Join this TIME4CS online interactive workshop to learn how you can contribute to fostering the adoption of citizen science as research methodology within your organization through the use of institutional roadmaps.
You will have the chance to:
Discuss challenges and opportunities for citizen science in your institution
Learn about using institutional roadmaps as a tool for change
Co-create your own Grounding Action with the TIME4CS Reflection Tool! Hands-on session using our tool, designed to support the development of personalized action plans: reflect on the big vision for your organization, identify relevant stakeholders, define success criteria and necessary resources, and make your action plan.
Agenda of the workshop
10:00 - 10:05 – Welcome and objectives of the workshop (APRE)
10:05 – 10:15 – Introduction to TIME4CS project
10:15 – 11:00- Building roadmaps for sustainable institutional changes (Dr. Eugenia Vilarchao, ESF) + Q&A
11:00 – 11:45 – Breakout sessions working groups: participants will discuss and follow key steps to co-create a Grounding Action
11:45 – 11:55 – Wrap- up session | Lessons learned
11:55 – 12:00 – Concluding remarks
Takeaway for participants:
Identify institutional resources and support needed for CS
some concrete examples and suggestions on how to stimulate institutional changes to promote CS
The context:
Citizen science (CS) as a research methodology is experiencing an increase in number of actors, projects, initiatives, and funding opportunities. Despite such growth, most of the Research Performing Organizations (RPOs) in Europe still do not support CS implementation by fostering institutional transformations. The H2020 EU-funded TIME4CS project explores the Institutional Changes needed to support and embed CS in RPOs, building on the concept of individual institutional roadmaps describing concrete actions to be carried out by research institutions within 4 Intervention Areas: Research, Education & Awareness, Support Resources & Infrastructure, and Policy & Assessment.