Citizen science can mean many things: DIY measurements, community research, data activism, social experiments, artistic inquiry, or collective knowledge work. At CCC, many such projects exist — often without ever using the label “citizen science”. This session follows a “show your pet” format. Participants are invited to bring and briefly present their own projects, tools, experiments, or unfinished ideas and share: what the project does
who participates
how (or if) it serves a community
whether calling it “citizen science” helps or gets in the way
Projects do not need to be finished, funded, successful, or formally recognised. Critical, messy, and experimental work is explicitly welcome. Alongside peer exchange, the session creates space to explore if and how collaboration with the wider citizen science community — including ECSA — could be useful: What kinds of support would actually help these projects?
Where does institutional collaboration feel helpful — or harmful?
What would make collaboration worth the effort?
The goal is not recruitment or alignment, but to understand what collaboration should look like from the project side, if at all.