Let's meet up for Citizen Science! SPOTTERON at the ECSA Conference 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland

Monday, 21 May 2018 15:53

From 3rd to 5th of June 2018, the ECSA Conference 2018 and the general assembly of the European Citizen Science Association takes place in Geneva, Switzerland. As members of ECSA and platform for Citizen Science Apps we for sure take part during the whole time.

We will be present with an indoor "market stand" and we will also hold one of the dialog session in the session "Data, Quality and Open Science". If you are interested in what SPOTTERON can do for Citizen Science and how the extensive feature ecosystem of the SPOTTERON Citizen Science plattform came all together, please join us at the conference and let's have a talk.

As designers for Citizen Science, we are also happy to take a look at your exisiting Citizen Science projects and share advice or exchange knowhow about interface design, media and how practical design methods can improve motivation, reach and data quality. We also bring a bag full of tools and devices - from smartphones and tablets where you can see Citizen Science Apps, which run on the SPOTTERON platform, live in action to USB microscopes and smartphone lenses for tryout.

Citizen Science Conference Blogging & Video Interviews

We plan to do a daily blog with pictures and video impressions during the conference, so stay tuned and best follow us on twitter, instagram for updates or check back here at the SPOTTERON Citizen Science Blog for the episodes! If you want to have your own Citizen Science Project featured or take an interview, please drop us an eMail @ This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - we are happy to support Citizen Science and create one of our "Let's meet Citizen Science" Short Interview Clips for you!

You can find the episodes of the "Let's meet Citizen Science" series on our SPOTTERON Citizen Science YouTube Channel, and here are two examples:


Speaking of projects - there are also presentations, session talks and showcases of more Citizen Science project apps during the conference. You can visit the national hubs for Citizen Science "Österreich forscht" and "Schweiz forscht", both designed and developed by our webdesign for science team, or projects like "Crowdwater, "Nature's Calendar" or "Roadkill", which are also participating at the conference.

The Venue

The Conference takes place in the heart of Geneva in the historic Maison Communale de Plainpalais building, which was built in the beginning of the 20th century. You can admire its architecture and wall paintings by Edmond Ravel.

Here is a link to the location at the information page of the conference:

ecsa conference location OSM

 

You can find us daily at the indoor "marketplace" area, we are looking forward to meet you!
More about the ECSA Conference 2018 can be found on the website: https://www.ecsa-conference.eu, which by the way is also powered by SPOTTERON.

See you in Geneva!

 

Projects & Apps open for Co-Use on SPOTTERON

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Social initiative Data Collection App
SPOTTERON

ArtSpots is a community-built art atlas. Through the App, people interested in various art forms like street art, historical or contemporary art, photography, architecture, and more can put their art observations on the map and discover art spots in their city or while travelling. The art community in the App allows exchanging with other like-minded people and contributing to a worldwide art collection.
Learn more about
ArtSpots
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Horizon Europe Citizen Science App

With the COSEA App, Citizen Scientists can observe marine environments, document coastal habitats or species, and report on pollution, infrastructure and the blue economy. Their contributions on the map and activity in the app will help scientists better understand the impacts and drivers of marine factors to protect and foster a healthy relationship between humans and seas.

Learn more about
COSEA | Collaboration for Effective Sea Action
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Environmental Citizen Science, Data Collection App
SPOTTERON

NatureSpots is a non-commercial and free project to discover nature together. In the app, nature photos and sightings of animals, plants or mushrooms can be shared with the community on the map. The app is a new initiative for observing nature and taking part is very simple and straightforward. The app is free of advertising, does not track users and takes digital privacy seriously.

Learn more about
NatureSpots
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Social initiative Community Engagement App
SPOTTERON

The new citizen participation uses "Citizen Science" in their hometown and nationwide to get User's feedback on places. As a result, citizens are empowered to become active in a city worth living in to collect and share data themselves and to interact with scientists. This enables them to recognize the consequences of sealing, heat, water shortages, and a lack of biodiversity, and generally, how places in their own environment affect us all.

Learn more about
CIVO Citizen Voice
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Horizon 2020 Invasive Species Monitoring App

The IPM-Popillia Horizon 2020 project aims to address the challenge of a new risk to plant health in Europe's agriculture and food safety: the invasion of the Japanese Beetle, Popillia japonica. This invasive species was introduced accidentally to mainland Europe in 2014 and can quickly spread by transportation and trade. As a species with a wide range of feeding plants, P. japonica threatens the entire agricultural sector, urban landscapes, and biodiversity in invaded areas.

Learn more about
IPM Popillia | Integrated Pest Management of the Japanese Beetle
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Environmental Community Engagement App

Fridays for Future see itself as a horizontal, grassroots grassroots movement that acts apolitically and refers to science for the facts. To engage the global population more, this app was developed using SPOTTERON. The aim is to find out how the population perceives the climate crisis and which positive and negative emotions are associated with specific topics related to biodiversity and climate crisis.

Learn more about
FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE - Climate App

Are you interested in co-using existing Apps? Get in Contact!

Get in contact for co-use here

 

 

Short News

  • New study from BiciZen project: "BiciZen: Lessons in the Development of a Crowdsourcing Mobile App to Make Cities More Bikeable" published in Journal of Participatory Research Methods. More studies available under the publication page here.

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  • Roadkill project has made wonderful short videos for the citizen scientists! The videos include the Roadkill App functions regarding how to confirm & comment on the spots and how to best take the photos for the project. The videos (in German) are available in the "Österreich forscht" blog here. 

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