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Poster Short Abstract

RE4GREEN’s micro-module trainings, developed and piloted with researchers and citizen scientists, address the lack of practical ethics tools for climate related citizen science. This poster highlights the collaborative process behind their creation and presents key training outcomes.

Poster Abstract

Citizen science is increasingly used to address climate and environmental challenges, yet ethical and justice based considerations within these issues remain underdeveloped in practical training and guidance. A series of micro-modules have been developed under the EU-funded RE4GREEN project to address this gap, supporting researchers, students, and citizen scientists in navigating ethical issues in climate-affected contexts.

The open-access training materials include tools such as the ethics-based conversation cards that guide users through real-world dilemmas across the research cycle, exercises for mapping environmental justice concerns, and reflection activities on planetary health and justice. These trainings prompt participants to consider issues like shifting vulnerabilities, ethical presence in disaster-affected areas, and the recognition of indigenous knowledge in collaborative research.

This poster illustrates how micro modules aim to strengthen equitable knowledge production in citizen science by bridging ethical, epistemic, and institutional divides, particularly in contexts where resource inequalities, indigenous knowledge systems, and diverse vulnerabilities persist. It also highlights lessons learned from piloting the tools and invites conference participants to provide feedback on their relevance to their own projects.

By focusing on values based and adaptive ethics training, these materials aim to enhance the capacity of citizen science initiatives to act as a bridge between research institutions and communities, in line with the ECSA 2026 theme of inclusive and transformative citizen science.