environment Institute, Syke, Finland) https://www.syke.fi/en/experts/suvi-vikstromlink opens in new page  

🗓️ Date: 21 November 2025 
 🕒 Time: 14:00–16:00 EET 
 💻 Location: Online (registration link below) 

Whether you’re a citizen scientist, project coordinator, environmental civil servant, researcher, policymaker, or student, this is your chance to discover new ideas, actionable methods, and connections to help make your own citizen science initiatives more inclusive and impactful. 

Agenda coming up soon!