Citizen Science is a game changer. The transformation it brings affects citizens just as much as the institutions involved in scientific and research processes—from the academic field to non-formal educational and research contexts. At this Town Hall Meeting, we invite our partner institutions in current EU-funded projects on Citizen Science, professionals from a wide range of institutions, as well as representatives of grassroots, bottom-up, and community-driven research to mingle and meet.
Photo: Ars Electronica / Martin Hieslmair
Networking Event
Town Hall Meeting: Citizen Science
Vanessa Hannesschläger (EU), Fermín Serrano Sanz (ES), IMPETUS Consortium (EU)
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EN
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FREE / No Ticket
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30
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Drop-ins may be accommodated, but to guarantee availability we suggest registering.
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Photo: Vanessa Hannesschläger
Vanessa Hannesschläger
Vanessa Hannesschläger is head of European Collaboration at Ars Electronica. She holds a PhD in literature from the University of Vienna and teaches digital humanities in Austria and Sweden. Before joining Ars Electronica, Vanessa worked on developing European digital research infrastructures and numerous projects involving physical and digital archives for cultural heritage and art. In the European policy context, Vanessa advocates for digital infrastructures for the arts and humanities, data and legal literacy, the Commons, and Open approaches.
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IMPETUS
IMPETUS is a project that highlights the vital role of Citizen Science in addressing key societal challenges such as digital literacy, data justice, and participatory governance. Ars Electronica contributes to the development of IMPETUS methodologies and the advancement of Citizen Science—most notably by awarding the European Union Prize for Citizen Science on behalf of the European Commission and presenting its winners at the Ars Electronica Festival.
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Photo: Marcos Cebrián
Fermín Serrano Sanz
Coordinator of RIECS-Concept, developing the Research Infrastructure for Excellent Citizen Science in Europe. Since 2006, he has led major initiatives such as Ibercivis, the White Paper on Citizen Science for Europe, and the ciencia-ciudadana.es portal. He also served as Commissioner for the 2030 Agenda under the Presidency of the Government of Aragon.
Credits
RIECS-Concept is funded by the call HORIZON-INFRA-2024-DEV-01-01 – Research infrastructure concept development which supports the development of new concepts for the next generation of research infrastructures of the European interest. The European Union’s HORIZON EUROPE Research and Innovation programme funded the project under grant agreement No. 101188210.
Presented in the context of IMPETUS. IMPETUS is funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No. 101058677 - HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01. Presented in the context of the RIECS-Concept project. RIECS is funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No. 101188210 call - HORIZON-INFRA-2024-DEV-01-01.
