We have not one but two accepted contributions at the conference in the poster session. One poster introduces the technical aspects and services, which are the backbone of a Citizen Science App, by following an observation of a butterfly by a user recorded on a smartphone and how the data entry gets through the IT infrastructure and the various technical services involved. The second poster presents the effects of integrating a digital social community in Citizen Science Apps and toolkits, showing how communication and user interactions foster motivation, participation frequency, and even data quality. Visit us during the poster session, and let's chat about how digital apps and communities can increase the impact and reach of Citizen Science projects!
We are also represented in various projects at the conference that uses the SPOTTERON Citizen Science platform. The Horizon Europe / 2020 project "YouCount - youth citizen science," in which we are a partner in the consortium, has a presentation slot. We are looking forward to the interactive session and the feedback on the project and Citizen Science App toolkit.
To join the session, look for "Interactive Session 8: Empowerment and innovation through co-creative youth citizen social science - An interactive session organized by the H2020 YouCount project" on the 6th of October at 4:15 pm in the conference program, right after having some coffee and cake!