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@3sat Freue mich auf alle Lebewesen, die die kommenden warmen Monate nutzen, um schöne Dinge zu tun. Auf die bunten Käfer und die prächtigen Blütenpflanzen, die singenden Vögel und die flatternden Schmetterlinge, die sprießenden Pilze und die lachenden Menschen...
Besonders aber auf die City Nature Challenge in #Kiel, #Hamburg, #Koblenz, #Heidelberg, #Erlangen, #Berlin und 700 weiteren Städten weltweit, bei der Ende April all das zusammenkommt!
#CityNatureChallenge #citizenscience #stadtnatur
Giving back to Calgary: an article was published today about my satellite research of the city!
It is important to me to use my knowledge as a geoscientist and environmental data scientist to help make our new home better and greener. Thanks to LiveWire Calgary for the interest in this topic!
https://livewirecalgary.com/2026/03/17/new-satellite-study-shows-calgarys-uneven-urban-greenery/
#DataScience #EnvironmentalScience #RemoteSensing #Calgary #PublicEngagement #GIS #Sustainability #RStats #MDEM #yycPlanning #UrbanPlanning #ClimateResilience #NatureBasedSolutions #UrbanEcology #GreenInfrastructure #SmartCities #CalgaryUrbanism #GreennessOfCalgary
Scientists’ engagement on social media to share science and fight misinformation is crucial. Gen Z & α often get their info there, making this work essential despite the effort.
🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00472-5
#ScienceCommunication #SocialMedia #Misinformation #PublicEngagement #STEM
🗨️Communicating Deliberation: Strategies for Different Information Landscapes
The impact and legitimacy of deliberative assemblies depend partly on whether the public knows about them at all. Communicating these processes requires a clear strategy and dedicated staff.
🔍In this webinar, communication professionals share their experiences.
Speakers:
▪️Lucile Duclaux, Project Lead in Communications, CESE, France
▪️Rosalind Grisnigt Communications Lead, Netherlands' Citizens' Assembly on Climate
👉Register: https://shorturl.at/26DTS
📅March 27th, Friday 2pm (CET)
Introduction and Moderation:
Dr. Angela Jain, Senior Project Manager, Bertelsmann Stiftung
@Yves Dejaeghere, Executive Director, FIDE - Europe
The event is organised in the framework of the Network on Citizen Participation and Deliberation with Democracy and Social Cohesion.
#DeliberativeDemocracy #CitizenParticipation #CitizensAssemblies #DemocraticInnovation #PublicEngagement #StrategicCommunication
Drawing from decades of research and teaching, Solomon argues that environmental progress follows identifiable conditions. Her framework rests on what she calls the three Ps: a threat must be personal, perceptible, and practical.
❄️ ECSA 2026 – Den 2 | Oulu
Dnes proběhly další dvě série panelů, workshopů a roundtablů. Program zahrnoval session s editory z Community Science Exchange a Citizen Science: Theory and Practice a také živou Showcase Pitch Session.
Hlavním bodem byla poster session, kde byl vystaven náš poster o Platformě české a slovenské občanské vědy! 🇨🇿🇸🇰
Večer si účastníci mohli vybírat mezi Arctic Flavours Dinner nebo tradiční finskou saunou na vodě. 🤩
Our university has an #PublicEngagement seed fund for our scientific staff.
Recently, nine projects were awarded funding 🥳
🔗 https://www.rug.nl/research/openscience/practices-support/public-engagement/seed-funding/fourth-call-winners
Picture: one of the winning projects from Behavioral and Social Sciences: Play for Change – Understanding and stimulating citizens to promote systemic change through an interactive board game
NB A new application round is coming up.
#OpenScience #OpenResearch #boardgames #sustainability #change
Wie beeinflusst öffentliche Kommunikation den Verlauf und Erfolg eines Beteiligungsprojekts?
In Teil 3 unserer Interviewreihe zum Bürger:innenrat "KI und Freiheit" sprechen wir mit Oliver Häußler (Zentrum für Medienkompetenz, @unituebingen ).
Er war als Vertreter der Hochschulkommunikation an der Projektkommunikation beteiligt und brachte dort seine Expertise aus #PublicEngagement und #Wissenschaftskommunikation ein.
📣 This February for the LERU Public Engagement scholarly blog, Melanie Brand from Citizen Science Zurich at the University of Zurich looks at Research-based Teaching with Citizen Science.
Read more on our blog! #publicengagement #citizenscience #openscience
Participatory and transdisciplinary research approaches are still rare in university curricula. Integrating research-based teaching with Citizen Science at the BA and MA level introduces a wide range of learning opportunities – for educators and for students alike. But it also comes with its own set of challenges. This post is part of a larger series… Continue reading Research-based Teaching with Citizen Science: Chances and Challenges for Future Skills in Higher Education
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