Before starting
Before starting with a citizen science project, we recommend you to consult these resources, and if you want a more personalised support, please contact the citizen science hub.
Introduction to citizen science:
- Citizen Science: a brief introduction
- Veeckman, C., Van den Bogaert, L., Keersmaekers, F., Verbrugge, K. & Livémont, E. (2023). The Citizen Science Starter Kit. Getting started with citizen science. Published by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. https://doi.org/10.5281/
zenodo.10119036 (specially the modules 1, 2, and 3)
Citizen science and participation of knowledge actors in Horizon Europe:
- Farrer, L. (2021): Citizen science and the involvement of knowledge actors in the co-creation of R&I agendas and contents
General vision about citizen science:
- Vohland, K., Land-Zandstra, A., Ceccaroni, L., Lemmens, R., Perelló, J., Ponti, M., Samson, R., Wagenknecht, K. (Eds.) (2021): The Science of Citizen Science
List of available training resources about citizen science:
- Kragh, Gitte, & Nielsen, Kristian H. (2022). TIME4CS WP4 Mapping of citizen science training resources (Version v1) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6840274
The INCENTIVE project has published reports related to the requirements and motivation of stakeholders from the quadruple helix to actively participate in citizen science projects, and their impact assessment. It has also created a resources library and has organised several webinars related to the application of citizen science in the research projects.
- EU-Citizen.Science: an online platform to share knowledge, tools, training and resources about citizen science.
- Observatorio de la Ciencia Ciudadana en España: The Observatory of Citizen Science in Spain has the goal to compile the citizen science projects that are implemented in Spain, with the aim of disseminating them and of creating a network of collaboration and participation among the different actors involved.
- Citizen Science Office of Barcelona: a platform whose mission is to support citizen science in Barcelona through advising, accompanying and promoting projects that want to work in the city and its Metropolitan Area, as well as developing actions aimed at bringing citizenship and research closer and enhancing the connection with new civic and cultural agents.