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The authors will share the experiences of the FOSTER project’s past three and a half years, highlighting the citizen science related achievements, challenges and lessons learnt regarding collaboration, power dynamics, alignment of needs and priorities, and co-authorship among others.

Abstract

The FOSTER Project (Fostering food system transformation by integrating heterogeneous perspectives in knowledge and innovation within the ERA) is a four-year Horizon Europe (2022-2026) citizen science project with the overall objective of gaining insight into how knowledge and innovation systems can be transformed to become more resilient and inclusive and better governed to improve Europe’s food system outcomes on health, economy and the environment. The project brings together 19 partners across Europe in a consortium representing diverse backgrounds such as academic, civil society and business domains.

The authors will share the experiences of the project’s past three and a half years, highlighting the citizen science related achievements, challenges and lessons learnt regarding collaboration, power dynamics, alignment of needs and priorities, and co-authorship of publications among others.