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ECSA, ECS and RIECS-Concept strengthen connections between citizens, researchers and policymakers, co-creating frameworks for a resilient, inclusive and trusted citizen science landscape that is open, sustainable, and central to European research communities.

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How can we create stronger links between policymakers, researchers, science communicators and the vibrant and diverse world of citizen science? How can we better pursue common goals together?

To answer this open question, ECSA, the ECS project and the RIECS-Concept project join forces to bring ideas together and pave the way for a strong and resilient citizen science landscape.

Citizen science has the power to make research and innovation more democratic, open and inclusive. At ECSA, the European home for citizen science, we are working towards this goal. Through the ECS project we aim to expand and embed citizen science across Europe and beyond. We bring together different stakeholders to co-create knowledge and build lasting trust.

ECS includes the European Citizen Science Academy, offering accessible, high quality training, and the citizenscience.eu platform, an open hub for resources, networking and events. The RIECS-Concept project takes us further by co-creating a concept for a European infrastructure for citizen science, enabling long-term sustainability and stronger collaborations that improve accessibility across research communities, and services that support citizen science on an institutional level.

As powerful as it is, citizen science is still only used by a minority of scientists and actively involves a small fraction of people. How can we make it more mainstream?

In this session, we invite multiple actors to connect, reflect and imagine new pathways forward. Let’s build the frameworks and connections to make citizen science not just more visible, but central to the future of science and society.