2023 Winners

#SOPHYGRAY from German artist Nadja Verena Marcin, is a feminist audio bot that responds to questions from the community with philosophical and humorous answers informed by intersectional feminist theory.

AquaGranda brought Venetian citizens together to build a digital community memory of recent floods and question how we can cope with the devastating effects of climate change to build a new future.

ARTigo: Social Image Tagging from German researcher Stefanie Schneider democratizes the traditionally elitist field of art history by harnessing the collective intelligence of participants.

Catch the Water Monsters from the Netherlands trains and educates citizens to measure the quality of small water bodies in their environment.

CitieS-Health is a European project that actively engages communities in cities with research on public health and the urban environment.

CurieuzeNeuzen from Belgium showcases how citizen science can directly contribute to societal challenges and informed policy decisions about air quality, mobility, spatial planning and climate change.

Dark Sky Meter from Norbert Schmidt in the Netherlands, is an innovative app and digital community that allows citizens to measure light pollution in their local areas.

Digi-ID PLUS led by Esther Murphy from Trinity College Dublin, is a transdisciplinary project co-designing accessible digital skills training with and for citizens with disabilities.

Digital Violence from Forensic Architecture in the UK is an initiative that maps the use of the malware Pegasus against activists, journalists and human rights defenders across the world.

DRYRivERS is a European project and citizen science app that advances the science and management of intermittent rivers and ephemeral streams.

European Bird Census Council is a community of citizen scientists undertaking projects to monitor birds for policy, research and society in Europe.

Europeana Transcribe on Transcribathon.eu is an online citizen science initiative for the transcription and enrichment of digitised historical materials from European cultural heritage.

EVE Online’s Project Discovery is an international collaboration that pioneers the implementation of the Massively Multiplayer Online Science concept integrating citizen science with video games.

GEOVACUI-2 from Spain investigated with communities depopulation in rural areas, opening debate that allows deeper understanding, in a collaborative way.

HARNESSTOM Citizen Science Platform from a consortium of partners across Europe works with communities to unlock tomato genetic resources to benefit farmers, citizens and chefs.

Mosquito Alert is a global initiative based in Spain that advances the knowledge of mosquitoes as disease vectors through innovative citizen science methodologies.

Ocean Routes from Portugal explores the maritime culture of Esposende through an ocean literacy and citizen science approach,

Paleo-energy: How forgotten patents can shake the future from France focuses on exploring alternative energy sources inspired by Technical Heritage.

Phénoclim from Anne Delestrade in France is a participatory science programme on phenology and climatology in mountain areas.

Project Roadkill from Florian Heigl and Daniel Dörler in Austria, works with citizens to create an overview of where animals are killed on the roads and investigate what could be the cause.

Projecte Rius from Associació Hàbitats in Spain, is a long-term ecological quality monitoring project focused on freshwater ecosystems in Catalonia.

SensJus is an intiative led by Anna Berti Suman in Italy that explores how civic environmental monitoring can turn people into ‘sentinels’ for their environment.

Surfing for Science from Spain brings communities of surfers together to collect scientific samples of microplastics floating in the sea surface.

Surfside Science created replicable methods to monitor coastal and marine ecosystems, focusing on Surfside Bay in Aruba.

Whale Track from Scotland is an initiative for nature restoration that provides quick and easy ways for communites to record and submit sightings of marine mammals.

When gig workers regain control is a French initiative investigating the working conditions of gig workers in Paris that aims to build a new data governance model for innovation.

YouCount is a European project that brings together young people and relevant stakeholders to co-create new knowledge and innovations to address complex societal challenges.