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A workshop by Dr. Mirko Bischofberger
Effective science communication is essential for researchers to share their findings, engage the public and secure funding. This workshop focuses on the fundamentals of science communication, providing participants with practical tools to refine their skills. Participants will discover methods to structure their texts, ensuring clarity and logical flow. They will learn the elements of a compelling sentence and the key rules of science communication. Through interactive exercises and practical examples, participants will gain the skills to reach their target audiences more efficiently and effectively.
A workshop by Dr. Annette Jenny
Many Citizen Science projects are concerned with understanding the impact they foster and how to measure it. This is important for communicating with the public and certain stakeholders, but also for project planning and implementation. This course provides participants with an impact-oriented project planning model to effectively plan, implement, and evaluate Citizen Science projects, while participants are also learning to differentiate target groups, derive cause-effect relationships, and determine effective project activities.
A workshop by Prof. Dr. Yvonne Riaño
This workshop explores researchers' relationships with the populations they study. Feminist and postcolonial social sciences challenge traditional approaches and call for more equal power between researcher and their "object of study". The Minga methodology was created to promote spaces of mutual learning and to produce scientific knowledge in collaboration with experts of everyday life. It focuses on scientific validity, reflexivity and positionality.
A workshop by Dr. Ruth Förster
By focusing on frameworks and methods for designing for transformative, participatory research, this workshop brings together beginners as well as advanced citizen science researchers who seek to increase the intensity of citizen participation in their project. Through interactive exercises, plenary discussions, and short theoretical inputs, participants can generate concrete ideas on how to implement a research design within their project or develop ideas that enable participation.
A workshop by Pia Viviani
In order to successfully collaborate with citizen scientists and keep them engaged in your project until the end, it is important to identify key actors and organizations, reach out to them, and take their interests into account. This hands-on workshop provides participants with all the necessary tools to accomplish these steps.
A workshop by Gesine Heinrich and Florence Mühlenbein.
This workshop explores the vital role of local partnerships between academia, civil society organizations, and local governments in driving societal change through citizen science. By analyzing the characteristics and dynamics of these collaborations, particularly within Germany's "Take it to the Streets! Citizen Science in your city" contest, the workshop aims to deepen our understanding of decentralized citizen science networks. In a World Café format, participants will discuss and reflect on attitudes, roles and expectations in collaborative projects and learn about methods and approaches for successful cooperation. Insights gained will guide the design and support of effective citizen science initiatives, offering practical recommendations for research funders, policymakers, and practitioners.
The program is still in development, hence we reserve the right to modify the content provided here. The finalized program will be released in the weeks leading up to the start of the Summer School.