Working group for citizen science in/with schools

Working group for citizen science in/with schools

Coordinators: Petra Siegele, Elisabeth Schauermann, Marika Cieslinski (currently on maternity leave) (Centre for Citizen Science, OeAD)

The working group ‘Citizen Science at/with schools’ was founded as part of the platform meeting on 26 June 2019 in Obergurgl to bring together the numerous experiences from the cooperation between science and schools. The members of the working group come from research institutions and schools.

Over the past few years, numerous competencies and knowledge have been built up in Austria through research-education collaborations, not least through the Sparkling Science research funding programme of the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research, or the Citizen Science Award organised by the Centre for Citizen Science since 2015, in which schools, youth groups, families and individuals are invited to participate in various research projects every year.

In 2021, the working group published the handout “Citizen Science - Research with Schools. Basics, recommendations & practical tips for joint projects”. A compact checklist provides a quick overview of the most important factors that should be considered in such a collaboration. The brochure is available for download on Zenodo (in German only).

In 2024, the working group designs a teacher training course to familiarise teachers at all school levels and forms with the integration of Citizen Science into school lessons. 

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