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Mission Ocean OTTERS researcher Franziska Stressmann of the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) explained at the Digital Ocean Forum (DOF) 2024 how the project promotes standardisation and scaling up citizen science and contributes to the objectives of EDITO - European Digital Twin Ocean and Mission Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030. OTTERS project aims to promote societal transforma...

The Horizon Europe/Mission Ocean & Waters OTTERS project promotes societal transformation for marine and freshwater stewardship through scaling up citizen science, and supports the coordination of citizen science initiatives focused on water. This workshop focused on key ethical considerations in citizen science and water stewardship, looking at informed consent, trust, power, equity and more, ...

The OTTERS project promotes societal transformation for marine and freshwater stewardship through scaling up citizen science, and supports the coordination of citizen science initiatives focused on water. This workshop focuses on legal issues around water-based citizen science and engagement (including GDPR and citizens’ privacy). Key topics of discussion: ● Data protection and privacy risks an...

The EU-funded OTTERS project organized a webinar, entitled ‘Spring-to-Sea’: Societal transformation towards water stewardship during the European Week of Regions and Cities. The OTTERS workshop induced a sense of stewardship towards aquatic ecosystems such as rivers, lakes, estuaries and coastal zones, aimed at citizens and other local stakeholders in at least three pilot regions. Speakers incl...

Steven Loiselle, an Associate Professor at the University of Siena (Italy) and a Senior Researcher at Earthwatch Europe, talks on the Measuring Impact of Citizen Science (MICS) project. The project develops an integrated platform of tools to measure the costs and benefits of citizen science, and allow project managers and policymakers to maximize the positive impact. To learn more about the OTT...

Tamlin Pavelsky, Professor of Global Hydrology at the University of North Carolina, presents his project, Lake Observations by Citizen Scientists and Satellites (LOCCS), in which he works with citizen scientists who read simple lake gauges to report lake height. LOCCS combines these measurements with surface area measurements of the lake derived from satellite images. By knowing the changes in ...

OTTERS partner Jaume Piera from CSIC presents the EU funded project ProBleu (Promoting ocean and water literacy in school communities) at the OTTERS Project Workshop Berlin, Germany. The ProBleu project aims to mobilise and engage students and school communities in relation to the EU mission “Restore our Ocean and Waters by 2030” across the EU and the associated countries. To learn more about t...

Valentijn Venus of RAMANI presents his experience about the value of citizen science and engagement in various settings across the world, at the OTTERS Project Workshop in Berlin, Germany. To learn more about the OTTERS Project, visit: otters-eu.aua.am/

Prof. Georgios Sylaios of Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH) presents the results of a research conducted by his team revealing hidden trends and patterns in public perceptions about climate change, utilizing data from the Twitter microblogging service. To learn more about the OTTERS Project, visit: otters-eu.aua.am/

OTTERS research partner Dr. Dori Edelist from the University of Haifa, talked about the Mediterranean Jellyfish citizen science network, at the kickoff meeting of the The EU-funded project at the Natural History Museum in Berlin, Germany. OTTERS supports the coordination of EU citizen science initiatives focused on marine and freshwater. To learn more, visit: otters-eu.aua.am/

OTTERS partner Franziska Stressmann of the European Citizen Science Association presents her plan for the standardisation of protocols and methods for water-related citizen science, at the Project Kickoff Meeting (KoM) 2023 in Berlin. This will include guidelines to enable and accelerate co-creation of standards for citizen science protocols and methods, particularly in marine and freshwater do...

OTTERS partner Garabet Kazanzian from the American University of Armenia, opens the first OTTERS Project Workshop: The State of the Art in Aquatic Citizen Science, at the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Germany. OTTERS is a EU-funded project that aims to promote societal transformation for marine and freshwater stewardship through scaling up citizen science. To learn more, visit: otters-eu.aua.am/