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Scivil
@scivil.bsky.social
Flemish knowledge center for citizen science
www.scivil.be/en

Scivil is the center for #citizenscience in Flanders (Belgium). We gather and spread knowledge, and bring actors and projects closer together. #citsci
📢 Event: BeCoDigital

#BeCoDigital explored how digital technologies and AI can enhance citizen co-creation in a government context

In this closing event, KULeuven, UNamur & UAntwerp share the results of the project

🔗Register: buff.ly/JAbhMmE

🗓️ Tue 9 Dec |🕒13h30–16h |📍Brussels
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
At Dag van de Wetenschap (Day of Science), we saw how #CitizenScience sparks curiosity & excitement in visitors of all ages. This is what citizen science is all about! 🍃🌠🔬

Thank you to everyone who passed by, and to @dagvandewetenschap.bsky.social for an amazing day! 🩵

#DvdW2025
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
📚Online workshop: Citizen Science in Education
📅1 Dec | 14:00–15:30 CET

@oeadcitizenscience.bsky.social wants your input:

❓Which tools and services can help integrate citizen science into education?

Interested? Email 📧 [email protected]
Workshop is part of @riecs-concept.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:06 PM
🎓@au.dk is organising 2 workshops on #CitizenScience
🌐Online, English, open to all

1️⃣Introducing citizen science: Fundamental principles & interactive cases (🗓️27/11/25)

2️⃣Participant recruitment & community engagement (🗓️4/12/25)

🔗Info: buff.ly/6MOpNIn

The workshops are part of PATTERN (EU-funded)
27 Nov & 4 Dec 2025: Citizen Science Workshops (online)
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November 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Step into the world of citizen science!🚶🌇🍂

Explore a free, interactive citizen science trail in Louvain-la-Neuve, created by UCLouvain and Scivil

Discover:
🪧Posters showcasing UCLouvain’s projects
🧩Fun hands-on activities

👉Info (FR): buff.ly/YQ7b3HO

️ℹ️17-21 November, between 9 AM and 5 PM, FR
November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Are you an archaeologist, (art) historian or heritage professional? 💼📜

Curious about #CitizenScience but not sure where to start?

📣Join our #workshop with FARO and turn your ideas into concrete citizen science projects in the heritage sector

Info: buff.ly/zCqYP5h

🗓️ 9 Dec. 2025 |📍 Brussels | 💬NL
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
💧 Interested in #CitizenParticipation in water research?

CIW is organising an💡inspiration session

Get inspired by 5 projects and a keynote by Uta Wehn (IHE Delft) on international trends in citizen science & water

ℹ️Info: buff.ly/m8unU8a

🗓️Mon 8 Dec | 🕒 13:30–17:00 | 📍Leuven |💬 Primarily in Dutch
Inspiratiesessie: Burgerparticipatie in wateronderzoek
Het platform burgerwetenschap van CIW nodigt je uit voor voor een inspirerende namiddag rond burgerparticipatie in watergerelateerd onderzoek in Leuven op maandag 8 december van 13:30 tot…
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November 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📢 Event by VITO: We Are Days

#WeAre is an online platform that enables #citizens to collect, connect, and share health data from various sources

Network, explore practical tools, and discover the technology behind the platform

🗓️ 25–26 November 2025 |📍Antwerp

🔗 Register:
We Are Days
We Are: your data, your story Locatie: KAVA Congres Centrum, Consciencestraat 41, 2018 Antwerpen. Lees hier meer over de bereikbaarheid. Tijdens dit tweeda...
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November 7, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Join this 💻 webinar on #Citizens4Water and discover how #CitizenScience can make a meaningful impact in hydrology and water management 💧

Register ➡️ buff.ly/HNLkNmo

Organised in the framework of Acting4Water, an EU-funded project addressing water scarcity
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
📣#Survey shout-out!

What makes citizen science trustworthy?

Fill in the survey by AfricaMuseum, designed with IIASA:

🔍 Rate trustworthiness of hypothetical citizen science projects
✅Open to all! Regardless of previous experience with citizen science

The survey: conjointly.online/study/622299...
October 30, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Reposted by Scivil
🌎Citizens4Water is a global inventory of #CitizenScience projects about:

💧Hydrology
💧Water management

Are you involved in a project?
Would you like to learn more?

️Go to www.citizens4water.org and join the community!

C4W is a project by @scivil.bsky.social and @unesco.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Reposted by Scivil
💧 Citizens4Water is live!

C4W is a global platform for citizen science projects in #hydrology and #water management 🌎

🌊Submit your project on www.citizens4water.org

🪲Any bugs on the platform? Share your feedback: buff.ly/zAXrKfz

Project by @scivil.bsky.social and @unesco.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
🌟Online Inspiration Session: Inclusive Citizen Science

How to make #CitizenScience inclusive? Learn tools & insights during this free session, organised by Citizen Science Contact Point at @VUB

📅 10 Nov | 13:00–14:00

✅ Examples from UrbanReleaf, Engage SDG & CitiObs

👉 Register: buff.ly/rXP8c6y
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October 23, 2025 at 7:27 AM
🌍 Citizen Engagement for Climate Resilience
📅 5 Nov | 09:00–12:00
📍 U-Residence, VUB

CLIMAS is a Horizon Europe project that aims to strengthen climate resilience through citizen engagement

In this event, they will present the resulting CLIMAS Toolbox!
➡️Register: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/9K3zf0dB6Z
October 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Announcement 📢The app for our #CitizenScience project #maarallee is live!

#Maarallee invites Flemish speakers to record their voice in their own dialect or accent. These recordings will train AI to understand everyday Flemish.

➡️📱Download the app! Go to www.maarallee.be
October 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Do you know any citizen scientists in Flanders? 👩🔬🔭

📝We’re conducting a #survey (±15 minutes) to learn more about citizen scientists. What drives them, and what challenges do they face?

🔄Help us by sharing this survey with your network!

👉The survey (NL only): buff.ly/zOjwqHP
October 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
👩🔬Researchers, we need your input!

Scivil and @uclouvain.bsky.social are conducting a short survey (±15 min) on researchers’ views on #CitizenScience

Open to all researchers, familiar with citizen science or not

📢 Share the survey with your colleagues!

✅ Survey:
Please fill out this form
forms.office.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Oct 24: @gromadaukraine.bsky.social hosts a conference on #CitizenScience in conflict zones, focusing on #Ukraine

Researchers, policymakers, students and civil society will explore citizen-generated data in environmental monitoring & recovery

✅Free💻In person & online🔗Info: buff.ly/boCKcWj
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October 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
We’re joining imec at Trefdag Digitaal Vlaanderen!
📅 23 Oct |📍 Flanders Expo, Ghent

Scivil will present #maarallee: a citizen science app where you record your voice to help AI understand everyday Flemish & dialects

ℹ️ Info event: buff.ly/sF29IoH
📧 Maarallee newsletter: buff.ly/OpolNW6

#Trefdag25
Programma
Trefdag Vlaanderen Digitaal op donderdag 23 oktober 2025 in Gent. #Trefdag25
www.vlaanderen.be
October 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Interview🎙️

In #DeGroteVoedselkaart, a project by @sciensano.be, citizens used an app to map their food environment.📍🍔

Read more about the methodology, initial findings and future ambitions of this #CitizenScience project.

To the interview (NL only)👉 www.scivil.be/succesverhaa...
October 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Did you know Scivil & #Brightlab are part of #RVO-Society?🌍

Brightlab inspires future generations through innovative STEM learning🔬📚

Scivil connects citizens & researchers via #CitizenScience

Together, we went on a teambuilding @howesthogeschool.bsky.social & @viveshogeschool.bsky.social! 🤝
October 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
🔬Join our Citizen Panel

The scent of pine trees, colors of flowers...🌺all come from plant compounds called #terpenoids and #flavonoids

You can help decide which of these compounds will be included in an open science starter kit for future sustainability research🔍👉 research.bpact.be?e=473116&d=l...
September 30, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Scivil joined the #CRef-#VLIR meeting on #CitizenScience. With Belgian university colleagues, we explored:
🎓 How universities can support CS
🤝Opportunities for stronger cooperation
... and more!

A great meeting with lots of actionable ideas📬Stay in the loop via our newsletter: www.scivil.be/en
September 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📅 Friday: Reimagining Cultural Heritage in 3D and XR

The digital technologies of #EUreka3D-XR make it easier for citizens to contribute to cultural heritage research

During this event, you’ll explore 3D digitisation and the reuse of 3D models in cultural heritage. Join:
Reimagining cultural heritage in 3D and XR - eureka3d
A Hybrid Capacity Building Event in Brussels by EUreka3D-XR 26 September 2025 EUreka3D-XR is focused on transforming cultural contents such 2D or 3D into extended reality scenarios. At the same time,…
eureka3d.eu
September 24, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🌱 ‘Tuinen in Verbinding’: Network Day

Garden projects and citizen science are crucial for climate adaptation, health, and much more... Join this exciting network day with talks, tours, workshops, and a CS info market

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📅 Oct 20 | Leuven

#CitizenScience #MijnTuinlab
Netwerkdag Tuinen in Verbinding
maandag 20 oktober 2025 - Dirk Boutsgebouw VAC in Leuven
www.kuleuven.be
September 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM