Project description DEENESFRITPL Citizen science against pollution Citizen science is increasingly popular in research, innovation and government. The EU-funded ACTION project makes it more participatory and inclusive, and supports volunteers to take leading roles in setting up new initiatives and using results as evidence for new policies. The ACTION accelerator - a research and innovation framework - provides help and resources to six-month citizen science pilots. Throughout 2020 and 2021 the accelerator hosts 16 pollution-focused pilots from seven countries. They are already making a difference, contributing to Sustainable Development Goals through the insights, processes, and communities they build. ACTION is also developing a citizen science toolkit to enable anyone to make their volunteer activities more participatory and sustainable, and inform future innovations in citizen science as a whole. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Objective ACTION will transform the way we do citizen science (CS) today: from a mostly scientist-led process to a more participatory, inclusive, citizen-led one, which acknowledges the diversity of the CS landscape and of the challenges CS teams have to meet as their project evolves. We have partnered with 5 European CS initiatives tackling major forms of pollution, which pose substantial threats to human health and to the environment, and contributing to Sustainable Development Goals. These pilots will be the starting point for a ‘citizen science accelerator’, which will be expanded through an open call. By considering the needs of multiple stakeholders throughout the lifecycle of CS, we will create methodologies, tools and guidelines to truly democratise the scientific process , allowing anyone to design and realise a CS project from the early stages of ideation to validating and publishing the results. Our research will account for the multitude of manifestations of CS, addressing everything from from small-scale, localised social issues to international research agendas. All ACTION’s outputs - infrastructure, the citizen science platform and toolkit - will be made openly available for online and offline use. They will use accessible formats and interfaces, which appeal to audiences with diverse motivations and backgrounds and provide detailed examples, workflows, and advice tailored for a range of activities, going beyond data collection and analysis. Our digital infrastructure will help citizen scientists use existing specialised platforms and publish results according to RRI principles, including open science. Our toolkit will tackle common difficulties around methodological choices, quality, incentives, community building and sustainability. In addition, the 35 pilots hosted by the accelerator will result in case studies that will demonstrate the impacts of CS at social, economic, environmental and policy level. Fields of science social sciencessociologysocial issuesnatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesenvironmental sciencespollutionsocial sciencespolitical sciencespolitical policiescivil society Programme(s) H2020-EU.5.c. - Integrate society in science and innovation issues, policies and activities in order to integrate citizens' interests and values and to increase the quality, relevance, social acceptability and sustainability of research and innovation outcomes in various fields of activity from social innovation to areas such as biotechnology and nanotechnology Main Programme Topic(s) SwafS-15-2018-2019 - Exploring and supporting citizen science Call for proposal H2020-SwafS-2018-2020 See other projects for this call Sub call H2020-SwafS-2018-1 Funding Scheme RIA - Research and Innovation action Coordinator KING'S COLLEGE LONDON Net EU contribution € 506 250,00 Address Strand WC2R 2LS London United Kingdom See on map Region London Inner London — West Westminster Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 Participants (10) Sort alphabetically Sort by Net EU contribution Expand all Collapse all CEFRIEL SOCIETA CONSORTILE A RESPONSABILITA LIMITATA SOCIETA' BENEFIT Italy Net EU contribution € 223 000,00 Address Viale sarca 226 20126 Milano See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Nord-Ovest Lombardia Milano Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 DE VLINDERSTICHTING Netherlands Net EU contribution € 109 265,00 Address Mennonietenweg 10 6702 AD Wageningen See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. Yes Region Oost-Nederland Gelderland Veluwe Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 DUTCH RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TRANSITIONS BV Netherlands Net EU contribution € 123 125,00 Address Burgemeester oudlaan 50 3062 PA Rotterdam See on map Region West-Nederland Zuid-Holland Groot-Rijnmond Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 FORSCHUNGSVERBUND BERLIN EV Germany Net EU contribution € 179 625,00 Address Rudower chaussee 17 12489 Berlin See on map Region Berlin Berlin Berlin Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 STIFTELSEN NILU Norway Net EU contribution € 114 262,50 Address Instituttveien 18 2007 Kjeller See on map Region Norge Oslo og Viken Viken Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 SINTEF AS Norway Net EU contribution € 121 825,00 Address Strindvegen 4 7034 Trondheim See on map Region Norge Trøndelag Trøndelag Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Participation in EU R&I programmes Opens in new window HORIZON collaboration network Opens in new window Other funding € 0,00 T6 ECOSYSTEMS SRL Italy Net EU contribution € 283 750,00 Address Via aureliana 63 00187 Roma See on map SME The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed. 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