- Convenors:
-
Barbara Kieslinger
(Centre for Social Innovation - ZSI)
Elisabeth Schauermann (OeAD - Austria’s Agency for Education and Internationalisation)
Elisabetta Marafioti (University of Milano-Bicocca)
Jovana Andjelkovic (Center for the Promotion of Science)
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- Format:
- Workshop
- Location:
- Backstage
- Sessions:
- Wednesday 4 March, -
Time zone: Europe/Helsinki
Short Abstract
This interactive workshop continues the CAPS2025 dialogue on citizen science infrastructures, focusing on practical next steps, governance, and platform alignment. Participants will co-develop recommendations on tech, inclusion, and ethics to shape the RIECS strategic roadmap.
Description
This session is a direct continuation of a workshop held at CAPS2025, where citizen science infrastructure experts and practitioners shared critical lessons, challenges, and opportunities for the future of participatory science infrastructures. At ECSA 2026, we move the focus towards practical next steps including, governance options on the research fields (environment, climate change, health), and alignment across existing platforms and initiatives.
This workshop is designed as an interactive, participatory forum to gather rich input around three key themes critical for the successful federation and sustainability of citizen science infrastructures:
- Technology and Interoperability: Technical standards, data and metadata integration, platform interoperability, and technological barriers/opportunities for federated infrastructures.
- Engagement and Inclusion: Strategies to ensure accessibility, empower citizen scientists, and overcome participation barriers across communities and contexts.
- Governance and Ethics: Inclusive governance models, open data policies, ethics frameworks, and coordination mechanisms for transnational, cross-sectoral infrastructures.
Based on insights from the CAPS2025 workshop, participants will work in breakout groups based on their active research domain/according to themes to reflect on common challenges and co-develop recommendations. Key takeaways will directly feed into the RIECS strategic roadmap and future implementation plan.
Potential Participants:
Citizen science network leaders (e.g. ECSA, AAPS or ACSA)
Citizen science infrastructure managers and platform developers (e.g. iNaturalist, Zooniverse, CitSci.org, SciStarter) - missing RI themes reflecting our 3 research fields and heavily focusing on environment/biodiversity here?
Technology platform managers (e.g. Zooniverse, Scistarter or Citsci.org)
Data stewards, RI operators, and engaged stakeholders across disciplines
All citizen science practitioners