Annelies Duerinckx
anneliesduerinckx.bsky.social
Annelies Duerinckx
@anneliesduerinckx.bsky.social
Head of Scivil - Citizen Science Flanders (Belgium), mom, alto, dreamer. #citsci #scicomm #citizenscience @scivil.bsky.social
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📣 Workshop: Getting Started with Citizen Science

Would you like to apply #CitizenScience to your project or research? 💡

Join us on 19 February in Leuven for a hands-on workshop and turn your initial idea into a project plan!

👉 Info & registration: buff.ly/wfUlXa0
December 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Deadline: 15 December 2025!

Don’t miss your chance to submit an abstract to the #CitizenScience: Theory and Practice special collection on ‘Evidence-Based #Policy & Decision-Making’.

Submit here: forms.gle/jweDnpT6LqN9...

#ECS
Abstract submission - CSTP special collection for Evidence-based Policy and Decision-Making
Please submit your abstract for consideration by the special collection team
forms.gle
December 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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🎧Podcast Bits & Atomen: Scivil presents #Maarallee (NL)

In the latest episode of Bits & Atomen, @anneliesduerinckx.bsky.social (Scivil) presents Maarallee, our new Citizen Science project

🤖 Maarallee’s mission is to help AI understand Flemish. Want to know why & how?👉 Listen here: buff.ly/iQWI9cp
December 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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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
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💧💻 Webinar: Turning Water Quality Data into Action

Join this webinar by Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences and discover how citizen science data on water quality can lead to real change in your community!

📅 December 4, 2025 | 7 PM CET

👉 Register: buff.ly/Hu0YbBH
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀: 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 & 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴

If you work at topics relevant to citizen science for evidence-based policy and decision-making promote the call or consider submitting an abstract.

Find out more: participatorysciences.org/2025/10/15/c...
November 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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CitiObs Fellow Applications Are Now Open!

Become a CitiObs Fellow to gain access to exclusive trainings, tailored tools, and a vibrant peer-learning network.

Applications end date: January 11th, 2026

Apply here:
👇
citiobs.eu/demonstratio...
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Hoe kan je zelf sluipverkeer vaststellen en wat is de impact ervan? Deze ochtend gaf collega @wflorizoone.bsky.social duiding op @radio1vrt.bsky.social
Herbeluister het via deze link ⤵️

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDQk...
Radio 1 - De Ochtend op maandag 1 december 2025 - sluipverkeer
YouTube video by Telraam
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December 1, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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🎁 Competitive Edge: Understanding the New European Commission Funding Landscape

📅 Date: December 16
⏰ Time: 12:30–14:00 CET
🔗 Online

Find out more here:
eusea.info/news/competi...

#publicengagement #scicomm #sciencecommunication #funding #EUprojects
December 3, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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📢 Call for Contributions
Festival “Transforming Public Action” by OpenLab.brussels (📅 April 22–23, 2026)

Got a #CitizenScience project, game, artwork, or research that can inspire and transform public policy and action?

➡️ Submit your proposal by Dec 12: buff.ly/ANfEZTU
💬 NL & FR
December 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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The #ECSAcademy has scheduled two 30-minute onboarding sessions to guide participants through enrollment and navigation of the platform. Register below and explore the #trainings: lnkd.in/dGfTp5-7

-4th of December at 17:00: lnkd.in/deEYBPSu
-8th of December at 12:00: lnkd.in/d9QfDhvq
December 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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🎙️ Interview

Belgium’s first Citizen Science Fair showcased 30+ projects in the garden of @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social🦖

It brought together policymakers, researchers & citizens! 👐

Learn more about this event in our interview with Carolina Doran (@ecs_ngo) & Steve Bers (Scivil) 👉 buff.ly/R4PjeG9
December 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲! 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤
Join us on 6 March 2026, 17:00–20:00, at the #Valkeea shopping mall in #Oulu, and present your project through fun and interactive engagement.
Learn more and submit your project: https://www.ecsa2026.ngo/citizen-science-festival/
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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💧 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
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"Advancements in AI and machine learning are helping citizen scientists to process vast amounts of data, such as
transcribing historical materials or monitoring traffic (Telraam)."
www.oecd.org/content/dam/...
April 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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On 18 June 2025, the #CitizenScienceFair brings together families, students, teachers, scientists, non-scientists, curious minds, and even passers-by in the gardens of the Natural Sciences Institute in Brussels.
Explore more and join us: www.scivil.be/en/event/cit...
May 22, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Scivil zoekt jobstudenten uit diverse disciplines om van 14 tot 25 juli mee te werken aan de 2e Citizen Science Scan België. Deadline om te solliciteren is 18 mei: www.scivil.be/nieuws/scivi...
May 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Help jij onze #vacature voor een 'medewerker sociale media & engagement' mee verspreiden? 🙏 www.scivil.be/nieuws/vacat...

Combineer je een vlotte pen (in NL/EN) met een sterke teamgeest en expertise in sociale media en community building? Aarzel niet en solliciteer.
#citizenscience #job
May 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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Impetus Accelerator call:
Start-up projects can receive €20,000, mentoring and training to set up their initiative. Ongoing projects are eligible for €10,000 and mentoring. Deadline is March 13, 2025.
https://buff.ly/3WNV0Sa
@impetus4cs.bsky.social
#citizenscience
3rd Open Call -info acc - Impetus4cs - Impetus For Citizen Science Project
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February 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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April is global #citizenscience month! Are you planning an event on citizen science in April? Register your event on @scistarter.bsky.social , the international platform for citizen science initiatives:
Add Event - SciStarter
SciStarter connects people to citizen science projects, citizen scientists, and resources. Real science we can do together.
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February 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Check out these 12 impact stories of how #citizenscience contributes to change in and for our society, by Stefanie Schürz, Teresa Schäfer and Barbara Kieslinger in a recent publication from @ecs.ngo .
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February 13, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Scivil and @belspo.bsky.social are presenting the final conclusions and recommendations of the Mutual Learning Exercise on public engagement in research and innovation.

1 April, 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM at the Institute of Natural Sciences in Brussels. Register here: www.scivil.be/en/event/mle...
MLE 'Public Engagement in Research and Innovation' - Closing Event
Over the past year, a European 'Mutual Learning Exercise' (MLE) has focused on 'Public Engagement in Research and Innovation'. A group of European policymakers and science communication experts met se...
www.scivil.be
February 5, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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How can prospective citizen scientists find projects and partners and organize their work? VERA, a platform co-designed by professional researchers, citizens, activists, and other stakeholders offers an answer. An article written by @selasia.bsky.social and I:

katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
How the VERA Platform Helps Citizen Scientists Collaborate
How can prospective citizen scientists find projects and partners and organize their work? A platform co-designed by professional researchers, citizens, activists, and other stakeholders offers an ans...
katinamagazine.org
February 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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European Union Prize for #CitizenScience 2025
Submit your project for this prestigious prize:
- Grand Prize €60,000
- Diversity & Collaboration Award €20,000
- Digital Communities Award €20,000
Incl. awards for 27 honorable mentions. Deadline: March 10.
https://buff.ly/3WMKwCT
@ars.electronica.art
Open Call
The Restart Project: The Right to Repair and Reuse your electronics / Frances Cresswell, Holly Davies, Fiona Dear, Mario De Marco, Cristina Ganapini, Shelini Kotecha, Neil Mather, James Pickstone,…
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February 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
How can AI transform citizen science?
@scivil.bsky.social's Karen Verstraelen will be talking about our work on democratizing AI R&I through the amai-program.
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞?
Join ECSA Citizen Science & Open Science WG on 𝟏𝟗 𝐅𝐞𝐛 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓, 𝟏𝟐:𝟎𝟎-𝟏𝟑:𝟑𝟎 𝐂𝐄𝐓, for a webinar on 𝐀𝐈'𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
📢 Speakers: 𝐃𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐤 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐥, 𝐄́𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐞-𝐊𝐚𝐦𝐩, 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐧
📝 Register 👉
eu01web.zoom.us/.../reg.../p....
February 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM