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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

📢 On 10-11 September, the @riecs-concept.bsky.social Summit brought partners, external associates and stakeholders together in Linz during ARS Electronica Festival 2026. 🔗 Key outcomes and more information: concept.riecs.eu/2026/10/07/d... #riecsconcept #citizenscience #researchinfrastructure

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

📢 @riecs-concept.bsky.social 3rd Newsletter is Here! ✳️ “Halfway Forward: Building Europe’s Future Citizen Science Infrastructure” brings together the latest project developments, activities and results! 📖 Explore the 3rd @riecs-concept.bsky.social Newsletter: concept.riecs.eu/2026/09/30/r...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

📌 As part of the @riecs-concept.bsky.social project, experts from 10 European countries came together for a co-creative workshop to explore how citizen science can become a sustainable part of education systems. 🔗 More: concept.riecs.eu/2026/08/19/c...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

✳️ As part of the @riecs-concept.bsky.social project, students from BG/BRG Erlgasse in Vienna took part in a co-creative workshop to share their experiences and ideas for strengthening citizen science across Europe ✨ 🔗More information: concept.riecs.eu/2026/07/29/s...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

📢 RIECS-Concept at CAPS 2026! ✅ The @riecs-concept.bsky.social project was proud to contribute to the 2026 Conference of the Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences (CAPS). 🔗 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2026/07/01/r...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

📢 A major milestone for open science: @riecs-concept.bsky.social is leading the development of the first-ever Citizen Science Node within the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Federation, coordinated by @ibercivis.bsky.social. ⚫ More information: concept.riecs.eu/2026/06/12/r...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

📢 Co-creation and citizen participation in climate adaptation were discussed at the conference “From Idea to Impact: Living Lab as a Space for Co-Creation and Change” ✅ Presented approaches explored in the projects CLIMAS and @riecs-concept.bsky.social 🔗 More: concept.riecs.eu/2026/05/29/f...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

📢 On 13 April 2026, representatives from 12 citizen science networks across Europe and beyond joined the @riecs-concept.bsky.social co-design workshop, convened by @ibercivis.bsky.social and chaired by @ferminserrano.bsky.social ❗ 🔗 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2026/04/22/c...

The future of citizen science in Europe is being co-designed together

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

📢 Within the Horizon Europe-funded @riecs-concept.bsky.social project, Deliverable 6.2 introduces a comprehensive Digital and Visual Identity that turns communication into a strategic asset for infrastructure development. 🔗 More information can be found here: concept.riecs.eu/deliverables/

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

📢 The @scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu emphasises how public participation in science leads to better research and healthier democracies – a message that strongly resonates with the vision of @riecs-concept.bsky.social❗ 🔗 Read the full partner's post: www.linkedin.com/posts/europe...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

📢 @riecs-concept.bsky.social Consortium Meeting in Oulu, Netherlands❗ ✳️ On March 2, 2026, the @riecs-concept.bsky.social consortium met in Oulu for a full-day, in-person working session focused on one key goal: alignment 🎯 🔗 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2026/03/25/f...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

🚀 On March 16, 2026, at FOSS Backstage in Berlin, open-source builders, researchers, and citizen science practitioners came together for a hands-on workshop: “Co-Creating @riecs-concept.bsky.social with Open-Source Builders.” 🔗 More: concept.riecs.eu/2026/03/17/c...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

📢 Within the Horizon Europe – funded @riecs-concept.bsky.social project, Deliverable 6.1 sets out a comprehensive Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication Plan that turns vision into action ❗ 🔗 More information can be found here: concept.riecs.eu/deliverables/

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

📢 Join the roundtable “Building a federated future: Conceptualising governance and sustainability for the pan-European Citizen Science infrastructure” at @ecsa.ngo 2026: Citizen Science between Centre and Periphery❗ 🔗 More info: www.ecsa2026.ngo/programme/#1... 🔗 concept.riecs.eu/2026/03/03/b...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

📢 Exploring Open Science Hardware in Europe’s Citizen Science Infrastructure❗ ✳️ The HEROES Workshop brought together 40 experts to examine how Open Science Hardware (OScH) can strengthen open and participatory research across Europe. 🔗 More info: concept.riecs.eu/2026/02/25/e...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

📢 Shaping the Future of Citizen Science: Join the @riecs-concept.bsky.social Online Workshops organised by @mau.se❗ 📝 Register by 20 Feb 2026: 🔗 forms.office.com/e/zEZav6sPMt 🔗 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2026/02/18/s... ✨ Your experience matters – be part of the design process ✨

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

📢 Join @riecs-concept.bsky.social High-Level Policy Event on the Future of Citizen Science organised by the European Citizen Science (ECS) project❗ 📩 Questions? Contact nadia.bates@mfn.berlin 🔗 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2026/02/16/r...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

📢 Building a European Backbone for Citizen Science: Why Fragmentation Is Holding Us Back❗ ✳️Citizen science across Europe is growing rapidly, engaging thousands of citizens, generating valuable data, contributing to research, policy, and societal challenges. 🔗More: concept.riecs.eu/2026/02/13/b...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

📢 The Second @riecs-concept.bsky.social Newsletter Is Here❗ 🔗 Read the full text: concept.riecs.eu/2026/02/11/r...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

📢 RSA Annual Conference 2026 – Call for contributions! Deadline 12th Feb 2026 🔗 Find out more and submit your paper via the link below: www.regionalstudies.org/news/2026-rs...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

📢 New publication in Nature Communications Sustainability: “Why Citizen Science is Now Essential for Official Statistics”❗ 🔗 More: concept.riecs.eu/2026/01/14/n... 🔗 The full article can be read here: www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

📢 @citizensciencezh.bsky.social recently hosted “Make a Wish: what would you need for your Citizen Science project?”❗ 🧩 The goal: co-designing the future Research Infrastructure for Excellent Citizen Science (@riecs-concept.bsky.social). 🔗More information: concept.riecs.eu/2025/12/17/t...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

📢 Citizen Science took centre stage at UNEA-7❗ ✳️ The Green Room event “People and Policy, Together: Building Global Citizen Science for a Resilient Planet”. 🔗 More: concept.riecs.eu/2025/12/16/p...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

✨ Season’s Greetings and warm wishes for the holiday season from a @riecs-concept.bsky.social 🎄 ❇️ Thank you for your commitment, ideas, and inspiring cooperation. Looking forward to another inspiring time together.❄️ 🔗 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2025/12/12/s...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

📢 Citizen Engagement in Climate Policymaking❗ ✳️ On 3 December, VILNIUS TECH and @riecs-concept.bsky.social researcher Monika Mačiulienė joined a national workshop on involving citizens and civil society in climate and environmental policymaking. 🔗 More: concept.riecs.eu/2025/12/10/c...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

📢 Co-Creating the Future of Citizen Science at the CS Barcelona Congress❗ ✨A great step forward in co-creating an inclusive, open, and sustainable future for citizen science! ✨ 🔗 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2025/12/03/c...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

📢 Citizen Scientists Shape the Future of Research❗ ✳️ On 3 October, twelve dedicated citizen scientists from across Austria joined the @oeadcitizenscience.bsky.social workshop in Vienna to co-design the future of citizen science infrastructure in Europe. 🔗 More: concept.riecs.eu/2025/11/26/c...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

📌 The @riecs-concept.bsky.social consortium was meeting in Milan on 24–25 September 2025 for two days of workshops hosted by the University of Milano-Bicocca. 🔗Find more information: concept.riecs.eu/2025/11/19/b...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

📢 Join us at the Barcelona Citizen Science Conference for Workshop 7: @riecs-concept.bsky.social: Technological Challenges for a European Citizen Science Infrastructure❗ 🗓️ 18 November 2025 | 12:45–13:45 CET 📍 Sala Ramón y Cajal, PRBB, Barcelona 🔗 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2025/11/14/w...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

📢 Join us in our workshop at PartWiss 25 (Leipzig, 12–14 Nov 2025): Shaping Tomorrow’s Citizen Science Research Infrastructure in Germany: A Co-Design Experience❗️ 🔗 Conference Programme: www.partizipation-wissenschaft.de/konferenz_20... 🔗 More: concept.riecs.eu/2025/11/12/s...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

📢 CS4Health 2025 Conference in Zurich On 7 November (10:00-10:45 CET), the @riecs-concept.bsky.social project will host the Solution Room “Listening, Learning, and Shaping” – a session where participants will co-design the future of citizen science in health 🔗More: concept.riecs.eu/2025/11/05/l...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

📢 On 22 October 2025, researchers, librarians, and policymakers met at Vilnius University Library’s SCIC (Vilnius, Lithuania) for the international conference “Open Science Today and Tomorrow” 📌 Moderated by Dr Monika Mačiulienė (@riecs-concept.bsky.social) 🔗More: concept.riecs.eu/2025/10/29/o...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

📢 The first @riecs-concept.bsky.social Newsletter❗ ✨At six months, @riecs-concept.bsky.social looks back with pride and ahead with purpose - building the foundation for a lasting European Research Infrastructure for Excellent Citizen Science✨ 🔗 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2025/10/22/t...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

📢 Make a Wish: A Shared Infrastructure for Citizen Science in Europe 🧩 Interactive workshop at the OIS zam: Forum – Participatory Science Conference in Vienna, will explore this question. 🔗 More information: ois.lbg.ac.at/ois-zam-foru...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

📢 Strengthening Citizen Science in Austria and Europe 📅 On October 3, 2025, @oeadcitizenscience.bsky.social will host the @riecs-concept.bsky.social Workshop with Austrian Citizen Scientists in Vienna. 🔗 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2025/10/02/r...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

📢 On 1 October 2025, Madrid will host a key event for the future of citizen science in Spain: the Citizen Science Workshop, organised by @ibercivis.bsky.social together with the European project @riecs-concept.bsky.social 🧩 More information: concept.riecs.eu/2025/09/29/c...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

@riecs-concept.bsky.social x @ars.electronica.art Festival 2025: Join the Citizen Science Townhall in Linz ✨ Whether you’re a researcher, citizen, or part of a citizen science network, join the bigger conversation! READ MORE: concept.riecs.eu/2025/08/27/r...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

📢 Deliverable 4.1: Engagement Methodology Protocol 📌 How can we ensure that citizens, researchers, policy-makers, educators, and technologists all have a voice in shaping the future of science? READ MORE: concept.riecs.eu/2025/08/20/b...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

📢 Part 3 of 3: Why CAPS2025 Was a Turning Point for @riecs-concept.bsky.social 📌 READ MORE: 🔗 The full report: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 🔗 @riecs-concept.bsky.social website: concept.riecs.eu/reports/

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Part 2 of 3: Building Together — @riecs-concept.bsky.social’s First Global Co-Design Exchange ✨READ MORE: 🔗 The full report on the outcomes of the symposium: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 🔗 @riecs-concept.bsky.social website: concept.riecs.eu/reports/

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

📢A new paper by researchers from the EMBIMOS group at the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) has been published in Citizen Science: Theory and Practice. 📌 Read more: concept.riecs.eu/2025/07/30/a...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

📌Part 1/3: Trust, Tools, and Time – What Global Leaders Taught Us at #CAPS2025. Citizen science infrastructure is built on stories, at the #CAPS2025 symposium by @riecs-concept.bsky.social, we heard some powerful ones. 🔗Report: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 🔗More: concept.riecs.eu/reports/

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

📢 Six Months Strong: How @riecs-concept.bsky.social Laying the Groundwork for a Citizen Science Infrastructure in Europe❗ ✨Read more: concept.riecs.eu/2025/07/16/s...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

📢 Meet our partner: @Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (UNIMIB)❗ ‼️Follow @Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca to explore how its community of students, researchers, and citizens is shaping a more sustainable and participatory research future❗ ✨ READ MORE: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

📢 Advancing Public Engagement and Citizen Science in the European Research Area: @riecs-concept.bsky.social at the Brussels Cluster Event❗ ✨Read the full text there: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

📢 Meet our partner: Citizen Science Global Partnership (CSGP) ❗ ‼️ Follow CSGP’s work and explore how global collaboration can advance citizen science and contribute to a more connected, equitable research future ❗ ✨ READ MORE: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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RIECS-Concept @riecs-concept.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

📢 Co-Production & Civic Futures at #RSA25 ❗ 👥 If you're working in co-production, civic tech, or citizen-led research, let's connect. ✨READ MORE: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

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