Onto new horizons: Insights from the WeObserve project to strengthen the awareness, acceptability and sustainability of Citizen Observatories in Europe

Gerid  Hager; Margaret Gold; Uta  Wehn; Raquel Ajates; Linda  See; Mel Woods; Valantis Tsiakos; Joan Masó; Dilek Fraisl; Inian  Moorthy; Dahlia  Domian; Steffen  Fritz

doi:10.22323/2.20060201

Onto new horizons: Insights from the WeObserve project to strengthen the awareness, acceptability and sustainability of Citizen Observatories in Europe

Gerid Hager, Margaret Gold, Uta Wehn, Raquel Ajates, Linda See, Mel Woods, Valantis Tsiakos, Joan Masó, Dilek Fraisl, Inian Moorthy, Dahlia Domian, Steffen Fritz

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Abstract

WeObserve delivered the first European-wide Citizen Observatory (CO) knowledge platform to share best practices, to address challenges and to inform practitioners, policy makers and funders of COs. We present key insights from WeObserve activities into leveraging challenges to create interlinked solutions, connecting with international frameworks and groups, advancing the field through communities of practice and practitioner networks, and fostering an enabling environment for COs. We also discuss how the new Horizon Europe funding programme can help to further advance the CO concept, and vice versa, how COs can provide a suitable mechanism to support the ambitions of Horizon Europe.

Original language	English
Article number	A01
Number of pages	31
Journal	JCOM: Journal of Science Communication
Volume	20
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22323/2.20060201
Publication status	Published - 11 Oct 2021
Event	European Citizen Science Association Conference 2020: Encounters in Citizen Science - Trieste, Italy Duration: 6 Sept 2020 → 10 Sept 2020 https://www.ecsa-conference.eu/

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Citizen science
Environmental communication
engagement with science and technology

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Hager, G., Gold, M., Wehn, U., Ajates, R., See, L., Woods, M., Tsiakos, V., Masó, J., Fraisl, D., Moorthy, I., Domian, D., & Fritz, S. (2021). Onto new horizons: Insights from the WeObserve project to strengthen the awareness, acceptability and sustainability of Citizen Observatories in Europe. JCOM: Journal of Science Communication, 20(6), Article A01. https://doi.org/10.22323/2.20060201

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Onto new horizons: Insights from the WeObserve project to strengthen the awareness, acceptability and sustainability of Citizen Observatories in Europe

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